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AI SEARCH TIP · 19 OCTOBER 2026

Check which of your pages Google's AI already shows

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Google Search Console now has a Generative AI performance report (open Performance, then Generative AI) that shows how often your pages appear in AI Overviews and AI Mode, broken down by page, country and device. Look at which pages get impressions and which don't: if only your blog posts show up and your service, pricing or comparison pages never do, those pages are the gap to fix with clear answers and specifics. It counts impressions only, not clicks, so check your analytics for visits too, and recheck the report monthly to see if the fixes moved the numbers.

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