Are brand mentions more common in AI Mode?

Considerably. Longer answers name more brands, and most of those names are never linked.

How do you handle a brand named several times in one answer?

We return an occurrence count per sample plus sample frequency, so you can distinguish depth from breadth.

Google AI Mode brand mentions tracking

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AI Mode answers run roughly three times longer than classic queries, which means far more unlinked brand references per answer than any Google surface produces.

How it renders

Plain text across a long multi-paragraph answer.

Sampling

Mentions are more stable across samples than citations, because the model's underlying association with a category changes more slowly than its choice of sources.

Gotcha

Long answers mean the same brand is often named several times with different surface forms. We count occurrences and distinct aliases separately so repetition is not mistaken for reach.

What the API returns

A single collection call against Google AI Mode for the brand mentions field, sampled n times and returned as one object per prompt.

{
  "engine": "google_ai_mode",
  "field": "brand_mentions",
  "prompt": "best ai visibility tracking tool",
  "country": "GB",
  "language": "en",
  "n": 30,
  "mentions": [
    {
      "brand": "Nostimates",
      "alias_matched": "Nostimates",
      "count": 2,
      "mention_rate": 0.57,
      "linked": true
    },
    {
      "brand": "Competitor",
      "alias_matched": "Competitor AI",
      "count": 1,
      "mention_rate": 0.3,
      "linked": false
    }
  ]
}

GET /v1/collect?engine=google_ai_mode&field=brand_mentions

Response fields

Key	Type	Notes
brand	string	Canonical brand from your configured list.
alias_matched	string	The exact surface form found in the answer text.
count	integer	Occurrences within a single answer.
mention_rate	float	Share of the n samples in which the brand appeared.
linked	boolean	Whether the mention was also a citation.
context	string	Surrounding sentence, for evidence export.

What it costs

Included in the base collection. Alias lists are configured per project at no extra cost.

See credit pricing →

Google AI Mode brand mentions FAQ

Are brand mentions more common in AI Mode?: Considerably. Longer answers name more brands, and most of those names are never linked.
How do you handle a brand named several times in one answer?: We return an occurrence count per sample plus sample frequency, so you can distinguish depth from breadth.

Count the names AI Mode never links

Send your brand and competitor list and we'll show you mention share across your AI Mode prompt set.

Other Google AI Mode data

Citations Sources Answer text Share of voice Sentiment Prompt volatility Position Locale variance

Across every engine

Compare how brand mentions behaves on every engine we track.

Brand mentions across all engines →