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Track your brand in Google AI Overviews.

Gemini-powered AI Overviews sit above Google's blue links. Citations.io tracks your mention rate, citation share and SERP-position correlation.

TL;DR

Google AI Overviews are the AI-era top of the SERP. Citations.io tracks where your brand appears in Overviews, which pages are cited, and how that correlates with your traditional rankings.

How AI Overviews differ from traditional SEO

AI Overviews pull from Google's index plus a curated trust layer. The ranking inputs overlap with classic SEO but the outcome is different: a click on a citation, not a click on a ranked URL.

What gets cited

Pages already ranking in the top 10 for the query.
Content with strong topical authority on your domain.
Pages with clear direct answers and structured Q&A formatting.
Schema-marked content (FAQPage, Article, Product).

Improving your AI Overview visibility

Identify queries in your category that trigger an AI Overview.
Audit which URLs are cited - yours, competitors', or neither.
Add direct-answer leads and FAQ schema to your strongest pages.
Re-measure weekly; Overview triggering and citation behavior shifts often.

Frequently asked questions

What are Google AI Overviews?+

AI Overviews are the AI-generated answer blocks Google now shows above its traditional list of links for many queries. They're powered by Gemini and pull from Google's web index plus selected partner sources.

How do AI Overviews affect SEO?+

AI Overviews compress the user journey - many users get their answer from the Overview without clicking any link. Pages cited inside the Overview retain disproportionate traffic; pages ranked #1–#3 without being cited lose meaningful clicks.

How do I get cited in AI Overviews?+

Strong topical authority on your domain, clear direct answers at the top of pages, FAQPage and Article schema, and high-quality structured data. AI Overviews are biased toward content that's well-formatted for extraction.

Check your AI Overview visibility →