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Visibility in Gemini through Google’s index

Gemini can ground its answers in content from Google’s search index. We make sure your pages are in that index and check by hand each month what Gemini says about your business.

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What you get

  • Your pages in Google’s index
  • A deliberate choice on Google-Extended
  • Content that completes an answer

How Gemini picks its sources

  1. Your question
  2. Google search index
  3. Content for the answer
  4. Answer with sources

  • Gemini relies on Google’s index

    To ground answers in the Gemini apps, Google uses content from the Google Search index. A page Google does not know cannot contribute.1

    robots.txt
    User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

  • Google-Extended is a choice of its own

    The Google-Extended token in robots.txt decides whether Google may use your content to train Gemini and to ground answers in the Gemini apps. It has no effect on your place in Google Search.1

    robots.txt
    User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

  • Not every answer has sources

    Gemini shows sources below the answer or within the text. Google notes that not every answer includes related links or sources.2

What Atlas checks

Atlas reads the rules for Googlebot and Google-Extended separately, so you see whether Google may fetch your pages and whether your content may be used for Gemini. Then Atlas checks whether those pages may be indexed.

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What we do to your website

  • Make sure Google knows your pages

    Atlas finds pages that may not be indexed, wrong preferred URLs and missing sitemaps. Your specialist fixes them.

  • A deliberate choice on Google-Extended

    We explain what the token controls and set your robots.txt to do what you want.

  • Content that finishes the question

    We write explanations and comparisons a customer can act on, with facts we check with you.

  • Record answers by hand

    If Gemini is in your plan, we ask the agreed questions there each month and store answer, sources and moment.

Which plan fits

Gemini is included from Scale. Once a month we record by hand what Gemini answers to your questions, with the sources we saw.

Compare the plans
PlanGeminiChecked by handPrice
Rise Not in this plan 10 answers a month €549 a month
Scale Included 25 answers a month €949 a month
Lead Included 50 answers a month €1,649 a month

Excl. VAT, on a three-month term.

FAQs

Answers to the questions business owners ask us most.

Do I have to allow Google-Extended to appear in Gemini?

According to Google, Google-Extended controls whether your content may be used for training and for grounding answers in the Gemini apps. If you block it, Gemini cannot use your pages for that. Google Search, including AI Overviews, is not affected. We discuss with you which choice suits your business.

Is Gemini the same as Google’s AI Overviews?

No. Gemini is a separate AI assistant from Google. AI Overviews and AI Mode are part of Google Search. Both can use information from websites, but the rules differ: Google-Extended applies to Gemini and not to Google Search. If you want to be visible in both, you look at both settings.

Can Outseen guarantee that Gemini mentions my business?

No. Google decides what Gemini answers, and that depends on the question, the conversation and the sources available at that moment. We work on your website’s content and technical set-up and records by hand what Gemini answers to the agreed questions, so you can see what changes.

How does Outseen check what Gemini answers?

We ask the agreed questions by hand, once a month, and store the sources, the exact question and the time for every answer. Gemini is included in the Scale plan (25 questions a month) and the Lead plan (50 questions). That way you compare the same questions over time.

Why does Gemini sometimes show no sources with an answer?

Google itself states that not every Gemini answer includes links or sources. An answer without sources therefore does not show that your website was not used, nor that it was. That is why we check, alongside source links, whether your business is named in the text of the answer.

How do I get into Gemini’s answers?

Gemini can ground its answers in content from Google’s search index. Your pages need to be in that index and answer your customer’s question clearly. Google-Extended also decides whether Gemini may use your content for that. We work on those points, and in Scale and Lead we check by hand every month what Gemini answers. We do not guarantee a mention.

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