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AI searches (fan-outs)

AI searches predicts the web searches AI runs behind your buyers' questions, and checks whether your site has a page for each.

2 min readChecked against the app 1 Oct 2026Open in the app

What you'll get from this page

  • Understand what a fan-out search is.
  • Run a prediction and read which searches have no page yet.
  • Know the limits: these searches are predicted, not captured.

What a fan-out is

Before an AI assistant answers, it often runs several short web searches of its own. This is called query fan-out. Those searches decide which pages it reads, so they hint at the pages your site should have.

In the sidebar this page is called AI searches.

Search map
Sample · fictional brand

What is the best email marketing tool for small businesses?

  • best email marketing tools 2026 comparisonNo page of yours
  • email marketing platform for small business ownersNo page of yours
  • best email automation tools for drip campaignsYour page ranks
Sample only: the searches behind one buyer question for the fictional brand Acme Email.

Predicted, not captured

Run a predictionabout 20 seconds

  1. 1

    Open AI searchesa few seconds

    Go to AI searches. You need at least one scan of the brand.

  2. 2

    Press Predict searchesabout 20 seconds

    We predict up to 5 searches for each prompt (up to 12 prompts per run) and read your site.

  3. 3

    Read the gaps1 to 2 minutes

    Filter to No page yet. Each one is a page or section you could write.

After you add pages, press Predict again to re-check.

Read the page

Predicted searches
How many searches we predicted, and for how many prompts.
Have a page
Searches one of your pages already answers, by matching its title, main heading or description.
No page yet
Searches no page on your site answers yet.
Prompts covered
Prompts with predictions, and when we last predicted.

Switch between List and Tree views. Each search has a copy button. A prompt AI already misses you on is a good place to start.

Which of your pages we check

We check up to 10 pages found by your latest site check, which runs on its own after each scan. Until it has run, we only check your homepage, so more searches may show No page yet than is true. Open Site check if it hasn't run yet.

Common questions

Is this the same as the Searches tab on a prompt?

That tab shows the real search our engine ran for the answer, plus the predicted searches for that prompt.

Does a page for every search guarantee a mention?

No. It makes it more likely AI can find a relevant page of yours. Whether an answer names you depends on many sources.

Does predicting use a scan?

No. It doesn't run a scan and doesn't count toward your monthly scans.

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