Google Search Console AI performance reports and Search generative AI control rolling out globally
After a few months of a slow rollout, Google is now rolling out the new AI performance reports and Search generative AI controls within Search Console to all. These features are now available to everyone with a Search Console account globally.
Global rollout. Google updated a few of its documents to note that this is now available globally. The specific documents that were updated can be found over here, here and here. The documents added:
“Note: As of August 31, 2026, we’ve rolled out this control to all websites worldwide.”
AI performance report. The report shows you how well your content and websites are performing in AI responses, AI Mode, and AI Overviews in Google Search. The reporting includes impressions, pages, countries, devices, and dates, but does not include click data.
Here is a screenshot of this report from Google:
AI blocking controls. Google also said it is adding a “new toggle” within Google Search Console to allow sites to block their content from showing in AI search features such as AI Overviews, AI Mode or AI Overviews in Discover. Google wrote, “website owners can decide if they want their site to appear in and help ground responses in our generative AI Search features.”
Google noted that “sites that opt out will not receive traffic or impressions from our generative AI features.” However, this control will not be used as a ranking signal for search results outside of these generative AI Search features, so it should not negatively impact your site on core web search.
Here is a screenshot of this setting:
Why we care. Site owners and publishers have been asking for controls over whether and how their content is shown in Google’s AI features since Google launched these a couple of years ago. Well, Google has rolled out this feature to all of its users today.
So if you have been waiting to dig into these AI reports or block Google from using your content in its AI search features, now you can.
