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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
we lost most of our top rankings to AI summaries last month, what is the best step by step recovery plan for a beginner
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Search Central AI Overviews SEO guidance helpful content structured data Search Console 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
Google Search Central creating helpful reliable people-first content SEO starter guide 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Google Search Console performance report clicks impressions average position CTR documentationGoogle ↗
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 (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Google Search Central AI Overviews SEO guidance helpful content structured data Search Console 2026 Google ↗
Google Search Central creating helpful reliable people-first content SEO starter guide 2026 Google ↗
Google Search Console performance report clicks impressions average position CTR documentation Google ↗
- Google Search Console · search.google.com
- Generative AI performance report · support.google.com
- Search generative AI control · support.google.com
- Creating Helpful, Reliable, People-First Content | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Google's Guide to Optimizing for Generative AI Features on Google Search | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.cn
- AI Features and Your Website | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · site-6b6799fc73d1.proxynsfw.com
- SEO Starter Guide · developers.google.com
- Google PageSpeed Insights · pagespeed.web.dev
- Rich Results Test · search.google.com
- SEO Starter Guide: The Basics | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Debug Google Search Traffic Drops | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google Search Central AI Overviews SEO guidance helpful content structured data Search Console 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google Search Central creating helpful reliable people-first content SEO starter guide 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google Search Console performance report clicks impressions average position CTR documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |