Is this a keyword rank tracker?
No. It surfaces the search demand your site already has — impressions, clicks, CTR and average position from Google Search Console — and pairs it with what AI answer engines do on the same topics. It does not track your keyword positions over time.
Do you combine Google’s numbers with your AI numbers?
Never. Google Search Console is a first-party measurement of your own site; our AI monitoring is a separate instrument that records what AI answer engines say and cite. They are shown side by side with a clear separator and are not added, averaged or merged.
What exactly do you import from Google?
Your Search Console organic query demand over a rolling 28-day window: impressions, clicks, click-through rate and average position, per query and per query-by-page. It is classified into content gaps, on-page lifts and title/CTR fixes.
Do I need Search Console connected to use AEO Spotlight?
No. AI visibility monitoring, competitor tracking and Content Studio all work without it. Connecting Search Console adds demand data, which makes your content suggestions demand-led rather than AI-gap-only.
Are other data sources supported?
Yes. Google Search Console supplies the query demand, and Google Analytics 4 (where enabled on your deployment) adds on-site sessions and conversions per landing page on the Search demand page — joined on the page URL, never on a query, because GA4 has no query attribution. Bing Webmaster Tools and estimated third-party sources are on the roadmap and will appear as clearly labelled columns, never as a blended score.