If you want to capture all the ranking pages in AI Overviews (AIOs) then you can now create a configuration which instructs our crawler to click and expand every AI Overview it finds to capture all ranking pages and positions visible and hidden (requiring a user to click and scroll into view).
N/B: Currently only available on ongoing paid subscriptions.
At this stage AIOs are being rolled out worldwide in a slow phased rollout by Google. Whilst you can turn on this feature for any ranking configuration, you will only get extended results if Google is showing AIOs in the language and country selected.
We recommend creating a new ranking configuration that mirrors an existing ranking configuration, as otherwise your ranking positions may change considerably, as we count all generative pages as viable Universal Ranking positions that you can attain which will probably push your organic rankings down.
You must also select a 'TRUE' ranking configuration which captures and counts all SERP features.
This will not work with 'PURE' or 'BLENDED' ranking configurations.
1. Click on SETTINGS
2. Click on Rank Configs
3. Click on Edit the configuration if you do want to edit an existing config (not recommended).
4. Click on Capture AI Overviews
5. To add a new ranking configuration with AIO Capture enabled, simply Click on ADD NEW CONFIG (recommended)
6. Give your config a name: e.g. "Google - India - Desktop - AIO Enabled"
7. Select a country, e.g. Click on India
8. Select a search engine; e.g. Click on Google (as AIO expansion is only available for Google today).
9. Click on True Rank
10. Check on 'Capture AI Overviews' and save
11. Click on APPS to go back to your project.
12. Click on Keywords…
13. Click on Rank Tracking
14. Select your ranking configurations by clicing on the current one. e.g. Click on Google - UK (True)
15. Select the ranking configuration with AIO enabled. e.g. Check Google - US - Desktop - AIO Enabled
16. Uncheck other ranking configs. e.g. Google - UK (True)
17. Click on Apply
18. You can also select multiple ranking configurations together and see rankings side by side. To do this click on your current ranking config. e.g. "Google - US - Desktop - AIO Enabled"
19. Add another ranking config, e.g. "Check Google - US - Desktop - No AIO"
20. Click on Apply
21. Click on one column in the table to sort by lowest (best) ranking position. e.g. www.authoritas.com "Google - US - Desktop - AIO Enabled"
This will show all SERP features and rankings for all keywords on both ranking engines.
22. Click on the Filter icon to filter by SERP feature, e.g. To narrow down your keywords to only keywords that show AI Overviews.
23. Click on SERPs Features
24. Check AI Overviews - Any Type
25. Click on Apply
26. This will filter the table to any keyword that has an AI Overview in either search engine.
If you want to export this data then you can do so in the normal manner by selecting an export report from the 'Export' menu above the keyword ranking table.
