Track whether your website appears in Google's AI Overview

Checks your target keywords in Google search and logs whether your site is cited in the AI Overview answer.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each target keyword.

Pattern: Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

flowchart TD trig(("you provide target keywords")):::human s0[["search google for keyword"]]:::mi s1["read ai overview and sources"]:::task s2["check if domain is cited"]:::task s3[("log result to spreadsheet")]:::store trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 s1 --> s2 s2 --> s3 out[/"spreadsheet of ai overview visibility"/]:::out pay{{"track ai search visibility over time"}}:::pay s3 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
A stepRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
SEO & Search OptimizationImage & Media ProcessingSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
SerpApiGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Google's AI Overview answers are eating into your search traffic, and you have no way to know if your site is even mentioned there. You end up guessing at your AI visibility instead of tracking it like the rest of your SEO.

Who it fits

SEO professionals, marketers, and site owners who need to monitor their brand's presence in AI-driven search results.

How it works

  1. You provide a list of target keywords
  2. The system searches Google for each keyword
  3. It reads the AI Overview answer and its source list
  4. It checks whether your domain is among those sources
  5. Results are saved to a Google Sheet you can review
What you get

Keywords you know are cited in Google's AI answers

You find out which of your target keywords get your site cited inside Google's AI Overview answers, tracked over time.

What you get

A running spreadsheet showing which keywords trigger an AI Overview and whether your site is cited in it.

What you need

A SerpApi account and a connected Google Sheets account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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