Google Email Shares Number Of Preferred Source Subscribers

Google Search Console is sending out emails notifying location owners how many group are subscribing or following them as a preferred source on Google. It says "people are choosing domain as a preferred source" and afterward lists the figure of "Preferred origin selections."

Here is a screenshot of the email I fair received for a random Search Console overview I have admission to:

It says:

People are choosing domain as a preferred source

To the owner of domain:

Preferred sources lets Google Search users choose the publications they desire to see most. When readers choose your site, your satisfied can appear additional frequently throughout features akin Top Stories, AI Overviews, and AI Mode.

Here’s your latest preferred sources data as of 2026-10-05:

Property name: domain Preferred origin selections: ####

It afterward adds:

Recommended actions

To assistance your spectators add your location as a preferred source, add our interactive clasp immediately to your web pages.

• Install the JavaScript button: Add two lines of HTML to your location to embed the interactive button. Install the JavaScript button
• Upgrade existing buttons: Switch to the JavaScript clasp so that users can add your location in small steps if you’re currently using the fixed depiction button.

Take a 2-minute study to assistance us form preferred sources reporting in Search Console.

The study asks:

• Prior to this report, were you conscious of “Preferred Sources,” which lets users choose their favorite sources to display up additional frequently on Google?
• How apparent was the email in explaining what “Preferred Source person count” means?
• How helpful is it to cognize how many users have chosen your location as a "Preferred Source"?
• If Preferred Sources reporting were provided, how would you favor to obtain it?
• If Preferred Sources reports were emailed in the future, how frequently would you desire to obtain email updates on person counts?
• If Preferred Sources reporting were included in Search Console, which metrics would be most precious for your site? Please position your choices in command of value (1 = Most precious to 4 = Least valuable)
• Are there any another metrics connected to Preferred Sources that would be precious to your site?

These emails are going out now, it is likely value filling out the study so that Google can build the tools we desire for preferred sources.

Here are additional who spotted this:

Google has started sending location owners emails on Preferred Source achievement as a nudge to add their CTA. This includes the genuine numbers of users who chose your location as a Preferred Source. This is a archetypal and fairly helpful to correlate known CTR to selections. (@rustybrick) https://t.co/6FVRswcjPF

— Kyle Sutton (@KyleW_Sutton) October 6, 2026

👀 Interesting. First period I'm seeing this. Google Search Console is now emailing publishers alongside the figure of users that selected their location as a Preferred Source.

No study in GSC that I can find. The figure is fair included in the email itself. https://t.co/lsd5EQb3PZ

— Nati Elimelech (@Netanel) October 6, 2026

Whoa, GSC is now telling location owners how many group are adding them as 'Preferred sources'. Just received a flurry of emails from Google. This would be chill to see *IN GSC*. :) https://t.co/q0DwkbGcgr

— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) October 6, 2026

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