Measuring Google Results
Written for people first, and structured so the AI engines that now answer these questions describe you accurately.
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What is sentiment analysis and how does it apply to search results?
Sentiment analysis classifies content, a URL, an article, or an AI engine response, as positive, neutral, or negative. In SERP reputation work it serves as a tracking signal: each ranking URL on a priority query gets scored, the aggregate page-one sentiment is tracked monthly, and AI engine responses are scored per engine with trend lines over time revealing narrative drift. Sentiment is a leading indicator, not a goal, the work is on the underlying narrative, not on the score.
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How do you report reputation management results to a board or leadership team?
Board-level reputation reporting should fit one page: current posture against peers, top risks, work completed, KPI movement, AI narrative trend with examples, and three to five recommendations or decisions needed. Visuals (SERP composition charts, share-of-voice graphs, engine comparison views) communicate more efficiently than prose; full operational detail belongs in an appendix.
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How do you benchmark your reputation against competitors?
Benchmark reputation against named peers by running identical query sets and AI prompts in identical conditions, applying consistent classification, and aggregating across the priority layers. The methodology must be rigorous, same queries, same geographies and languages, same time windows, same classification criteria, or the comparison produces noise rather than insight.
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How do you track competitors’ search reputation?
Competitor reputation is tracked by running the same priority query set through IMPACT for SERP composition comparisons and through AIQ across the eight AI engines AIQ currently tracks for narrative, sentiment, source attribution, and theme coverage. The aggregate view yields share of voice on each query; that data feeds monthly reporting and strategic prioritization of where to act next.
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What is geographic SERP tracking and why does it matter?
Google personalizes search results by country, city, language, and device, so the same brand query can produce materially different results in New York, London, and Frankfurt. Multinational programs require per-market tracking through GeoSearch and IMPACT™ to capture each market’s actual first impression.
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