/ QUERY FAN-OUT

What sub-queries does AI actually run behind each prompt?

When a user asks ChatGPT a question, the engine runs a handful of latent searches before composing the answer. Query fan-out reveals those sub-queries for every prompt you track — and shows which of them you already get traffic for in Google.

Open Query fan-out

/ The question

The parent prompt is the iceberg tip. Behind it, AI runs 3-6 sub-queries to triangulate an answer: comparison variants, pricing variants, how-it-works variants, year-anchored variants. If you’re not visible across the fan, you’re not visible in the answer — even if you rank for the parent.

/ How it works

Methodology

01
Deterministic inference
For each locked probe query, we expand it into a fan of likely sub-queries using a deterministic heuristic: comparison ("X vs alternatives"), pricing ("X pricing"), how-it-works, review, year-anchored. Fast and cacheable; no LLM call per parent.
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GSC enrichment when connected
With Google Search Console connected, we cross-reference each parent against your last-28-day top queries by content-token overlap. Real GSC matches get promoted to rank 1, the inferred fan moves down. A "GSC" pill marks each enriched row.
03
Surface the gap
For each parent + sub-query pair we show whether you’re cited by AI engines and which competitors win when you aren’t. The actionable rows: sub-queries you already rank for in Google but AI skips you on. Those are the easy wins.

/ Why it’s different

Versus everything else in the category

Question

Other tools

AI Search Ready

What does the fan show?

Single parent query verdict

Parent + 3-6 latent sub-queries per row

Where do sub-queries come from?

Mostly nowhere

Heuristic expansion + real GSC matches when connected

How does it tie to demand?

Not at all

GSC matches show "X / Y enriched with real demand"

What action do you take?

Read and forget

Each gap becomes a brief with the missed sub-queries as section headings

/ What you get

In your dashboard

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Parent + sub-query fan-out per locked probe query
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"X / Y enriched with real Search Console queries" header pill
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Per-sub-query citation verdict against the connected AI engines
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Competitor leaderboard at the sub-query level
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Auto-promoted GSC matches with green "GSC" badges in each row

/ GET STARTED

Ready to open query fan-out?

Included in Studio (£199/mo). Heuristic inference works without Google Search Console; the real-demand enrichment is unlocked when you connect GSC at /aeo/settings.

Open Query fan-out