Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 2, 2026
YouTube’s CEO Neal Mohan shares the platform’s 2026 priorities, spanning creator-led entertainment, youth safety, diversified monetization, and responsible AI. The post YouTube CEO Reveals Your Video Marketing Strategy For 2026 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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As you know, January was an incredibly intense month of Google Search ranking volatility.
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Google On Recent Google Search Ranking Volatility – No Insights To Share
If you look at the source code in some of the responses OpenAI’s ChatGPT gives you, you may now see references to ads.
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OpenAI Prepares ChatGPT Code To Allow Ads?
John Mueller from Google dropped a very John-like hint that maybe, just maybe, Google Search Console will add AI visibility reporting. John was asked about it again and responded, saying, “While I have nothing to announce, I can say for sure that very few things online are permanent.”
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Google Search Console Adding AI Visibility Reporting?
John Mueller from Google dropped a very John-like hint that maybe, just maybe, Google Search Console will add AI visibility reporting. John was asked about it again and responded, saying, “While I have nothing to announce, I can say for sure that very few things online are permanent.”
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Google Search Console Adding AI Visibility Reporting?
John Mueller from Google dropped a very John-like hint that maybe, just maybe, Google Search Console will add AI visibility reporting. John was asked about it again and responded, saying, “While I have nothing to announce, I can say for sure that very few things online are permanent.”
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Google Search Console Adding AI Visibility Reporting?
Google seems to be replacing its Google Ads support form with an AI agent, maybe from its Ads Advisor system. When you go to support.google.com/google-ads/gethelp you are redirected to the chat experience now. I am not sure if this is global, but I am seeing this myself across two Google Ads accounts I have access to.
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Google Ads Replacing Support Form With AI Agent
Google seems to be showing more and more ads in the local pack, aka Local Pack Ads. Just a couple of months ago, Google had ads on the local pack for less than 3% of tracked keywords; now it’s up to about 22% of tracked keywords.
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Google Vastly Increases Local Pack Ads Placement
Welcome to the Google Webmaster report, where I sum up all the more important Google organic search topics that occurred over the past month – just in case you (or I) missed it. January was an incredibly volatile month regarding unconfirmed Google search ranking movement.
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February 2026 Google Webmaster Report