Home / Search Forum Recap / Daily Search Forum Recap: May 28, 2026 May 28, 2026 - 10:00 am 1 — by 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 AI Mode and AI Overviews gain preferred sources, new carousels and the highly cited label expands. Google strongly warns against buying or manipulating brand mentions for AI search. Google is testing new sitenames and favicon layouts in search. Google Ads to delete short term performance data on June 1st. Google Merchant Center has a new AI performance insights report. ChatGPT ads is rolling out conversion-optimized campaigns for some advertisers. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google AI Mode & AI Overviews Add Preferred Sources & New Carousel Google is officially rolling out preferred source labels within AI Mode and AI Overviews and adding a new carousel to AI Mode and AI Overviews, as well.…