With the rise of misinformation and content generated by artificial intelligence without the intervention of journalists, it is important for users who search for news to find trusted media. Google now allows readers to mark EL PAÍS as a favorite source, so that the search engine favors the appearance of articles from the newspaper. To do this, just click in this button that the readers of EL PAÍS and by CincoDías They will be accessible in the articles, under the signature of our journalists.
All you need to do is click to configure EL PAÍS, a newspaper with a staff of 400 professionals, a network of correspondents around the world and six editions in America, as a preferred source on Google. There are two options:
- In EL PAÍS articles, by clicking on the “Add EL PAÍS on Google” button, which appears after the signature of our journalists. Or through this Google page.
- Check the box to activate EL PAÍS as a favorite source from the Google search results page
With this small action, readers will indicate to the search engine their preference for EL PAÍS content to appear in the featured news or Top Stories when searching for news. In the search engine, they are indicated here:
“When a user selects your site as a preferred source, your content is more likely to appear in the Featured News section when they make relevant news queries,” explains Google.
EL PAÍS, leader in subscriptions in Spain, with more than 450,000 subscribers at the end of 2025 and with more than a million of people signed up for one of its newsletterscelebrate this May his first 50 years. An anniversary that began with a festival in Madrid and will continue with events in other cities, in addition to the publication of a special edition of EL PAÍS Weekly and the book by Javier Cercas The newspaper of democracyabout the intra-history of the newspaper.
