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How do I audit our traffic acquisition channels in GA4 today to find out why direct traffic suddenly doubled overnight?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How do I audit our traffic acquisition channels in GA4 today to find out why direct traffic suddenly doubled overnight?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Analytics 4 traffic acquisition report session source medium direct traffic attribution documentationGoogle ↗
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Google Analytics 4 unwanted referrals cross domain measurement campaign URL builder documentationGoogle ↗
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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.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstruction100%Yes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Google Analytics 4 traffic acquisition report session source medium direct traffic attribution documentation Google ↗
Google Analytics 4 unwanted referrals cross domain measurement campaign URL builder documentation Google ↗
  1. [GA4] Traffic acquisition report - Computer · support.google.com
  2. Scopes of traffic-source dimensions · support.google.com
  3. Identify unwanted referrals · support.google.com

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Google Analytics 4 traffic acquisition report session source medium direct traffic attribution documentation
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Google Analytics 4 unwanted referrals cross domain measurement campaign URL builder documentation
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