Google Releases New Google Search Label for Extremely Cited Sources

by Shermy Mohan - 4/20/2022 1133 Views

New label in the Google search engine will make it easier for people to find web pages that are widely mentioned as sources of information. Let us learn more about the new Google search label and its implications in detail.

For pages that are recognized as highly cited sources, Google is planning to introduce a new label in the search results.

The label will feature next to pages in the Top Stories and is intended to aid in the exploration of trustworthy information.

The launch of Google's new "highly cited sources" label coincides with International Fact-Checking Day, which takes place on April 2.

As Google explains in a blog post, it's part of a larger effort to help people spot misleading information. The search engine giant reaffirms its long-term commitment to the fact-checking ecosystem and the addition of this new "highly cited" label will indeed help the users to find reliable sources. The new label, which will display in the Top Stories carousel, is aimed to aid readers in identifying stories that have been widely cited by other news sources. The highly cited label will launch on mobile in the United States soon, followed by a global rollout in the coming weeks.

Investigative pieces, interviews, announcements, news releases, local news reports, and more will bear the label. Google is especially interested in how the label might be used to boost original reporting, according to the company.

In a blog post, the company claimed, "Let's imagine a local news organization runs an official investigation looking into problems at your local school district." "The story is so enormous that it's taken up by a lot of other news organizations." But what if you hadn't seen the original narrative, which had a unique context for the locals? We're introducing a new feature that will help you find stories that have been often cited by other news organizations, making it easy to obtain the most useful or relevant information for a news topic."

In addition to the new highly cited label, Google is expanding its "rapidly evolving topics" alert, which shows alongside breaking news in search results to highlight that information can take time to appear. Thus, English searches in the United States will contain suggestions to help users evaluate online information and remind them to check whether a source is trustworthy on a topic or return later when more information is available.

The announcement comes a day after Google announced that it is making improvements to its AI model to make Google Search safer, more responsive as well as sensible when handling searches about suicide, sexual assault, substance abuse, and domestic abuse. Other AI technologies are also being used to improve Google's capacity to delete unwanted obscene or suggestive content from Search results when people aren't looking for it.

The addition of these new misinformation-busting features to the Search engine experience is significant. These features are relatively unobtrusive and will have no impact on your Search experience, though they may serve as a reminder to practice critical thinking skills when reading new content.

The new features, which are available in 20 languages, merely notify you when new news is breaking or developing. If you search for "plane crash" within hours of a terrifying aircraft disaster, for example, Google Search may display a banner warning that "these results are changing quickly... it may take time for credible sources to update results."

Breaking news often omits facts, contains mistakes, or is based on assumptions. As a result, displaying a banner to alert users to breaking news makes a lot of sense. Even if you ignore the issue of misinformation, this feature should assist consumers to understand why breaking news does not receive the same level of attention as established topics.

The search giant believes that its highly referenced label will draw attention to original reporting, which can provide essential context that is lost when a story is widely shared. However, finding press releases, where you can acquire information straight from companies, should be useful as well. According to Google, the label is intended to help readers identify "the most helpful or relevant information for a news piece." It will be available on mobile in the United States "soon" for English-speaking customers, and globally "in the following weeks."

Google is increasing its efforts to assist search consumers in critically examining the results they're being offered, in addition to the widely cited label. On searches for "rapidly developing topics," the notification will now advise users to evaluate whether a source is trustworthy, or simply tell them to return later when more information is available. This modification goes into effect immediately for English searches in the United States. In the next weeks, it will also update its "About This Result" feature, which was unveiled last year and provides additional context about each page in search results.

It is possible to check the new resource page, which includes suggestions based on research from information literacy specialists to help in the navigation of the information to find online. Google, as well as other tech giants such as Facebook and Twitter, have previously taken steps to counteract misinformation on their platforms. In recent years, the public and elected authorities have paid more attention to the problem of misinformation.

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet and Google, stated earlier this week that Google will invest $10 million to combat misinformation about the realities and facts of the situation in Ukraine.

Any way this move by Google is appreciable and will have an impact on curbing misleading information and improve the reliability of online information

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