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Query fan-out tracking

Before answering, an AI often runs its own searches. See the exact queries it types, the sites it reads, and the questions where it answers from memory without searching at all.

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Under the hood

The searches your buyers never see

Promptrack runs each tracked prompt through an AI engine with live web search and captures the fan-out: the queries it typed and the search results it read before writing its answer. That list is your real SEO target, written by an engine, not guessed by a keyword tool.

  • ✓Real fan-out queries per prompt
  • ✓The pages the engine read, ranked as it saw them
  • ✓Refreshed with your weekly runs
Fan-out queries and the pages the engine read, per prompt
Memory vs search

Some answers never touch the web

When an engine answers without searching, it is working from memory: what the model already believes about your category. Fan-out tracking flags which of your prompts behave that way, so you know where fresh content alone is unlikely to move the answer fast, and where citations and authority weigh more.

  • ✓Searched vs answered-from-memory, per prompt
  • ✓Brand entities the engine associates with the question
  • ✓A different playbook for each case
Prompts answered from memory flagged next to searched ones

Up and running in minutes

1Add your site

We read your pages and draft the buyer questions worth tracking, in your market's language.

2First run in minutes

Your first run starts right away on the core engines. You see your first ranks before any card.

3Track it weekly

Every Monday: fresh ranks, the trend per prompt, and the plan to win the answers you are missing.

Tracked beside 6 AI engines

Fan-out capture runs alongside your weekly tracking. Each engine has its own rank tracker.

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Questions

What is query fan-out?
The set of searches an AI engine runs on its own before answering a question. One buyer prompt can fan out into several queries, and those queries shape which pages get read and cited.
Where does this data come from?
From executing your tracked prompts on an AI engine with web search enabled, in your market and language, and capturing what it did: queries, results read, and whether it searched at all. It is tied to your prompts, not a generic keyword database.
What do I do with fan-out queries?
Treat them as your content brief: pages that answer those exact queries are the ones engines tend to pull into answers. Write or update yours against that list, then watch the next runs.
Why do some prompts show no queries?
Because the engine answered from memory. That is a finding, not a gap: it tells you this answer currently comes from what the model already believes about your category, not from a live read of your pages.

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