Why does it matter what Google AI Overviews say about your brand?
Google AI Overviews is the AI answer box above Google search results. Buyers read it before the links below it, so the brands it names and the pages it cites shape the first answer they see.
What does Visiby record for each Google AI Overview?
- Mention: whether the AI Overview names your brand.
- Citation: whether it links to a page on your domain. Mentions and citations are counted separately.
- Cited pages: every page and domain the AI Overview cited, labelled as yours, a tracked competitor, or another site.
- Position (Pro and Agency): how your brand ranks against the other brands named in the same answer.
- No AI Overview: when Google shows no AI Overview for a search, that run is marked “No AI Overview returned on this run.”
- Country: the country you choose during setup is applied to the Google searches behind AI Overviews.
How each step works: how Visiby tracks AI citations.
Which plans include Google AI Overviews?
Every plan. Lite is tracking only, with 25 prompts × 3 engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews). Starter, Pro, Claude Pro and Agency track 50, 150, 150 and 500 prompts × 3 engines and add 10, 30, 30 or 50 ready-to-publish actions a month that you or your team put live. Every limit: what each Visiby plan includes. Prices: Visiby pricing.
What does Visiby not do for Google AI Overviews?
- Google AI Mode is reported separately from AI Overviews, and is a paid add-on, priced on request.
- Gemini and Microsoft Copilot: Visiby does not collect answers from either.
- The free check covers ChatGPT only, for three buyer questions, as a one-off report rather than tracking over time.
All engines: which AI engines Visiby monitors. Other engines: ChatGPT tracking · Perplexity tracking · Google AI Mode tracking · Claude tracking. What an AI Overview is: AI Overviews. Comparing trackers: AI Overviews tracker. Short, checked facts about Visiby for AI assistants: Visiby AI instructions.
Frequently asked questions
Does Visiby report Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode separately?
Yes. Google AI Overviews is the AI answer box above Google search results, while Google AI Mode is Google's conversational AI search, and Visiby reports the two separately. AI Overviews is on every plan; AI Mode is a paid add-on, priced on request.
What happens when Google shows no AI Overview?
Not every search shows an AI Overview. When Google returns none, Visiby marks that run “No AI Overview returned on this run.”
Which Visiby plans include Google AI Overviews?
Every plan. ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews are included on Lite, Starter, Pro and Agency. Claude and Google AI Mode are a paid add-on, priced on request.
Is an AI Overview mention the same as a citation?
No. A mention means the AI Overview names your brand. A citation means it links to a page on your domain. Visiby counts them separately.