How to Monitor Conversational AI-Style Searches in Google Search Console

Google’s search capabilities are advancing hand in hand with AI-fueled search modes—such as Google AI Mode and Gemini—where users are prompted to ask more natural, human question-like questions (e.g., “Hey Google, how do I repair a dripping faucet?”). Such searches are considerably longer and more human-like than the old, typed queries  

To reveal this kind of search query behavior, a few SEOs have created useful regex filters within the Search Console. Here are a few examples: 

Vijay Chauhan employs this regex to find queries with 32 or more words: 

([^\” \”]*\\s){32,}? 

He was able to correctly identify “longer than 32 words” conversational searches in his GSC reports 

Metehan Yesilyurt posts on X (formerly Twitter) that the workaround tracks AI-type search engine traffic. He advises sorting queries by low impressions (1–10) and using BigQuery exports or basic “Queries containing” filters in Search Console for more in-depth analysis  

David Konitzny gives further regex possibilities on his German-language blog, which you can translate to look at further filtering possibilities  

Note: Although these methods identify long, conversational-type queries, we don’t know whether they necessarily originate from AI search modes or merely represent long user search behavior. Google hasn’t officially labeled conversational queries in Search Console as of yet, although such labeling is imminent. 

Why It’s Helpful? 

• SEO Insight: Enables you to recognize how people phrase questions verbally and if your content matches that type of phrasing. 

• Early Detection: These are long search queries that might give a clue about traffic coming through via AI search modes, even before Google labels them so. 

• Actionable Data: Using filters (e.g., regex-based or impression-based) allows you to segment these queries and think about optimizing for conversational search. 

In short, while Google hasn’t yet officially appeared conversational AI-mode traffic in Search Console, clever SEOs are employing resourceful regexes and filters to uncover them. These methods provide early insight into the direction voice and AI-based search are taking to influence how users experience online content.