Check Your Visibility in Google's AI Answers
Google now answers many searches with AI before the regular results: an AI Overview at the top of the results page, or a full conversational answer in AI Mode. Check both for the searches your customers make — whether an AI answer appears, whether it names your business, and which websites it links.
- Free report
- No account needed
- 3 questions on 5 AI platforms
Two Google AI surfaces, checked separately
AI Overviews and AI Mode are different products. The Overview is a summary box on the normal results page, shown for some searches only; AI Mode is a separate search experience where the whole answer is written by AI and people ask follow-ups. They can name different businesses for the same search, so a useful check looks at both. The differences are explained in AI Overviews vs AI Mode.
What the check looks at
- Was an AI answer shown? Many searches get no AI Overview at all — that's recorded as "No AI Overview shown", not as a miss.
- Are you named? Recommended, mentioned without a recommendation, only linked as a source, or not mentioned.
- Who else is named? The businesses Google's AI suggests instead of or alongside you.
- Which sites are linked? The sources attached to the answer, flagged as yours, a competitor's or a third party's.
Location changes Google's AI answers
Google's results depend heavily on where the search is made. The check runs each search for your business's city when Google lists it as a location, otherwise your country, in your business's language, on desktop — so a dentist in Leeds is checked as a search in Leeds, not in California.
Checking Google's AI answers by hand
- Use a private window so your search history doesn't personalise the results.
- Search the way customers do, without your brand name.
- Note whether an AI Overview appears, and open the AI Mode tab where it's available.
- Expand the answers and check the linked sources.
- Remember that your own location shapes what you see — results for another city need a search made from there.
What the free check gives you
The free check generates 3 customer questions from your website and runs them on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews — including Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews — with no account needed. You can edit the questions before the check starts.
To follow the same searches over time, Pro re-checks up to 10 questions every 7 days on the Google AI Overview tracker and the Google AI Mode tracker. Pro isn't available to buy yet — the free check works today.
Frequently asked questions
If I rank first on Google, am I in the AI Overview?
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Not necessarily. The AI Overview can link and name sources that rank lower, and leave out the first result. That's why it's measured separately.
Do you use my Google account?
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No. Results come from Google through DataForSEO's SERP API for a stated location, language and device — nothing is tied to a personal account.
Can I check ChatGPT at the same time?
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Yes — the free check covers every platform listed above. For ChatGPT specifically, see the ChatGPT visibility checker.
Start with a free check, then track it over time
The free check asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews 3 real customer questions about your business. Pro monitors up to 10 questions on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews every 7 days — Pro is launching soon.