SEO and GEO Combined Reporting Template

SEO and GEO Combined Report (fill-in)

When to use: One page with search, AI answer, referral and pipeline rows, each with its own source, plus owners, next actions and a completion check.

SEO and GEO combined report (one month)

One page, two lanes. Classic search sits on the left, AI answers on the right. Every number keeps its own source and is never added to another lane.

Site: [https://www.example.com] - Month: [YYYY-MM] - Report owner: [name] - Sent to: [name + role]

Per-row detail (fill for every row)

• Definition ID: [e.g. D-03, from the definitions sheet]
• Exact filter or segment: [brand regex, country, device, channel]
• Export saved at: [file or folder link] on [date]
• Data caveat: [preliminary days, sampled data, tracking gap]
• Comparable with last month? [yes / no + why]
• One-line reading: [what this number means for the buyer, no blending with other lanes]

Next action

• Search owner: [name] - action: pull Search Console clicks and rank data, fill the Search rows by [date]
• AI visibility owner: [name] - action: run the fixed prompt set, fill AI answer rows and log any prompt changes by [date]
• Analytics owner: [name] - action: export AI Assistant sessions and top sources by [date]
• Sales or CRM owner: [name] - action: confirm qualified pipeline count, value and first lane by [date]
• Report owner: [name] - action: write the summary and three decisions, then send by [date]

Completion check

• Every row names its source, date range and a definition ID from the definitions sheet.
• No total, score or chart adds numbers from different lanes together.
• AI mention counts state the prompt set, engines and number of runs.
• Qualified pipeline uses the same qualification rule as last month, or the change is written down.
• Every row has an owner, and every decision has an owner and a date.

Separate Definitions Sheet (source-checked)

When to use: Six metric definitions with what each counts, what it leaves out and the official source, so lanes never get mixed.

Separate definitions sheet (checked 15 November 2026)

Write these down once and link them from every report. A metric without a definition gets questioned every month.

Rules that keep lanes honest

• Google AI clicks live in search clicks. Report D-01 as "Google search clicks, including AI Overviews and AI Mode". Do not subtract a guess.
• Impressions, citations and mentions are different units. Never add D-02, D-03 and D-04 into one "AI visibility" number.
• GA4 sends Google AI clicks to Organic Search. The AI Assistant channel covers other assistants only.
• Prompt panels are samples. Always show runs, engines and dates next to D-04.

Google says the newest data in the generative AI report may be preliminary. Pull numbers a few days after month end, and note the pull date.

Side-by-Side Layout Builder

When to use: A fixed six-block order for the monthly report, with versions for small sites, agencies and leadership.

Side-by-side layout builder

Use the same order every month. Readers learn where to look, and trends stay comparable.

Pick your blocks

• Small site, no AI data yet? Keep blocks 1, 2, 5 and 6. Add block 3 once your prompt set has a baseline.
• Agency report? Keep all six, and attach exports as an appendix.
• Leadership version? Send block 1 and block 5 only, with a link to the full report.

Do not

• Build a single blended "visibility score". It hides which lane moved.
• Show AI mentions as a share of the market. It is a share of your own prompt runs.
• Credit all pipeline to SEO or to GEO. Show the first lane and leave the rest as unknown.

Need the classic SEO side in more depth? The Monthly SEO Report Template covers work shipped, brand split and won revenue. Track positions for block 2 in the Rank Tracker.

Qualified Pipeline Bridge

When to use: Lead fields and a lane table that tie search and AI visibility to qualified pipeline, with an honest Unknown row.

Qualified pipeline bridge

Visibility only matters if buyers arrive and qualify. This block links each lane to leads without pretending attribution is exact.

Fields to capture on every lead

• First lane: [search / AI answer / AI referral / other / unknown]
• Evidence: [GA4 channel and source, landing page, or the buyer said where they found you]
• Self-reported source: [answer to "How did you hear about us?"]
• Qualified? [yes / no] by rule [rule ID and version]
• Stage and value: [stage] - [expected value]
• Checked by: [sales owner] on [date]

Rules

• Keep an Unknown row. It is honest, and it shows where tracking needs work.
• A buyer who read an AI answer and then searched your brand counts once, under the lane you can prove.
• Do not change the qualification rule mid-quarter without a note in the summary.

For lead-by-lead tracing from AI visit to invoice, use the AI Referral Attribution Worksheet. If leads still live in inboxes, a CRM such as CRMsoftware.pro can hold the lane and qualification fields.

Before-You-Send Checklist

When to use: Data, meaning and action checks to run on the day the report goes out.

Before-you-send checklist

Run this the day you send the report. It catches the errors readers find first.

Data

• Search Console pulled after preliminary data settled, and the pull date is noted.
• Brand and non-brand split uses the same brand list as last month.
• Prompt panel ran the same prompts, on the same engines, with the run count written down.
• Any prompt added or removed is logged, and affected rows are marked not comparable.
• GA4 AI Assistant sessions exported for the same calendar month as the other lanes.

Meaning

• No chart or table adds numbers from two lanes.
• Every "up" or "down" has a one-line reason or says "cause unknown".
• Correlation is not described as cause. "Mentions rose after the guide went live" is fine. "The guide caused it" needs proof.

Action

• Three decisions at most, each with an owner and a date.
• Last month's decisions are marked done, moved or dropped.
• Next report date and owner are set.

To keep the prompt panel steady, log runs in the AI Visibility Repeated-Run Log and spot-check your domain in the AI Visibility Checker.

Spreadsheet Header (CSV)

When to use: A paste-ready header row and allowed values to run the report in Google Sheets or Excel.

Paste-ready spreadsheet header

Paste this row into cell A1 of Google Sheets or Excel, then split text to columns by comma. One row per metric per month.

month,site,lane,metric,definition_id,source,date_range,filter_or_segment,this_month,last_month,unit,sample_note,preliminary,comparable,reading,owner,export_link,pulled_on,decision,decision_owner,decision_due,notes

Allowed values

• lane: search, ai_answer, referral, pipeline
• unit: clicks, impressions, citations, mentions_of_runs, sessions, leads, value
• preliminary: yes, no
• comparable: yes, no_prompt_change, no_tracking_change, no_definition_change

Sheet tips

• Never SUM across the lane column. Use a pivot by lane, then by metric.
• Highlight rows where comparable is not yes, so readers skip the trend.
• Keep one tab per month and one tab for definitions.

Worked Example (fictional Draymoss scheduling software)

When to use: A filled report for an invented B2B software company, with three decisions and a visible Unknown pipeline row.

Worked example: Draymoss field-service scheduling

Example only. Draymoss is an invented B2B scheduling software company. The domain, people, numbers and dates are made up to show a filled-in report.

Site: draymoss.example - Month: 2026-10 - Report owner: marketing lead - Sent: 2026-11-06

Summary as sent

• Search: non-brand clicks rose, led by two comparison pages. Brand demand was flat.
• AI answers: Draymoss was named in more prompt runs, mainly on "dispatch software for small HVAC teams" prompts.
• Referrals and pipeline: AI Assistant sessions rose, and three qualified leads came in with an AI referral as first lane.

Decisions

• Content lead: add a pricing FAQ to the HVAC comparison page by 2026-11-20.
• AI visibility owner: add the next panel prompt only in December, so October and November stay comparable.
• Sales owner: ask "How did you hear about us?" on every demo call, to shrink the Unknown row.

Why this works

• Each lane moved for its own reason, and no blended score hid that.
• The AI mentions row shows runs and engines, so nobody reads it as market share.
• The Unknown pipeline row stayed visible and got its own action.

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