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How do I analyze our competitor's digital footprint to reverse-engineer their success in capturing the majority of AI Overview citations for our top product terms?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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How do I analyze our competitor's digital footprint to reverse-engineer their success in capturing the majority of AI Overview citations for our top product terms?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
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 (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Google Search AI features AI Overviews website owners guidance citations content SEO documentation Google ↗
AI Overviews citation patterns competitor analysis SEO study 2025 2026 Google ↗
- AI Features and Your Website | 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
- An Analysis of 350,000 B2B SaaS Articles: What Predicts Google Ranking and AI Citation · citerahq.com
- Google AI Overview Citations From Top-Ranking Pages Drop Sharply · searchenginejournal.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google Search AI features AI Overviews website owners guidance citations content SEO documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
AI Overviews citation patterns competitor analysis SEO study 2025 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |