Search & AI visibility monitoring
SIOC measures search visibility as an editorial/product signal, not as permission to create thin pages. Monitoring should combine Search Console, analytics and server logs.
Google Search Console
Track indexed canonical URLs, crawled/discovered-not-indexed groups, duplicate/canonical groups, sitemap health, query CTR and the generative-AI performance views when available on the property.
ChatGPT / AI referrals
Track referral traffic from ChatGPT and other answer engines in analytics, and monitor server logs for legitimate crawler access. Citation inclusion cannot be guaranteed.
Monthly review
- Index coverage by sitemap.
- Top new non-branded queries and pages.
- AI/generative-search impressions where available.
- Referral sessions from answer engines.
- Pages with declining CTR or weak engagement.
- Corrections and data freshness due.