The Register now appears in the Top Stories box - Click to enlarge

hands on Even if you have your favorite sites bookmarked or type their URLs in through muscle memory, you probably still spend a lot of time looking for info on Google. Now, you can exert some control over which publishers appear in your results for news stories.

As of this week, Google is rolling out what it calls "preferred sources" in the US and India. With just a couple of clicks on your desktop device or phone, you can tell Google that you want to see The Register (or some inferior site) in the Top Stories box when we have a news article that matches your query.

Below, we'll show you two ways to add preferred sources to Google.

Method 1: Find a Top Stories Box

The Top Stories box is a news widget that sometimes appears within Google's organic search results. On mobile devices, it's usually ...