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title: Add sources
slug: content-recommendations/docs/add-sources
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createdAt: 2026-08-05T19:40:07.659Z
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You can add RSS feeds for content item extraction on the **Sources** page in Optimizely Content Recommendations. When you add a source manually, Content Recommendations scrapes your webpages to ingest and process your content. You can also add a source through an API integration. Upon addition, it displays in the source list.

To add a source, complete the following:

1. Go to **Content > Sources**.
2. Click **Add RSS Feed**.
3. Enter the following information:
   1. **URL** – Enter the URL of the RSS feed, for example, [http://www.optimizely.com/feed](http://www.optimizely.com/feed). 
   2. **Title** – Provide a name for your source.  
   3. **Approval** – Select to enable automatic approval of content from your RSS feed. 

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      **Note**

      User interaction with unapproved content is tracked. However, unapproved content is not served in recommendations.
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   4. **Output Display** – Select the type of output you want to extract. The following three options are available:
      - **Make the content fully available** – The entire content is displayed by Content Recommendations in the output, including text, images, and formatting where applicable.
      - **Only include the abstract** – A summarized version or abstract of the content is displayed, providing a concise overview without the full details.
      - **Only include a link to the original content** – Output containing a hyperlink directing users to the original source is displayed, without displaying any of the actual content.
   5. **Override Existing Content** – Select to override existing content with potentially new data from the new source, if the content is re-ingested at a later date. 
4. Click **Active** to activate the source for content ingestion. 

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5. Click **Save**. 

Now you can view your source in the source list. You can click **Paused** to pause content extraction at any time. When you pause a source, Content Recommendations no longer scrapes your webpages for your content. 

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/kgAfiB_CGGQoe9VZ_OpWj-20260720-150128.png)

## Edit or bin a source

You can edit your source by clicking **Edit**, which redirects you to the **Source > Edit** page. You can bin your source by clicking **Bin**. 

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**Note**

Binned sources are not processed by Content Recommendations.
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![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/p6_9aw7x17SaIjPG9Tok7-20260720-150128.png)

When you bin a source, Content Recommendations adds it to the list of binned sources. Open the **Bin** tab to **Edit** your source and **Restore** it. 

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/Mg78UmdmZ-AGCgeM-sUXq-20260720-150128.png)

## Sort, search, and view sources

Sort your list of sources in ascending or descending order, or by the date on which you created it in Content Recommendations. Additionally, you can search for a source by entering your source name in the **Search** bar and clicking **Go**.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/_pILxEvlvZY3GowQVXjZ--20260720-150128.png)

You can view the content that was scraped by Optimizely Content Recommendations by clicking **View Content**, which redirects you to the **Content** page.

## Use filters

See [Use dashboard filters ](docId\:CgNU3IhCO1Sqzp7e6Tn5-)for information on creating, saving, and sharing a filter.