Track which sites Google cites in AI search results

Checks Google's AI-generated search summaries for your keywords and logs every source it cites in a spreadsheet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each target keyword.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
SEO & Search OptimizationSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
DataForSEOGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Google increasingly answers searches with AI summaries instead of links, and it's hard to tell whether your site is even part of the picture. Checking this by hand for a list of keywords, on a recurring basis, isn't realistic.

Who it fits

An SEO or digital marketer who tracks visibility in Google's AI-generated search results.

How it works

  1. Checks on a set schedule, such as weekly
  2. Looks up Google's AI-generated summary for your target keyword
  3. Pulls out every source it cites, including title, URL, and domain
  4. Logs the results into a spreadsheet
What you get

Which sites Google trusts for your keywords

You get a running log of every source Google's AI cites for your target keywords, organized in a spreadsheet.

What you get

A spreadsheet tracking which sources Google's AI summaries cite for your keywords over time.

What you need

A DataForSEO account and a 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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