# Google AI Overview & Brand Visibility Tracker (GEO) (`jongoose/geo-tracker-scraper`) Actor Track brand visibility in Google's AI Overview (SGE) and organic search across a list of queries. Per query: detect the AI Overview, extract the source domains it cites, flag whether your domain is cited, and return the top-10 organic ranking + People Also Ask. For GEO/SEO. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jongoose/geo-tracker-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [James Scott](https://apify.com/jongoose) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, Marketing - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Google AI Overview & Brand Visibility Tracker (GEO) Track how visible your brand is in **Google's AI Overview** (the generative "AI Overview" answer box, formerly SGE) **and** in classic organic results - for any list of search queries. Built for **GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)** and SEO monitoring: know when an AI Overview appears, which sources it cites, and whether *your* domain is one of them. ### What you get (one record per query) - **`ai_overview_present`** - is there an AI Overview on the page? - **`ai_overview_text`** - the AI Overview's answer text (cleaned of citation badges) - **`ai_overview_sources`** - the list of **domains the AI Overview cites** (the core GEO signal), plus `ai_overview_source_urls` (the full cited URLs) - **`tracked_domain_present_in_overview`** - is your domain cited inside the AI Overview? (when `trackDomain` is set) - **`organic_results`** - top 10 organic results: `position`, `title`, `url`, `domain` - **`tracked_domain_organic_rank`** - your domain's organic position (or `null`) - **`people_also_ask`** - the "People also ask" questions - **`serp_state`** - `results` on success (or `js_challenge` / `consent` / `captcha` if a proxy misconfiguration got a gate instead of results) ### Input - **`queries`** (required) - the searches to track, e.g. `["best crm for small business", "how to file an llc"]`. One SERP is fetched per query. - **`trackDomain`** - your website domain, e.g. `acme.com`. Enables the "cited in AI Overview?" and organic-rank fields (subdomains match too). - **`trackBrand`** - your brand name (stored on each record for reporting). - **`gl`** / **`hl`** - country and language codes for localisation (default `us` / `en`). - **`maxItems`** - cap on how many queries to process. - **`proxyConfiguration`** - keep the default **`GOOGLE_SERP`** proxy group (see below). #### Example input ```json { "queries": ["best crm for small business", "generative engine optimization"], "trackBrand": "Zoho", "trackDomain": "zoho.com", "gl": "us", "hl": "en", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["GOOGLE_SERP"] } } ```` #### Example output (one query) ```json { "query": "best crm for small business", "timestamp": "2026-07-10T14:40:00Z", "ai_overview_present": true, "ai_overview_text": "The best CRM for a small business depends on budget and needs...", "ai_overview_sources": ["hubspot.com", "zoho.com", "forbes.com"], "tracked_domain_present_in_overview": true, "organic_results": [ { "position": 1, "title": "HubSpot CRM...", "url": "https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm", "domain": "hubspot.com" }, { "position": 3, "title": "Zoho CRM...", "url": "https://www.zoho.com/crm/", "domain": "zoho.com" } ], "tracked_domain_organic_rank": 3, "people_also_ask": ["Which CRM is best for a small business?"], "serp_state": "results" } ``` ### Why this Actor - **AI Overview-first.** Most SERP scrapers only give you organic results. This one is built around **detecting the AI Overview and extracting the domains it cites** - the metric GEO/SEO teams now care about most. - **Durable parser.** Google rotates its CSS class names every few weeks, so detection keys on **stable signals** (the visible "AI Overview" label, `data-attrid`, and the `

` organic pattern) with class-name hints only as a fallback. - **Honest reporting.** Every record carries `serp_state`, so a proxy/consent gate is never silently reported as "no AI Overview". ### Proxy & how Google fetching works Google serves a JavaScript/bot gate to raw IPs, so this Actor uses Apify's **`GOOGLE_SERP` proxy group** (available on the free plan, tuned for Google SERP scraping) to get clean results HTML. Keep the default proxy configuration. Requests go to `http://www.google.com/search` (the GOOGLE\_SERP proxy is HTTP-only and requires the `www.` host); localisation is via `gl`/`hl`. **AI Overview caveat (important):** an AI Overview can be (1) rendered in the initial HTML, (2) *deferred* and injected by JavaScript after the page paints, or (3) absent. This Actor fetches HTML over HTTP, so it reliably catches states (1) and (3). A minority of overviews load only via JavaScript (state 2) and will read as `ai_overview_present: false` - this is a known limitation of every non-headless SERP scraper. Organic results, source detection, and rankings are unaffected. This data is for **market/SEO research**. It is not a consumer report and must not be used for FCRA-covered purposes. # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): The search queries to track (one Google SERP is fetched per query). Use the queries your customers actually search - e.g. "best crm for small business", "how to file an llc". One record is returned per query. ## `trackBrand` (type: `string`): Your brand / company name. Stored on each record for reporting; used for readability (domain matching drives visibility detection). ## `trackDomain` (type: `string`): Your website domain, e.g. "acme.com". If given, each record flags whether this domain is cited inside the AI Overview and reports its organic rank (subdomains match too). ## `gl` (type: `string`): Two-letter Google country code for result localisation (e.g. us, gb, ca, au, de). ## `hl` (type: `string`): Two-letter Google interface/results language code (e.g. en, es, fr, de). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Process at most this many queries from the list (one record each). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Google blocks raw IPs with a JavaScript/consent gate. Keep the GOOGLE\_SERP proxy group (Apify's Google-SERP proxy, available on the free plan) - it returns clean results HTML. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "best crm for small business", "generative engine optimization", "how does an ai overview work" ], "trackBrand": "Acme CRM", "trackDomain": "acme.com", "gl": "us", "hl": "en", "maxItems": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "GOOGLE_SERP" ] } } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "queries": [ "best crm for small business", "generative engine optimization", "how does an ai overview work" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jongoose/geo-tracker-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "queries": [ "best crm for small business", "generative engine optimization", "how does an ai overview work", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jongoose/geo-tracker-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "queries": [ "best crm for small business", "generative engine optimization", "how does an ai overview work" ] }' | apify call jongoose/geo-tracker-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jongoose/geo-tracker-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google AI Overview & Brand Visibility Tracker (GEO)", "description": "Track brand visibility in Google's AI Overview (SGE) and organic search across a list of queries. Per query: detect the AI Overview, extract the source domains it cites, flag whether your domain is cited, and return the top-10 organic ranking + People Also Ask. For GEO/SEO.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "yPqd1xYqDLdPKkxgq" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jongoose~geo-tracker-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jongoose-geo-tracker-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jongoose~geo-tracker-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jongoose-geo-tracker-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jongoose~geo-tracker-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jongoose-geo-tracker-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "queries" ], "properties": { "queries": { "title": "Search queries", "type": "array", "description": "The search queries to track (one Google SERP is fetched per query). Use the queries your customers actually search - e.g. \"best crm for small business\", \"how to file an llc\". One record is returned per query.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "trackBrand": { "title": "Brand name (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Your brand / company name. Stored on each record for reporting; used for readability (domain matching drives visibility detection)." }, "trackDomain": { "title": "Brand domain (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Your website domain, e.g. \"acme.com\". If given, each record flags whether this domain is cited inside the AI Overview and reports its organic rank (subdomains match too)." }, "gl": { "title": "Country (gl)", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter Google country code for result localisation (e.g. us, gb, ca, au, de).", "default": "us" }, "hl": { "title": "Language (hl)", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter Google interface/results language code (e.g. en, es, fr, de).", "default": "en" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max queries", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Process at most this many queries from the list (one record each).", "default": 50 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "Google blocks raw IPs with a JavaScript/consent gate. Keep the GOOGLE_SERP proxy group (Apify's Google-SERP proxy, available on the free plan) - it returns clean results HTML.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "GOOGLE_SERP" ] } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```