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Is your site in Google’s AI Overview?

The AI Overview checker runs a live Google search and reads the result. You learn whether an AI Overview appeared, whether your site is cited and which sources Google used instead. Free.

3 free checks per hour · results cached 24 hours per query · fetched live from Google.

Sample data

AI OverviewMeasured 8 Oct 2026 · United States · desktop

For hiking, the most recommended rain jackets balance waterproofing, breathability and weight. Testers favour 3-layer shells for long, wet days and 2.5-layer jackets when pack space matters 1 2.

Alpenway’s Storm Pro is the most frequent pick for sustained rain 2 3, while packable shells under 300 g suit fast hikes 4. Hikers on forums stress pit zips and a hood that fits over a helmet 5.

kestreloutdoor.com is not among the 9 sources

Cited sources, in Google’s order

  1. 1outdoorgearlab.com
  2. 2rei.com
  3. 3switchbacktravel.com
  4. 4alpenway.com
  5. 5reddit.com/r/hiking
  6. 6youtube.com
  7. 7backpacker.com
  8. 8norrland.com
  9. 9gearjunkie.com

Your result, in three answers

Three questions, answered for every search.

  1. Did an AI Overview appear?

    The answer block Google returned for your search, word for word, with the date, country and device of the search. No Overview is an answer too.

  2. Is your site cited?

    Your domain matched against the cited sources, with your place in Google’s order when you’re there.

  3. Which sources should you investigate?

    Every cited source, in the order Google listed them. These pages shaped the answer you want to be part of.

AI OverviewMeasured 8 Oct 2026 · United States · desktop

For hiking, the most recommended rain jackets balance waterproofing, breathability and weight. Testers favour 3-layer shells for long, wet days and 2.5-layer jackets when pack space matters 1 2.

Alpenway’s Storm Pro is the most frequent pick for sustained rain 2 3, while packable shells under 300 g suit fast hikes 4. Hikers on forums stress pit zips and a hood that fits over a helmet 5.

kestreloutdoor.com is not among the 9 sources

Cited sources, in Google’s order

  1. 1outdoorgearlab.com
  2. 2rei.com
  3. 3switchbacktravel.com
  4. 4alpenway.com
  5. 5reddit.com/r/hiking
  6. 6youtube.com
  7. 7backpacker.com
  8. 8norrland.com
  9. 9gearjunkie.com

Missing from the sources?

Sort the sources by who wrote them.

When your site isn’t cited, the cited sources tell you what Google trusted instead, and each kind asks for a different move. For “best rain jacket for hiking”, kestreloutdoor.com is missing from all 9.

Where to start

When a review is cited first and your product isn’t in it, offer a product for the next update before touching your own page: one review page reaches every answer that cites the page.

Afterwards, track the question across phrasings and engines to know whether your product joins the answer.

  1. Your competitors’ own pages2 of 9

    alpenway.comnorrland.com

    Compare their page with yours for the same question. A direct answer, a spec table or a price your page leaves out is the change to make.

    Check your page against theirs
  2. Review publishers4 of 9

    outdoorgearlab.comswitchbacktravel.combackpacker.comgearjunkie.com

    Find out what each test covers and whether your product is in the test. A jacket for the next update, or a correction to an outdated spec, is the contribution to offer.

    Explore sources & outreach
  3. Retailers1 of 9

    rei.com

    If the retailer stocks your product, check that the listing carries the same specs and price as your own page.

  4. Communities and video2 of 9

    reddit.com/r/hikingyoutube.com

    Read what hikers ask and recommend. Answer the same questions on your own pages, and join the thread where your team has something useful to add.

Five phrasings at once

Check the question the five ways buyers ask it.

One search is a snapshot. Enter your question and the checker also runs four common rewordings, the way buyers phrase it. You get how often an Overview appears, how often your site is cited, and the sources that come back every time.

4 of 5show an Overview

2 of 5cite kestreloutdoor.com

Track all five every week

Five phrasings · kestreloutdoor.com · 8 Oct 2026 · United States

best rain jacket for hikingbest waterproof hiking jacketlightweight rain jacket for backpackingbest packable rain shellrain jacket for hiking under $200+ Edit phrasings
Five phrasings of one question: whether an AI Overview appeared, where kestreloutdoor.com sits among its sources, and which sources each cites.
PhrasingOverviewYouOutdoorGearLabREISwitchbackRedditAlpenway
best rain jacket for hikingOverviewNot cited
best waterproof hiking jacketOverviewNot cited
lightweight rain jacket for backpackingOverview6thof 7
best packable rain shellOverview5thof 6
rain jacket for hiking under $200None–

OutdoorGearLab is cited in every Overview. Start there.

Investigate the sources, then track the answer.

One search shows who Google cites today. Open the cited pages to learn why they won, and follow the question across engines to know when that changes.

  • OutdoorGearLab’s best rain jackets page: cited in 118 answers, Kestrel is not on the page, and the passages engines used name Alpenway and Norrland

    Investigate a cited source

    Open a cited page to find the passages engines used and the competitors the page names instead of you.

    Explore sources & outreach
  • Check the page you want cited

    Score the page against what answer engines quote: a direct answer near the top, crawlable, with structure that backs the answer up.

    Check a page free
  • Find the searches behind the question

    Model the follow-up searches one question can fan out into, then mark which ones your pages answer.

    Open the fan-out generator
  • Answers today, engine by engine, for women’s waterproof hiking boots: Kestrel named once, 4th on ChatGPT, while Norrland and Alpenway lead

    Research the question on every engine

    Look up the same buying question across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, then add the question to tracking.

    Explore research & opportunities

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Google shows AI Overviews for a minority of searches, mostly informational, question-shaped ones. The same query can trigger an Overview today and not tomorrow. A missing AI Overview is a finding about the query, not an error in the check.

Pages that answer the query directly near the top, are crawlable, and carry corroborating structure (clear headings, verifiable facts, schema) tend to be the ones cited. Ranking helps but isn’t enough: AI Overviews regularly cite pages from outside the top organic results.

Not always. AI Overviews vary by time, location, device and personalization. Every result names the date, country and device of its search.

Yes. Set the city your customers search from: “emergency plumber Espoo” returns a different Overview in Espoo than in Helsinki. For local searches the cited sources are often your Google Business Profile and directory listings, and the first move is a complete listing: services, area, hours and prices.

No. This tool checks Google AI Overviews only. The website checker scores page readiness for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, and the platform tracks your brand across all of them on a schedule.

Your buyers ask hundreds of ways.

Track the prompts your buyers actually use across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, with alerts when you enter or drop out of an answer.