Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 8, 2026
AI answers aren’t neutral by design, and this breakdown shows where preference forms and how it reshapes modern discovery. The post Being Right Isn’t Enough For AI Visibility Today appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Being Right Isn’t Enough For AI Visibility Today via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester
In this article, we find out if there’re any differences between how AI systems handle JavaScript-rendered or interactively hidden content compared to traditional Google indexing. The post Ask An SEO: Can AI Systems & LLMs Render JavaScript To Read ‘Hidden’ Content? appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Ask An SEO: Can AI Systems & LLMs Render JavaScript To Read ‘Hidden’ Content? via @sejournal, @HelenPollitt1
Microsoft is hiring a “very” Senior Product Manager who will initially work on fighting spam across Bing and Copilot. Fabrice Canel said this is a “very” senior PM role and the job description says the “initial focus on reducing Spam in Copilot, Bing, MSN and Ads.”
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Microsoft Hiring Very Senior PM To Fight Spam On Bing & Copilot
Discover what visibility on Google means for small businesses as AI assistants control which options customers see and choose. The post Why Your Small Business’s Google Visibility in 2026 Depends on AEO [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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BuzzStream analyzed robots.txt files for 100 top news sites. 79% block training bots, but 71% also block retrieval bots that affect AI citations. The post Most Major News Publishers Block AI Training & Retrieval Bots appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Most Major News Publishers Block AI Training & Retrieval Bots via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s John Mueller says businesses relying on referral traffic should consider the ‘full picture’ of AI and prioritize based on actual usage data. The post Google’s Mueller Weighs In On SEO vs GEO Debate appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google’s Mueller Weighs In On SEO vs GEO Debate via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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Google’s John Mueller says “Page Indexed without content” errors typically indicate server or CDN blocking of Googlebot, not JavaScript issues. Here’s what to check
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Google’s Mueller Explains ‘Page Indexed Without Content’ Error via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 7, 2026
This analysis explains why AI-driven search surfaces out-of-market sources and how organizations can align semantic authority with commercial usability. The post Why Global Search Misalignment Is An Engineering Feature And A Business Bug appeared first on Search Engine Journal
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Why Global Search Misalignment Is An Engineering Feature And A Business Bug via @sejournal, @billhunt