How do I know if the traffic numbers Semrush is showing me for my competitor are completely fabricated
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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How do I know if the traffic numbers Semrush is showing me for my competitor are completely fabricated
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
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