Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps

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Google has been rolling out new changes to make search easier. That includes ways to get more of the stories you want from websites you love and trust, including Guitar Player.

Now you can choose which websites will feature prominently in your results for “Top Stories” and “News” and in the “From your sources” section.

Here’s how to make Guitar Player one of your trusted sources, so you can get more stories about the players, guitars, amps and gear you love.

2. Tick the box next to Guitar Player.

A screengrab showing the Google source preference window for Guitar Player

That’s it. You're done.

As an alternative, you can add us as you search for your favorite trending topics.

1. Look for the star

Search for a topic in Google news, such as “Oasis reunion.” If it's trending, you'll see relevant news stories in the Top Stories section, as well as an icon that looks like two overlapping cards with a star on top.

A screen grab showing Oasis trending stories with the Google preferred sources star icon highlighted by a red arrow

2. Click the star icon.

Choose your preferred sources in the pop-up by typing the name or URL of your favorite website. Tap “Reload results” at the bottom of the pop-up. If you want to add more sources, tap the star again and repeat.

Google Preferred Sources

The result? Now you’ll get more coverage from Guitar Player when you search for guitar-related stories.

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GuitarPlayer.com editor-in-chief

Christopher Scapelliti is editor-in-chief of GuitarPlayer.com and the former editor of Guitar Player, the world’s longest-running guitar magazine, founded in 1967. In his extensive career, he has authored in-depth interviews with such guitarists as Pete Townshend, Slash, Billy Corgan, Jack White, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren, and audio professionals including Beatles engineers Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott. He is the co-author of Guitar Aficionado: The Collections: The Most Famous, Rare, and Valuable Guitars in the World, a founding editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine, and a former editor with Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician and Maximum Guitar. Apart from guitars, he maintains a collection of more than 30 vintage analog synthesizers.