The short answer
Yes. The AI summary that sits at the top of US Google results (AIO · AI Overviews) is judged as its own place: whether it appeared for the query, whether the answer names your brand, and whether your page is cited as a source. It is included from Compass up. Where a client property has Search Console's generative-AI report, we link that export as client-owned first-party evidence, and CiteAngle keeps AIO as an external observed place, measured with repeated runs.
Why this matters
On queries carrying an AI summary, holding position one stops guaranteeing the visit. A rank table has no column where that loss would appear.
The ranked results and the AI layer are counted as separate places from a single ask, so queries where your rank and your citation disagree come out of the same round.
Questions buyers read next
- How is this different from Search Console's generative-AI report?
- We already invest in SEO — do we still need this?
- Why measure every engine — isn't ChatGPT enough?
- How can we trust the measurement?
- What if the answers change every time?
- AI platforms now sell ads. Why would I still need citation measurement?
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