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, so you get query-level coordinates for appearance, mention and citation.
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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