Can you explain why my Google Search Console clicks are dropping even though impressions are going up for my college startup website?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Can you explain why my Google Search Console clicks are dropping even though impressions are going up for my college startup website?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
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OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
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