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What Query Fan Out does

After a Full Report, Query Fan Out simulates how a single source question (the kind of question a user might ask before an AI starts researching) fans out into several internal follow-up queries. Those follow-ups are the paths a system might use even though the user never typed them explicitly. That helps explain a common pattern: your content may seem fine for the “headline” question, but if it does not cover the internal fan-out queries, you can still stay invisible in AI-mediated answers.

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What you need first

  • A completed Full Report with a visibility analysis so there are presence queries stored with prompt_used. If that data is missing, MakeMeRank cannot build a reliable fan-out basis and will tell you the report is incomplete for this feature.
  • Run visibility analysis first if you have no eligible report; then pick that report on the Query Fan Out page.

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What you get

For the selected report, MakeMeRank generates:
  • a plausible source question (user-style wording before internal research starts)
  • 3 to 6 fan-out queries as distinct internal research paths (not duplicates of the source question)
The UI explains how these relate to categories such as category, comparison, and reviews-style intents—so you see why the model might branch.

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Plan availability

Query Fan Out is available on paid plans (Pro and Agency). The UI may label it as a Pro feature; Agency includes the same capability with higher limits on other quotas—see Plans & Limits. Running an analysis uses your existing Full Report scan as input. It does not decrement your Brand Insights quota (those limits apply only to Brand Insights runs).

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How it fits the workflow

The dashboard onboarding suggests: Full Report → Brand Insights → Query Fan Out → Content. Query Fan Out sharpens the problem (which hidden queries matter) before you invest in content. For positioning and competitor perception, use Brand Insights; for methodology of the Full Report, see How Full Report Works.