Google's PAA box as structured JSON: every visible question, its answer snippet, the cited URL, and — with one flag — the AI Overview content Google renders inside expanded questions. The fastest way to mine question-intent keywords and track who Google cites for them.
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PAA is included in every Google SERP request. Add include.paaAioverview to hydrate questions that answer with an AI Overview (type: "AIOVERVIEW") with their markdown and sources.
import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://api.cloro.dev/v1/monitor/google",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_your_api_key_here",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
json={
"query": "how does a heat pump work",
"country": "US",
"include": {
"paaAioverview": True
}
}
)
print(response.json()){
"success": true,
"result": {
"peopleAlsoAsk": [
{
"question": "Do heat pumps work in cold climates?",
"type": "LINK",
"title": "Cold Climate Heat Pumps — A Field Guide",
"link": "https://example.com/cold-climate-heat-pumps",
"snippet": "Modern cold-climate heat pumps maintain full heating capacity down to -15°F thanks to variable-speed compressors..."
},
{
"question": "What is the downside of a heat pump?",
"type": "AIOVERVIEW",
"markdown": "The main downsides of heat pumps are higher upfront cost, reduced efficiency in extreme cold, and...",
"sources": [
{
"position": 1,
"label": "Heat Pump Pros and Cons",
"url": "https://example.org/heat-pump-pros-cons",
"description": "A balanced look at heat pump economics"
}
]
}
]
}
} Entries are discriminated by type — LINK questions answer with a web page, AIOVERVIEW questions answer with generated content.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| question | string | The question text as rendered in the PAA box. |
| type | string | How Google answers the question: LINK (web-page snippet) or AIOVERVIEW (generated answer). |
| snippet | string | Answer snippet for LINK-type questions. |
| title | string | Cited page title for LINK-type questions. |
| link | string | Cited page URL for LINK-type questions. |
| markdown | string | AI Overview markdown content for AIOVERVIEW-type questions — populated when include.paaAioverview is true. |
| sources | object[] | Cited sources for AIOVERVIEW-type questions: label, url, description, and 1-indexed position. |
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PAA is question-intent keyword research straight from Google: each entry is a real query cluster with the page (or AI Overview) Google trusts to answer it. Winning a PAA slot earns SERP real estate above many organic positions. See our PAA SEO guide for tactics.
The PAA box itself is included in every base Google SERP call. Hydrating AIOVERVIEW-type questions with their generated content via `include.paaAioverview: true` adds +2 credits per request.
LINK questions answer with a classic web snippet — title, link, snippet fields. AIOVERVIEW questions answer with generated AI content — markdown plus a sources array. Google has been shifting more PAA answers to AI Overviews, so tracking the type mix over time is itself a useful signal.
Question sets rotate — Google personalizes and refreshes PAA aggressively, and mobile shows different expansion behavior than desktop. Repeated sampling across devices and locations is the only way to map the full question space for a topic.
Yes — that's the core use case. Each LINK entry carries the cited URL and each AIOVERVIEW entry carries its sources array, so you can compute citation share by domain across your keyword set, the same way you'd track organic rankings.
No separate endpoint needed — PAA rides along on `/v1/monitor/google` with everything else: organic results, ads, related searches, and knowledge graph.