{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The GEO Show","title":"Google's AI Search Reports Are Now Global","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f0b9c3d0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":833,"description":"Welcome to episode 14 of The GEO Show, the briefing on generative engine optimization, LLM citations, and AI search visibility. Brought to you by GEOforge.\nIn this episode, Paris Childress, founder of Hop AI and co-founder of GEOforge, walks through nine stories from Tuesday, September 1, 2026, starting with Google Search Console's Generative AI reports going worldwide.\nIn this episode:\n🌍 Search Console Generative AI reports are now worldwide\nGoogle says Search Console's Generative AI performance reports and Generative AI inclusion control are available worldwide. The reports expose AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Discover AI impressions by page, country, date, and device. Still no clicks. Still no queries. Paris called this the biggest GEO measurement upgrade Google has shipped. Third-party trackers finally have a first-party benchmark. We already report AI search impressions, meaning citation appearances at the page level, inside SignalForge. We would still like query fan-out data if Google will ship it.\n\n🇪🇺 The EU classified ChatGPT as a search engine\nThe European Commission designated ChatGPT as a very large online search engine, a VLOSE, under the Digital Services Act after it crossed 45 million EU users. OpenAI has four months to meet additional systemic risk obligations. In the EU's eyes it is no longer a chatbot. Expect more scrutiny on recommendation systems, transparency, and information integrity.\n\n💰 ChatGPT Ads hit $1B ARR in under 200 days\nOpenAI said ChatGPT Ads reached $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate in under 200 days, with tens of thousands of advertisers. Self-service ads manager access is expanding across Europe, India, the Middle East, and North Africa. Paris got the Europe launch email the morning of the recording. AI discovery now has two markets: GEO (organic, earned recommendations) and paid conversational inventory. This is starting to look like SEO and PPC. Keep paid ChatGPT performance completely separate from organic GEO. Compare...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7cDHOTKwTPJbamMzkSU5XMeYqbfRSPk5nMQ6zhbTeaI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kY2Ri/MGIyZjViNzJiODc5/ZGM5MmJhYmE4NmYx/MTVhYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}