How to check if your website is cited in Google AI Overviews

To check AI Overview citations at scale, run your keywords through an AI Overview citation tracker. AEO & GEO Tracker on Apify searches Google for each keyword, detects the AI Overview, resolves every cited link and tells you whether your domain is cited, at what position, which competitors are cited instead and what changed since your last check.

Open AEO & GEO Tracker — Google AI Overview Citation Checker on Apify $0.04 per keyword ($0.032 on Gold); $0.01 until 16 Oct 2026

Step by step

  1. List your keywords. Pick the searches that matter — product, comparison and question-style queries are the ones most likely to show an AI Overview.
  2. Open AEO & GEO Tracker. Go to apify.com/automationnation/aeo-auditor and click Try for free (Apify's free plan includes $5 of monthly credit).
  3. Enter keywords and your domain. Add the keywords, your domain (e.g. yourbrand.com), and optionally competitor domains, brand names, country and language.
  4. Run the check. Each keyword takes about 30 seconds. Results show whether an AI Overview appeared, every cited URL, your citation position and your organic rank.
  5. Track changes weekly. Schedule the same input weekly; each keyword is marked gained, lost, unchanged or new compared with your previous run, and the summary lists the keywords you gained or lost.

Do it from code

Python

# pip install apify-client
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("automationnation/aeo-auditor").call(run_input={
  "queries": [
    "best running shoes for flat feet"
  ],
  "targetDomain": "runrepeat.com"
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("query"), item.get("aiOverviewPresent"), item.get("targetDomainInAI"), item.get("targetCitationPosition"))

REST API (cURL)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automationnation~aeo-auditor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries": ["best running shoes for flat feet"], "targetDomain": "runrepeat.com"}'

From an AI assistant (MCP)

Add this MCP server URL to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor and ask in plain English:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=automationnation/aeo-auditor

Alternatives

If you only need the AI Overview text and sources (no verdicts or history), raw scrapers are cheaper: Apify's Google AI Overviews Scraper charges $0.003 per overview. AEO & GEO Tracker costs more per keyword ($0.04 from 17 Oct 2026) because it resolves every citation and adds the cited/not-cited verdict, position, competitor and brand tracking, and change history.

FAQ

Why don't all keywords show an AI Overview?

Google shows AI Overviews only for some queries and varies them by country and language. Keywords without one are reported as no_ai_overview — still useful, because it tells you where AI answers don't affect clicks yet.

Does a subdomain count as my site being cited?

Yes — AEO & GEO Tracker counts subdomains (blog.yourbrand.com) as your domain and ignores look-alike domains.

What is AEO?

AEO (answer engine optimization) and GEO (generative engine optimization) are about getting cited in AI answers such as Google's AI Overviews. Measuring citations per keyword over time is how you know whether your work is paying off.

Written by AutomationNation, the developer of AEO & GEO Tracker — Google AI Overview Citation Checker. Prices checked October 2026.