Technical SEO alerts: Search Console now blocks AI Overviews, but its AI report does not measure clicks

On 17 June I sat down to review Search Console and found two features Google had just turned on, ones we had been eagerly waiting for. The first: a toggle to block your content from appearing in AI Overviews and AI Mode. The second: an AI performance report that measures your impressions in generative answers.

My first reaction was interest. The second, frustration. Because when I opened the report, I realized what was missing: it only shows impressions. No clicks, no CTR, no queries, no position. I know I show up in an AI answer, but I have no way of knowing whether anyone clicked through and reached my site from there.

And that is the real problem I spotted right away: the blocking toggle is already available and operational. But without click data, how do I decide whether blocking is worth it? It is as if Google had handed me the wheel, but with no speedometer.

My recommendation, after turning it over these past few days: if your business depends on organic traffic, do not touch that toggle yet. Measure first. Decide later.