Google: When AI Performance Reports Count Impressions

<p>John Mueller explained that impressions in Google's Search Console AI report track links to your pages, and user-activated links only count after they're activated.</p> <p>The

Google's John Mueller said that he expects the position and impression tracking for AI Mode, AI Overviews and Google Search to "evolve over time" as Google Search, AI Mode and AI

<p>Comparing which pages Google uses in AI answers against how they rank conventionally is where the new Search Console report earns its keep.</p> <p>The post <a

Google doesn’t label AI Mode queries in Search Console, but they leave a trace: people reply to an AI, and the reply gets logged as a search: Jan-Willem Bobbink classified every

It looks like Google is testing a new report within Google Search Console named AI contribution. I have no clue what it looks like but I suspect it is a lot like the Bing

Google's John Mueller responded to questions about how impressions are counted for Generative AI in Google Search Console. Google has a document that explains that, and John just

There are a number of reports that the performance reports, both for Google Search and the Generative AI features reports, are showing a decline in impressions and clicks (AI

Google, for the umpteenth time, has updated how it shows links and carousel link cards in AI Mode and AI Overviews. Google always says this is to encourage searchers to click from