When analyzing a domain’s or webpage’s Ranked Keywords with the DataForSEO Labs API, you can now see if they are being cited in Google’s AI Overviews.
What’s new
We have supported a ai_overview_reference as new SERP element type for which you can get data via the Ranked Keywords endpoint. Now you’ll now see whether the target page or website was used as a source material for any keyword that triggers an AI Overview. Besides that, you will receive citation details, including source title, URL, domain, and quoted text.
To obtain this data, just specify "item_types": ["ai_overview"] in your POST request body.
Example of ai_overview_reference element in the API response:
{
"ranked_serp_element": {
"se_type": "google",
"serp_item": {
"se_type": "google",
"type": "ai_overview_reference",
"rank_group": 1,
"rank_absolute": 1,
"source": "DataForSEO",
"domain": "dataforseo.com",
"title": "Top 1000 Keywords Searched on Google - DataForSEO",
"url": "https://dataforseo.com/free-seo-stats/top-1000-keywords",
"text": "google flights. 20400000. zillow. 20400000. streameast. 20400000. best buy. 20400000. bookmyshow. 20400000. google traduction. 204...",
"main_domain": "dataforseo.com",
"relative_url": "/free-seo-stats/top-1000-keywords",
"etv": 42.560001373291016,
"estimated_paid_traffic_cost": null,
"clickstream_etv": null,
"rank_changes": {
"previous_rank_absolute": null,
"is_new": false,
"is_up": false,
"is_down": false
},
"backlinks_info": null,
"rank_info": {
"page_rank": 0,
"main_domain_rank": 392
}
}
}
}
Why it matters
This update will help you track target website’s presence in AI-generated search results and discover which pages are being cited as sources. With AI Overviews increasingly appearing in Google SERPs, this update provides a new much-needed layer of visibility into organic performance.
Explore our updated documentation, and start tracking and analyzing website visibility beyond traditional rankings.