GEO & AI search
AI Mode
Definition
Google Search's conversational mode, launched in the U.S. on May 20, 2025. Google describes it as using a "query fan-out" technique that breaks a question into subtopics and searches each one. In Search Console, a follow-up question in AI Mode counts as a new query.
Defined in AI Mode Traffic Hides in Organic Search: How to Estimate It.
Where AI Mode comes up
The guides that put this term to work, rather than just defining it.
- AI Traffic & AttributionAI Traffic and Attribution: How to Measure What ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Mode Send Your Store
- AI Shopping ChannelsUniversal Commerce Protocol (UCP): Getting Google Checkout in AI Mode and Gemini
- AI Shopping ChannelsAI Shopping Channels: How Products Get Into ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity
- AI Traffic & AttributionGA4's AI Assistant Channel: What It Counts, What It Misses, and the Regex for the Rest
- Agentic CommerceWhat Is Agentic Checkout? The 2026 Variants, Who Sells, and What to Configure
- Commerce GEOCommerce GEO: How to Get Your Products Recommended by AI
- Agentic CommerceAgentic Commerce on Shopify: The 2026 Guide
- Agentic CommerceAgentic Commerce vs Traditional E-commerce: What Changes and What Doesn't
What is AI invisibility costing you?
Revenue at risk from AI shopping channels, with the formula shown so you can check the maths.