How are the Read next stories chosen?

Where: Growth → Search & SEO → What readers search → Related stories

Open this page: admin.<your-site>/search/related (replace <your-site> with your site address)

Before you start

Only the owner can change these settings.

Steps

1. Open Growth → Search & SEO → What readers search → Related stories.
2. Turn on Pick related stories with these rules. Off means readers see a simple list of stories sharing a tag, then the same section.
3. Under What makes stories related, set how much each thing matters. Higher means it matters more. 0 means ignore it.
4. Under Leave out, choose Leave out sponsored stories and Don't suggest stories older than (days).
5. Open Advanced for Leave out these kinds of story, Newer is better: half as fresh after (hours) and Minimum match.
6. Tap Save.
7. To test, under Try it on a story enter a Story number and tap Show related. Each result says "Because:" and why.

Common problems

• "This story is not in search yet (not published, embargoed, or waiting for the next update)."
• "Readers see the simple list because the rules are off or found nothing."

Questions

Related

• What readers search for
• Ranking
• Topic clusters