Daily Search Forum Recap: January 28, 2026
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 28, 2026
"Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google is exploring ways to let us block our content from being used in AI search, like AI Mode and AI Overviews. Yahoo is back in Search with its release of Yahoo! Scout. Google AI Overviews now jump you into AI Mode and hide the citations - it is not good."
"EVENT: Come join our v23 "Google Ads API Release Highlights" event!, Cory Liseno on LinkedIn In Google Discover, you can manage the languages ​​that appear in your feed, including multilingual options, directly in Settings under Language & Region. You can also view blocked languages. Here's an example with a "Block, Damien (andell) on X Percentage of Google visitors who also visited ChatGPT since its launch (no data for May 2024 due to ChatGPT's URL change), and vice versa., Similarweb on X"
Google is exploring controls to let site owners block content from AI search and is rolling AI Overviews that now open AI Mode and hide citations. AI Overviews are powered globally by Gemini 3. Bing Webmaster Tools is testing new AI Performance reporting. Yahoo returned to search with the Yahoo! Scout release. Google is testing visual changes such as adding color to the top of search results. Google Discover has a "Tailor Your Feed" feature in labs, follow-function behaviors, language management and blocked-language views. Community threads track events, API release highlights, and overlap between Google visitors and ChatGPT usage.
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