Google: When AI Performance Reports Count Impressions

Jun 25, 2026 06:21 PM - 3 hours ago 117

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Google's John Mueller explained erstwhile Google will count an belief for a web page wrong the generative AI features successful Google Search. In short, location needs to beryllium a nexus to your tract being shown successful AI Overviews / AI Mode for it to show arsenic an belief successful the caller Google Search Console AI capacity reports.

Nicola Agius asked John connected Bluesky:

1. Does full impressions see AI impressions?

2. If your article isn't shown, but your icon is connected the main provender mixed card, is that an impression?

3. If your article has been grouped successful a cluster, but your icon doesn't show successful the main feed, is that an impression?

4. Does full impressions see X posts?

John Mueller replied:

The impressions are based connected links to your tract being shown successful AI Overviews / AI Mode. I don't cognize if conscionable a favicon would beryllium linked, but if it's linked to a page connected your site, that would count. If thing needs to beryllium "activated" to spot the link, it would only count erstwhile users do that.

This is the aforesaid logic Google documented successful its Performance study (Search results): About the data but this would use to the AI capacity reports. Google precocious expanded access to the AI capacity reports, truthful much and much are willing successful really these metrics are counted.

Forum chat astatine Bluesky.

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