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Google AI Mode Checker: See if Google's AI Mode mentions and cites you

AI Mode is Google's conversational search, where the whole answer is written by AI. We ask it your buyers' questions and show whether it names you, links to you, and who it recommends instead.

Includes a dedicated Google AI Mode check

The category a buyer would ask AI about, not your tagline.

  • Free
  • No signup
  • Results in ~1–2 minutes
  • 6 AI engines

We ask each engine 3 buyer questions and 1 question about your brand. Your scan stays private. See how it works.

How it decides

How Google AI Mode decides what to recommend

In one line: AI Overviews summarize a results page, while AI Mode replaces it with a longer, conversational answer. That changes what gets recommended.

  1. It fans out into many searches

    Google has described AI Mode as breaking a question into related sub-searches and combining the results. A page that answers one slice, such as pricing or an integration, can earn a place.

  2. It writes longer answers

    AI Mode often names more options than a short Overview and explains the trade-offs. That favours brands with clear positioning and comparison content.

  3. It's built on Google's index

    Like AI Overviews, it draws on pages Google has crawled and indexed. Search fundamentals still apply.

  4. Availability varies by country

    Google rolls AI Mode out market by market. If there's no AI Mode answer for your country, we mark it and leave it out of your score.

What we check

What we check for Google AI Mode

For each of your three buyer questions, we capture the live AI Mode answer and record four things.

Mentioned

Whether AI Mode names your brand or domain anywhere in its answer.

Rank in the list

Your position among the options it recommends, and how many it gave.

Cited as a source

Whether a link to your domain appears among its sources. Google's own links are ignored.

Who's named instead

Every other brand it names. Compare with AI Overviews to see which Google surface favours whom.

Method

How we query Google AI Mode

A live Google AI Mode answer and its sources (DataForSEO SERP API).

We capture a desktop AI Mode answer for your chosen country. Follow-up questions and signed-in personalization aren't included.

Full methodologySee a sample report

Plus: AI Mode and AI Overviews, side by side

Your report shows both Google AI surfaces for the same questions, so you can see whether you appear in one, both or neither.

Inside the report

What AI Mode's row looks like

Every scan gives Google AI Mode a row like this: your three buyer questions, whether you were named, where you ranked, whether your site was cited, and who was named instead.
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Google AI ModeLedgerly · ledgerly.exampleSample: fictional company

Engine score

43

  • Q1 · Best-of list

    What are the best expense management software for seed-stage SaaS startups? Give me a short ranked list with one line on why for each.

    Named, ranked #4 of 5
    #4 in a list of 5Own site not citedAlso named: Fernpay, Ottercard, Quillstack, Paperlark

  • Q2 · Recommendation

    I'm looking for an expense management software. Which companies or products would you recommend, and why?

    Not named
    Own site not citedAlso named: Fernpay, Ottercard, Quillstack, Brimfold

  • Q3 · Alternatives

    What are the best alternatives to Fernpay for seed-stage SaaS startups?

    Named, ranked #3 of 3
    #3 in a list of 3Own site not citedAlso named: Fernpay, Ottercard, Quillstack
  • Named (rank in list)
  • Not named
  • No AI answer

Domains cited

  • saasradar.example
  • reviewhub.example
  • spendreport.example

Most named on AI Mode

  • Fernpay3 of 3 answers
  • Ottercard3 of 3 answers
  • Quillstack3 of 3 answers
AI Mode results in our sample report for Ledgerly, a fictional expense tool.

Levers

What tends to move AI Mode

AI Mode rewards depth: the more of a buyer's journey your pages answer, the more chances you have to be pulled in.

  1. Cover the sub-questions

    Buyers' follow-ups (pricing, integrations, security, alternatives) are the sub-searches AI Mode runs. Each deserves a clear page.

  2. Get the search basics right

    Indexable pages, accurate titles and fast loading are the price of entry for any Google AI feature.

  3. Show up in comparisons

    AI Mode's longer answers lean on review and comparison pages. Your report lists the ones it cited for your category.

  4. Check your snippet controls

    nosnippet and max-snippet settings apply to Google's AI features too. Make sure key pages aren't restricted by accident.

Go deeper

Google AI Mode visibility questions

How we check Google AI Mode, what the results mean, and what you can do about them.

An AI Overview is a short summary at the top of normal Google results, shown for some searches. AI Mode is a separate, conversational search where the whole answer is written by AI, with links, and where people can ask follow-up questions. They often name different brands, so we check both.

Google has described AI Mode as splitting a question into related sub-searches and combining what it finds. In practice, you can be cited for one part of the answer, such as pricing or a specific use case, even if you don't rank for the main question.

Google rolls AI Mode out by country and language. If it returns no answer for the country you picked, we mark the cell “no AI answer” and leave it out of your score rather than counting it as a miss.

AI Mode writes longer answers built from more searches, so it often names more options and weighs comparison and review pages more heavily. A brand can be missing from a short Overview and still appear in AI Mode, or the other way round.

Start with search fundamentals: pages Google can crawl and index, with clear titles. Then cover the sub-questions buyers ask on the way to a decision: comparisons, pricing, integrations and use cases. Getting listed on the review and comparison sites AI Mode cites for your category helps too.

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