Google AI Overview & AEO Tracker 2026 (GEO Scanner)

Track your brand's visibility in Google's AI-generated search results. This ultra-fast, highly reliable scraper extracts data directly from Google AI Overviews (formerly SGE), allowing you to monitor Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) metrics.

🎯 Why use this Actor?

Standard rank trackers only show you traditional organic links. In 2026, if you aren't tracking your visibility inside AI Overviews, you are missing the most critical top-of-funnel traffic.

This tool is built specifically for SEO agencies, marketers, and researchers who need to:

• Prove ROI: Show clients exactly when and where their domains are cited by Google's AI.
• Competitor Analysis: See which competitors are dominating the AI answers for your target keywords.
• Bypass Blocks: Engineered to utilize Apify's SERP proxy infrastructure for high success rates.

📊 What Data Do You Get?

For every keyword you input, the Actor returns clean, structured JSON containing:

• aiOverviewPresent: (Boolean) Did Google generate an AI answer for this query?
• citedUrlsCount: The exact number of citations used by the AI.
• citedDomains: A clean array of the root domains Google cited (perfect for brand tracking).
• citedUrls: The specific, full-length URLs the AI linked to.
• organicRank: Where your target domain ranks in the traditional organic results beneath the AI.

💡 Use Cases

• AEO & GEO Dashboards: Pipe the JSON output directly into Looker Studio, Tableau, or custom agency dashboards.
• Brand Reputation Management: Monitor what generative AI is saying about your brand name in real-time.

⚡ Pricing & Performance

• Pay Per Event: You only pay for successful results.
• Efficient headless-browser runs: Each query runs a lightweight, purpose-built headless-browser check (typically a few seconds), retrying automatically on rate-limits or CAPTCHAs so a blocked attempt doesn't cost you a bad result. For best reliability, run with GOOGLE_SERP or Residential proxy if your Apify plan includes it — the Actor auto-selects whatever proxy tier your account has available.

FAQ & Disclaimers

Is scraping Google Search allowed? Google's ToS restricts automated access. This Actor uses proxies to replicate normal browser behaviour. Use responsibly, do not overload requests, and review Google's ToS for your jurisdiction.

Why does organicRank sometimes show -1? Google may not show your domain in the first page of results, or the query triggered a specialised SERP (images, shopping, maps) rather than standard blue links.

AI Overview selectors keep changing. Google updates its HTML structure frequently. If AI Overview detection stops working, open an issue — we ship selector updates within days.

Support Open an issue in the Issues tab. Custom integrations and white-label reporting pipelines available on request.