How to Inspect AI-style Search Queries

Is your dealership's website showing up in AI-style search queries?

Here's a quick way to check.

Drop this regex string into Google Search Console's query filter:

^(what|how|why|who|when|is|can|does|are)\b

(Regex is just pattern-matching shorthand — a way of telling a search tool "find me anything that looks like this.")

This filter isolates question-form organic search queries — the kind of phrasing people type into ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Gemini AI Overviews, rather than traditional short keyword searches.

We ran this test for a large Chevy dealer client, and the results were eye-opening (screenshot attached).

Their blog pages are now ranking for queries like:

→ "what are the payload capacities of the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado HD?"

→ "what changed with the 2026 Chevy 1500?"

→ "how much weight can a Silverado 1500 carry in the bed?"

Compare that to the same period last year, and these pages weren't ranking for anything like this at all.

Now they are.

Our theory: as more searches get filtered through AI tools, the queries themselves are getting longer and more conversational, often starting with "what, how, why, who, when, is, can, does, or are." Blog content written to genuinely answer questions is capturing that traffic in a way that traditional keyword-optimized pages simply aren't built to do.

If you manage a website with a blog, it's worth spending five minutes in Google Search Console running this regex filter. You might be surprised at what's already ranking.