AI Overview Tracking in Seobility's Ranking Monitoring
We're happy to introduce the AI Overview Tracking: a feature that helps you monitor your visibility in Google's AI answers and analyze which URLs are cited as sources.
What are AI Overviews?
AI Overviews are summaries generated by Google that appear at the top of search results. They combine information from multiple websites to give users a quick and easy-to-understand answer, including source links so users can explore the original pages.
Why are they important for SEO?
AI Overviews change how users interact with search results. Since they provide a full answer to the user's query, they often result in fewer clicks to websites. But they also create new visibility opportunities: If Google uses your content as a source, your page may appear as a citation (a clickable link) or as a brand mention, both of which strengthen your visibility and credibility in search.
Learn more about the impact of AI Overviews on SEO in this blog post.
Seobility's new AI Overview Tracking
The AI Overview Tracking in Seobility helps you understand where Google shows AI-generated summaries for your keywords and how your pages appear within them.
This feature lets you:
- See which keywords trigger an AI Overview
This will help you understand potential traffic changes and identify new visibility opportunities. - View the full AI Overview text
By reading the generated summary, you can understand what information Google highlights and which type of content is preferred for the query. - Check which URLs Google uses as sources
This allows you to see which competitors or external pages Google trusts most and compare them with your own content to spot gaps or areas for improvement.
How to use the AI Overview Tracking?
- Choose a project and open the Ranking Monitoring
- In case you haven't added any keywords yet, click on "New keyword" to do it now.
- Next, go to the "Keywords" tab:
4. Now scroll down and look for the AI Overview indicator next to a keyword:
5. Click the indicator or keyword to view:
- The full AI Overview text
- All URLs cited as sources
💡 These insights can help you refine your content and improve your chances of being cited in future AI Overviews. Read this step-by-step guide on how to rank in AI Overviews for more details.
Need more help with AI Overviews? Learn more here:
- What are AI Overviews?
- How do Google AI Overviews affect SEO (and how should you adapt)?
- How to rank in Google’s AI Overviews: A step-by-step guide