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Peter Jackman
Peter Jackman

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AEO Measurement Harness: What to Poll and What to Ignore

An AEO measurement harness is a fixed prompt set polled on a schedule, with every raw answer stored. Google says it rolled its Search Console generative AI performance report out to all websites worldwide as of 31 August 2026, though the same help page still warns not every property has access. It groups impressions by page, country, date and device — no query dimension, and nothing from Cha

What this covers

  • What Google and Microsoft already report for you
  • Designing the prompt set
  • What to record on every poll
  • The metrics worth tracking, and how each misleads you
  • A small-n look at our own panel

This is a technical summary. The full guide — with the tables and worked examples — is on our site: *AEO Measurement Harness: What to Poll and What to Ignore*.

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