AI Search Reporting: Dashboard Setup
AI search reporting involves setting up dashboards that track your content's performance across AI search platforms.
AI search reporting dashboards track citation frequency, platform coverage, AI referral traffic, and content performance to measure the effectiveness of GEO efforts.
Dashboard Components
1. Citation Tracker
| Metric | Source | Update Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Total citations | Manual testing | Weekly |
| Citation by platform | ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews | Weekly |
| Citation position | Manual testing | Weekly |
| New citations | Week-over-week comparison | Weekly |
2. Traffic Tracker
| Metric | Source | Update Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| AI referral traffic | Google Analytics | Daily |
| Referral by platform | UTM tracking | Daily |
| Pages receiving AI traffic | GA page reports | Weekly |
| Conversion from AI traffic | GA goals | Monthly |
3. Content Quality Tracker
| Metric | Source | Update Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Pages with schema | Technical audit | Monthly |
| AI readability score | Automated check | Monthly |
| Content freshness | CMS metadata | Monthly |
| Internal link coverage | Crawl report | Monthly |
Reporting Template
Weekly Report
Week of [Date]
## Citations
- Total citations this week: [X]
- New citations: [X]
- Lost citations: [X]
- Top cited pages: [list]
## Traffic
- AI referral visits: [X]
- Top referral sources: [list]
- Conversion rate: [X]%
## Actions
- Content published: [X] pages
- Schema added: [X] pages
- Issues found: [list]Monthly Report
Add to weekly:
- Competitive analysis update
- Content gap assessment
- KPI trend analysis
- Next month priorities
Setting Up Tracking
- Google Analytics: Set up custom segments for AI referral traffic
- Manual testing schedule: Weekly query testing across platforms
- Spreadsheet tracker: Log citations, positions, and trends
- Automated alerts: Notify when citation patterns change
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- AI Search Competitive Analysis — Competitor tracking
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