GLOSSARY
Branded Search
IN ONE SENTENCE
A branded search is a query for the brand or product name itself.
A branded search is a query for the brand or product name itself.
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In detail
It is the hardest-to-fake evidence that AI visibility worked: someone saw the brand in an answer and then went looking for it. In developer-tool categories, branded queries account for most of leading sites' organic traffic — so branded search is the main battleground, not a side metric.
Updated 2026-08-06