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Organic + paid + AI Overview. One console.

The search-side observability layer. Detect organic-paid spend overlap, separate branded from non-branded queries, track AI Overview presence per query, and score SERP-feature opportunities — all on the same event bus your attribution and automation already use.

Surfaces
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organic · paid · AI overview
Queries
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tracked · enterprise
Detectors
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overlap · brand · AIO · feature
Refresh
daily
SERP + GSC delta
The problem

Organic and paid live in separate dashboards. The truth is in the overlap.

Most teams optimise paid in one tab, organic in another, and miss where they're paying for what they already own.

Siloed surfaces

Three tools, three truths.

GSC for organic, Google Ads for paid, an SEO tool for SERP. Reconciling them is manual; the merge is a source of error.

Branded inflation

"Look at our growth!" (Branded.)

Lump branded queries into "organic wins" and you're flattering yourself with brand-spend cannibalisation. Real growth comes from non-branded.

AI Overview blind spot

Position 1 isn't position 1 anymore.

When AI Overview surfaces above position 1, your CTR drops 30-60%. Most platforms don't track AIO presence; you can't optimise for it.

How it works

Unify. Detect. Score. Surface.

Every query joins organic + paid + SERP context, then runs through 5 detectors.

01 · Unify

Join across surfaces

GSC + Google Ads + SERP API joined per-query. Adds AI Overview presence (from GSC searchAppearance) and SERP-feature inventory (from scrape).

02 · Detect

5 detectors run

Organic-paid overlap, branded vs non-branded, AI Overview presence delta, SERP-feature gain/loss, snippet-ownership transfer. All run nightly + on-event.

03 · Score

Opportunity ranking

Each finding gets a traffic-weighted opportunity score. Prioritised in the queue so high-volume issues lead the team's day.

04 · Surface

Dashboard + Alert + Auto-pull

Live console for ops. Slack alerts for high-confidence findings. Optional auto-action: pull paid bids on confirmed organic-paid overlap above threshold.

The pipeline

Three sources. Five detectors. Four surfaces.

The exact runtime topology. Hover any node to inspect.

SEARCH INTELLIGENCE · PIPELINE unify · detect · score · surface
Refresh · daily · 50k queries · live
search console queries · CTR · AI overview google ads branded vs non-branded spend serp api live position · features site crawler schema · snippet eligibility SEARCH INTELLIGENCE ENGINE idempotent · audited · multi-tenant 01 · UNIFY 02 · DETECT 03 · SCORE Join per-query organic + paid + serp · query match· position join· spend join· feature inventory 50k queries 5 detectors overlap · branded · AIO · organic-paid overlap· branded · non-brand· ai overview Δ· serp-feature Δ· snippet-loss P95 · 60s Traffic-weighted rank by opportunity · impressions ×· ctr drop ×· spend at risk· confidence band 145 RBAC permissions · 365d audit retention · snapshot + undo on every action live console unified search surface alert webhook slack · pagerduty · custom auto-pull bids automation · gated · dry-run audit log 365d · per-finding
4 sources · 3 stages · 5 detectors · 4 surfaces
In production

Three concrete moves customers made.

$184k
annualised paid waste cut

Found organic + paid overlap

A $14M GMV brand was paying for branded keywords they already ranked organically for at position 1. Sumeru's overlap detector surfaced 47 queries where Google Ads spend was protecting position-1 organic. Pulling those bids saved $184k/yr with zero traffic loss.

+22%
non-branded organic

Branded vs non-branded split corrected the dashboard

Reporting lumped all GSC clicks together. The non-branded-only view exposed that 'organic growth' was actually brand-spend cannibalisation. Re-allocated content team focus; non-branded organic grew 22% in 4 months.

11×
AI Overview citation lift

AI Overview detection + defensive moves

Detected that 18% of top-50 queries had AI Overview present. Routed schema-fit and content-depth fixes to the appropriate pages; AI Overview citation rate moved from 4% to 47% over 8 weeks.

By tier

What's available where.

CapabilityStarterProAgencyEnterprise
GSC + Google Ads + SERP unified view
Organic-paid overlap detection
AI Overview presence tracking
Branded vs non-branded split
SERP-feature opportunity scoring
Per-region · per-device tracking
Tracked queries (max)5002k10k50k
30-minute call

Find your overlap in 10 minutes.

We connect to your GSC + Google Ads, run the overlap detector, and walk through the top 30 queries where you're paying for what you already rank for organically.