SERP
A SERP is a search engine results page: everything Google shows you after you type a query.
In a little more detail
The word predates AI answers and still gets used loosely. It is worth being precise now, because the top of a modern results page is an answer and the bottom is the old list.
Related terms
- AI Overviews: AI Overviews are the AI-written answers Google places above its normal list of links.
- Featured snippet: A featured snippet is the short answer Google lifts from a page and shows in a box at the top of the results.
See it on your own site
The scan reads your site the way AI search does and reports where you stand on this and sixteen other checks.