# Read Performance

> Pick a date range and market, then read Google Search clicks and queries and how each pillar's social posts did.

Source: https://docs.use-mark.com/docs/read-performance

Performance shows how a workspace did in Google Search and on social over a
date range you pick. Open **Performance** in the sidebar. The page has a
filter bar and three tabs: **Search**, **Social**, and **AI assistants**.

## Set the range and filters

1. Pick a range. Select **Last 7 days** or **Last month**, or set the From and
   To dates.
2. To see the previous period next to this one, turn on **Compare**. It
   compares with the window of the same length right before your range.
3. If the workspace has more than one market, pick **All markets** or one
   market. A market narrows **Social** to that market's posts, and
   **Search** to that market's country when the country is a 2- or 3-letter
   code. See [Read Search](#read-search).

The line under the **Performance** heading restates what you're looking at:
the range, the workspace timezone, the market and pillar if you picked one
(the pillar filter sits in **Social**), and the compare window when
**Compare** is on.

## Switch tabs

Select **Search**, **Social**, or **AI assistants** under the filters. The
page opens on **Search**.

When you select a tab, the address in your browser ends with the tab's name,
like #social. Share or bookmark that link to open the same tab. The tab stays
open when you change the range, market, pillar, or **Compare**, and when you
reload the page.

Printing the page prints all three sections, whichever tab is open.

## Read Search

Search shows Google Search Console numbers for the property chosen on the
Google connection. The line next to the heading names that property and the last day with data, for example
"Data through 2026-09-21, Pacific Time". Google lands data 2 to 3 days late,
so the last few days of a range can be empty.

If you picked a market, a note under the heading says how Search treats it.
Search can filter by the market's country only when that country is a 2- or
3-letter code, like DE or DEU. A name like "Germany" or "DACH" doesn't filter,
and neither does "UK". Use GB for the United Kingdom.

* If the country is a code, the tiles, **Top queries**, and **Top pages** are
  for that country. **Tracked rank** only shows checks run in that country, so
  a query tracked only in the US has an empty cell under a DE market. For a
  market with country DE, the note says "Search shows searches from DE only."
* If it isn't, Search covers all markets. The note names the market. For a
  market called DACH, it says "Search covers all markets. It can filter by
  country only when DACH's country is a 2- or 3-letter code like DE or DEU."
  Select **Edit markets** to change the country.

The four tiles show **Clicks**, **Impressions**, **CTR**, and **Average
position** for the range. With **Compare** on, each tile also shows the
previous window's figure as "vs" and the number.

### Top queries

**Top queries** lists the top 100 search queries by clicks. Select &#x2A;*Only
positions 5 to 20 (n)** to see only queries that rank on positions 5 to 20,
sorted by impressions. The number in the label is how many there are. These
queries already rank, just not near the top.

Google hides some queries for privacy, so the rows don't add up to the totals
in the tiles.

If Mark tracks keywords for the first site listed under **Websites**, the
table has a **Tracked rank** column.
This is Mark's own Google rank check, not Search Console. It shows the latest
position and the change since the previous check. That change is not tied to
the date range you picked. The note under the table says when the check last
ran and has an **Open Rankings** link.

### Long queries

Select the &#x2A;*Long queries (7+ words)** tab to see every fetched query of seven
or more words, the page that got the most clicks for it, and its clicks,
impressions, CTR, and position. People often type these the way they'd ask an
AI assistant. **Save as target** adds a query to Research › Saved keywords
exactly as Google reported it, with case and punctuation kept, so a brief can
use the exact wording. It is saved for your first active market, or United
States / English when no market sets a location and language. A query that's
already saved there, in any casing, shows **Already saved** and keeps the
wording it was first saved with.

### Top pages

**Top pages** lists the top 100 pages by clicks, with the same four numbers
per page. Google counts each page on its own, so a search that shows two of
your pages counts for both, and the rows don't add up to the totals.

Two more columns show which pages turn search visits into leads:

* **Leads (first touch)** counts the leads created in the range whose first
  visit landed on that page. Like the clicks, the days are Pacific Time. A page with no leads shows 0. Leads that landed
  on a page outside the list aren't shown.
* **Conversion rate** is those leads divided by the page's clicks. A page with
  no clicks shows a dash.

Mark matches a lead to a page by its address without the `www.`, the query
string, or a trailing slash. A lead that landed on
`example.com/pricing/?utm_source=google` counts toward `example.com/pricing`.

A chip next to the page flags the ones worth a look. Both compare the page to
the site median, the middle conversion rate of the listed pages with clicks.

* **Leak**: 50 or more clicks, and no leads or a rate below the site median.
  Visitors arrive and leave without getting in touch.
* **Write more like this**: 2 or more leads and a rate at least twice the site
  median. Write the next piece in the same vein.

Most pages get no chip. Set **Sort** to **Best converting** to order pages by
conversion rate, with more leads first on a tie. That's the list of what to
write next. **Most clicks** puts back Google's order. If no leads came in during
the range, every row shows 0 and the note under the table says so.

To check how Google indexes one page, open the site's page under **Websites**.
Search links to it at the bottom of the section.

### When Search shows no numbers

If Google isn't connected or can't be read, Search shows a message instead of
numbers. For example, "Connect Google to see search clicks and impressions."
Other messages cover a connection without Search Console access, no Search
Console property chosen, and revoked access. Fix these in **Connections** >
**Google**. The message links there.

If Search Console doesn't answer, Search says so. Reload the page to try
again.

## Read Social

Social covers the posts published in your range, grouped by pillar. Pillars
are the content themes set under **Strategy** > **Pillars**. Each pillar with
posts in the range has a row, plus a **No pillar** row and a **Total** row.
The columns are:

* **Posts**: posts published in the range.
* **Measured**: how many of those posts have metrics yet.
* **Impressions** and **Engagement**: from each post's latest metrics
  checkpoint.
* **Clicks**: clicks on the post's links in the range, not counting bots.

The line under the heading says how fresh the metrics are, for example "Data
through" and a date, or "No checkpoints yet".

To narrow the table, use the pillar filter at the top of the section. Pick
**All pillars**, one pillar, or **No pillar**. The market filter at the top of
the page also applies here.

### See each post

1. Select the arrow next to a pillar to expand it.
2. Each post shows its channel and publish date, with its own numbers.
3. Select the post to open it in Mark. Select the external-link icon next to
   it to open the live post on the channel.

### Compare with the previous window

With **Compare** on, the **Clicks** column shows "vs" and the previous
window's clicks for each pillar and the total. Only clicks are compared.
Impressions and engagement are each post's latest checkpoint, so they don't
split cleanly by window.

If no posts were published in the range, Social says "No posts published in
this range."

## Read AI assistant traffic

The **AI assistants** tab shows AI assistant traffic. It counts fetches of
your pages by assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity in the range,
with the top pages. It needs a tracking file on your site. See
[Track AI assistant traffic](/docs/track-ai-assistant-traffic) to install it
and to read what each kind means.
