New Google Search Console Generative AI Features Report (Beta): What It Is & How To Use It

Google quietly rolled out one of the most important Search Console updates of the year — the Generative AI Features report. If you have ever wondered whether your website is being cited inside Google’s AI Overviews (that summarized answer box at the top of the search results) or inside AI Mode, this report finally gives you the data.

In the video below, I walk through the report using my own Pinoy SEO data so you can see exactly what to look for, what the numbers mean, and how to use them to sharpen your SEO and GEO strategy.

What is the Generative AI Features report in Google Search Console?

The Generative AI Features report (currently in Beta) is a new performance view inside Google Search Console that tracks how often your website appears inside Google’s AI-generated search experiences. Two experiences are covered:

• AI Overviews — the summarized paragraph answer that Google generates at the top of many search results, with cited source websites underneath or beside it.
• AI Mode — Google’s newer conversational search interface (rolling out globally in 2026) that behaves more like ChatGPT and pulls from indexed content to build answers.

Before this report existed, we had no way of knowing whether Google’s AI trusted our content enough to cite it. We could see traditional blue link rankings in Search Console, but AI Overviews were a black box. That has changed.

How to access the report

1. Log in to Google Search Console.
2. Select the property you want to check.
3. In the left sidebar, click Performance.
4. Under Performance, click Generative AI (marked “Beta”).

If you do not see the Generative AI option yet, it may not have rolled out to your property. Google is releasing this gradually. Check back in a week or two.

What each metric means

Impressions

An impression is counted every time your website is shown as a source inside an AI Overview or AI Mode response. It does not mean someone clicked on your link — only that Google’s AI included your page as one of the sources it drew from.

Impressions are the primary signal to watch in this report because click-through rates from AI answers are typically lower than traditional SERPs (most users get their answer without clicking). Impressions tell you how visible you are inside the AI layer.

Clicks

Clicks are counted when someone taps the citation link inside an AI Overview and lands on your website. Expect lower CTR than normal SERPs. Do not panic if your impressions are 2,000 and your clicks are 40 — that is a reasonable ratio for AI-answer traffic. Focus on the impressions trend line first.

Top pages

This is the most actionable section of the report. It shows which of your pages Google’s AI is citing most often. If Google’s AI trusts a page enough to cite it, that is a very strong quality signal. Study those pages carefully:

• What content structure do they use? (Headings, lists, tables, clear answers up top)
• How long are they?
• Do they cite sources or use expert quotes?
• Do they include specific numbers, dates, and named entities?

Once you spot the pattern in your top-cited pages, replicate that pattern across your future content.

Top queries

This shows which search queries triggered AI answers that cited your site. This is gold for content planning because it tells you which topics you own in the AI layer. Write more content in those topic clusters — Google has already validated your authority there.

What good numbers look like

There is no universal benchmark yet because this is a Beta report. But based on what I am seeing across the sites I audit, here is a rough guide for Filipino websites in the SEO or digital marketing space:

• 0 impressions: Your content is not being cited by Google’s AI yet. Focus on building topical authority — publish comprehensive, well-structured content on a narrow set of topics.
• 1 to 100 monthly impressions: Google’s AI is starting to notice you. Keep publishing consistently and structure your content for AI extraction (see below).
• 100 to 1,000 monthly impressions: Solid presence. You have earned baseline trust. Analyze your top pages and double down.
• 1,000+ monthly impressions: Strong AI visibility. You are in the winning minority of sites. Protect and expand this position.

For context, pinoyseo.ph has been averaging 30 to 55 daily impressions in AI features over the last 3 months, trending upward. Most Filipino SEO sites are at zero right now, so any positive number puts you ahead.

Why this data matters more than traditional rankings

Google Search is undergoing its biggest transformation since PageRank. AI Overviews now appear on a significant percentage of informational queries. When they do, users often get their answer without ever clicking a blue link.

This is why many sites are reporting traffic drops in 2026 — the classic “position 1 in Google” no longer guarantees the click if Google’s AI answers the question above the fold. But sites that are cited inside those AI answers still get:

• Brand visibility — your name and page title appear inside the AI answer, building recognition even without a click.
• Trust transfer — Google is telling users, “This is where I got my information.” That is powerful third-party validation.
• Higher-intent traffic when clicks do happen — users who click through from an AI citation are usually looking for deeper information, which means better engagement.

In short: being cited by Google’s AI is the new “ranking #1.”

How to increase your AI visibility (GEO practices)

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the discipline of optimizing content specifically for citation by AI models. Here are the practices that are proving effective:

1. Answer the question in the first paragraph. AI models prefer content that gives a direct answer up top, then supports it below. Do not bury the lede.
2. Use clear semantic HTML. Proper H1, H2, H3 hierarchy. Lists for enumerable items. Tables for comparisons. AI models parse structured content more reliably.
3. Include specific data, dates, and named entities. AI models trust content with concrete facts more than vague prose. Names, numbers, dates, and locations act as trust anchors.
4. Add a strong author byline with credentials. E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trust) matters even more in the AI era. Show who wrote it and why they are qualified.
5. Publish an llms.txt file. This new standard (which Yoast SEO now auto-generates) tells AI crawlers which of your pages are the canonical sources for each topic.
6. Add Person, Organization, and Course/Product schema. Structured data helps AI models understand who you are, what you offer, and how your entities relate to each other.
7. Build topical depth, not just breadth. Publish multiple interconnected posts around a single topic cluster rather than one post per topic. AI models weight sites with clear topical authority higher.
8. Keep content fresh. Update older posts with current dates, new data, and revised recommendations. Freshness signals matter to AI ranking.

What to do this week

Here is a simple action list you can complete in about an hour:

1. Log in to Google Search Console and open the Generative AI report.
2. Screenshot the Impressions trend for the last 3 months.
3. Check the “Top Pages” tab and note your top 5 AI-cited pages.
4. Check the “Top Queries” tab and note your top 5 AI-triggering queries.
5. Identify 2 or 3 patterns in your top-cited pages (structure, length, entity density).
6. Plan 2 new posts that follow the same pattern in the topic areas where you are already earning AI citations.

Do this monthly and you will build a compounding advantage in Google’s AI answers.

Want to master AI SEO and GEO?

AI search is not a passing trend — it is the new default. If you want to future-proof your SEO career or your business, you need to understand both traditional SEO and GEO. That is exactly what we teach in the Pinoy SEO Bootcamp.

Our next batch is starting soon. It is a 4-week online training taught in Tagalog with English support, covering everything from Google Business Profile to ChatGPT visibility to Generative AI Overviews. Check the pinoyseo.ph homepage for upcoming batch schedules and pricing.

Have questions about the Generative AI report or your own data? Drop them in the comments on the YouTube video above and I will answer them personally.