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Why Gaming and VR Fans Should Change Their Google Settings Now

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If you regularly look for news about virtual reality or gaming, Google often serves up whatever its algorithm thinks is relevant. Now you can take more control over that.

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AI-generated sameness is flooding the internet right now. That makes it all the more important to support content created by real people. Here at SPACE4GAMES, that is exactly what you will find.

Our core team currently consists of just two people, occasionally supported by freelance writers. We put a huge amount of love and passion into this project and fight for visibility every single day.

If you want to support our project, you can now do so without spending a dime, because Google has introduced a new feature that lets you actively control how visible websites are in your personal feed.

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Set Preferred Sources – here’s how

The new feature is called “Preferred Sources.” It lets you decide which sites appear more often in your personal feed for the topics you care about most.

So if you are interested in gaming, virtual reality, and useful guides for your favorite games, you should absolutely use this feature. Instead of constantly digging through mixed search results, you will see content from sites you trust more often – like SPACE4GAMES.

Here’s how to set your preferred sources:

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  1. Sign in to your Google account on your smartphone or in your browser
  2. Open this link to Google’s source settings
  3. Check the box next to SPACE4GAMES.com

Thank you so much for your support!

Alternatively, you can tap the star icon on articles in Google Search or Google Discover and mark preferred publishers directly from there.

This also works in the Google News app: Follow a source there and new articles will automatically appear in your feed.

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The change also has a direct impact on the headlines you see. If you select SPACE4GAMES as a source, our content will appear more often in the “Top Stories” section or may even get its own dedicated section in your results.

Google itself says that the click-through rate for these sources roughly doubles. In plain English: You are much more likely to click on what you actually want to read, waste less time on irrelevant results, and actively help us gain more visibility and reach.

What often gets overlooked: You are actively training the algorithm. Every selection is a signal. If you care about certain types of content, this is a very clear way to show it. And over time, that can make a real difference — especially for topics like VR and gaming, where irrelevant clickbait news floods feeds every single day.

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If you are serious about gaming and virtual reality, you should not ignore this setting. Otherwise, Google alone decides what you get to see.

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Josef Erl

Josef is a freelance online journalist and heads the S4G editorial team. He plays anything that captivates him with an engaging story and innovative gameplay mechanics. As the former editor-in-chief of MIXED-news.com, he is also highly experienced in the fields of virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality.