Google Preferred Sources

Your Google. Our insights. First.

Google now lets you choose the sources that lead your results. Add Strataigize once, and our mobile app growth and AI agent playbooks surface first for you in Top Stories, AI Overviews and AI Mode.

Add us as a preferred source on Google

Free. One click. Google confirms in a small window and you stay right here.

Clicking also unlocks the 2026 Growth Benchmarks Board below.

Client results, not projections

The work behind the insights you'd be adding

52,873app installs in one month at a $0.70 CPI, down from $2.388.54xpeak ROAS for an AI fitness app's subscription funnel+127%downloads in 30 days from app store optimization alone100K+pre-launch sign-ups for a mobile puzzle RPG
Read the case studies behind these numbers →

What changes in your Google

Preferred sources is per-person. Adding us changes what you see, instantly and reversibly, across three surfaces.

Before: whoever the algorithm picks

After: our work leads, labeled

Top StoriesAI OverviewsAI Mode

Google reports people are twice as likely to click through to a source they've preferred, and 600,000+ sources have been chosen so far (Google, August 2026).

1

Click the button. The only thing to do on this page.

2

Press Add in the Google window that opens. Signed out? Google asks you to sign in first.

3

That is it. The board below unlocks and your Google is upgraded from your next search.

The thank-you for clicking

The 2026 Growth Benchmarks Board

The numbers founders ask us for in week one, pulled from our published research. One click on the button unlocks it. No email, no form.

Trial length is the most underused lever in subscriptions

Median trial-to-paid conversion by trial duration

Under 4 days25.5%
17 to 32 days42.5%

About 70% higher, and most teams still ship the short trial.

Hard paywalls out-earn freemium 8x

Revenue per install by Day 60

Freemium$0.38
Hard paywall$3.09

Trial-to-paid runs 10.7% vs 2.1%. The gap is narrowing, which is why execution now beats format.

What a search click costs in 2026

Average cost per click by industry, USD, with the all-industry average marked

Legal services$9.87
Home services$8.33
Dental$8.00
Personal services$7.17
Finance$3.39
Travel$2.14
Restaurants$2.05
Arts and entertainment$1.63

$5.42 all-industry average. If your category pays $8 clicks, the funnel behind the click decides everything.

6.64%average search CTR, 2026
8.18%average conversion rate
$66.69average cost per lead, first drop in five years
55.5%of app revenue now on weekly plans

One click unlocks the board

Add us as a preferred source on Google and this opens instantly. No email. No form. The unlock is the thank-you.

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Every number is published and sourced in our research: Mobile App Paywall Conversion Benchmarks (2026) and Google Ads Statistics 2026.

The feature, plainly

How Google Preferred Sources works

You do not need us to use it. Preferred Sources is a free Google Search setting that decides which publishers lead your Top Stories, and the same choice tailors your AI Overviews and AI Mode. Here is how to set it yourself, whoever you choose to add.

1

Open Google and select your profile picture. Top right of google.com or the Google app.

2

Go to Search personalization, then Source preferences. Search for any publisher and tick its checkbox.

3

Deselect the same checkbox to remove one. Reload your results and the change is live.

What is Google Preferred Sources?
A free Google Search setting that lets you choose which publishers get surfaced more often in your Top Stories. Google says the same choice also tailors your AI Mode and AI Overviews. It is per-person and it changes only what you see, never what anyone else sees.
How do I add a preferred source in Google?
Two ways. Inside Google: open google.com or the Google app, select your profile picture or initial at the top right, go to Search personalization, then Source preferences, search for the source you want and tick its checkbox. Or from this page: press the button above and Google confirms in a small window while you stay here.
How do I manage or remove my preferred sources?
The same place you added them: profile picture, Search personalization, then Source preferences. Select or deselect the blue checkbox to the right of a source name and reload your results. Nothing here is permanent and you can change it as often as you like.
Do I need to be signed in to a Google account?
Yes. Google stores the preference on your account, which is what makes it hold across every browser you sign into. If you are signed out when you press the button, Google asks you to sign in first.
How many sources can I add?
Google does not publish a limit. Source preferences is a list you tick rather than a single choice, so adding one publisher does not remove another you already picked. Google does note that sources which are not updated regularly may not be available.
Does it cost anything?
No. Preferred Sources is a free Google Search setting. There is no signup, no form and no email involved, on Google’s side or ours.
Why would I add Strataigize?
Because the thing you would be seeing more of is published, sourced work: mobile app growth benchmarks, paid media teardowns and case studies where every figure traces back to a post you can open and check. If that is not what you want more of in your Top Stories, do not add us.

Steps and behaviour above are Google's own, from Preferred Sources in Google Search and Google's announcement. We are not affiliated with Google; this page just makes adding us a one-click version of step 2.

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Add us as a preferred source on Google

Free, reversible anytime, and you stay on this page.

The button talks to Google directly. On our side we count the click and the confirmation Google sends back, nothing else, and you can remove any preferred source in your Google settings at any time.