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How do we diagnose whether a recent organic traffic decline is due to a standard core update or our brand being bypassed by SGE?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
How do we diagnose whether a recent organic traffic decline is due to a standard core update or our brand being bypassed by SGE?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Search Central AI Overviews website traffic clicks Search Console reporting core updates documentation 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Google Search Central core updates guidance Search Console performance report ranking changesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
Google AI Overviews impact organic click through rate study 2025 2026Google ↗
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 website traffic clicks Search Console reporting core updates documentation 2026 Google ↗
Google Search Central core updates guidance Search Console performance report ranking changes Google ↗
Google AI Overviews impact organic click through rate study 2025 2026 Google ↗
- Debug Google Search Traffic Drops | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Performance report (Search results): Overview and basic setup · support.google.com
- What are impressions, position, and clicks? · support.google.com
- Latest Google Search Documentation Updates | Google Search Central | What's new | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- History · status.search.google.com
- Incident details · status.search.google.com
- Google Search Status Dashboard · status.search.google.com
- The Impact of Google AI Overviews on Publisher Traffic and User Experience: Evidence from a Field Experiment by Saharsh Agarwal, Ananya Sen :: SSRN · papers.ssrn.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 website traffic clicks Search Console reporting core updates documentation 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google Search Central core updates guidance Search Console performance report ranking changes OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Consequence | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google AI Overviews impact organic click through rate study 2025 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |