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How do we fix broken attribution in Google Analytics so we stop losing track of our ChatGPT referral traffic?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How do we fix broken attribution in Google Analytics so we stop losing track of our ChatGPT referral traffic?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Analytics 4 custom channel group create rule session source matches regex documentation unwanted referrals list referral trafficGoogle ↗
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Google Analytics 4 traffic acquisition session source medium attribution referral exclusion cross-domain official documentationGoogle ↗
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ChatGPT referral traffic analytics chatgpt.com referral attribution UTM links 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 (3)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason100%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Google Analytics 4 custom channel group create rule session source matches regex documentation unwanted referrals list referral traffic Google ↗
Google Analytics 4 traffic acquisition session source medium attribution referral exclusion cross-domain official documentation Google ↗
ChatGPT referral traffic analytics chatgpt.com referral attribution UTM links documentation Google ↗
  1. Default channel group · support.google.com
  2. Custom channel groups · support.google.com
  3. Identify unwanted referrals · support.google.com
  4. Campaigns and traffic sources · support.google.com
  5. Scopes of traffic-source dimensions · support.google.com
  6. Traffic attribution data  |  Google Analytics  |  Google for Developers · developers.google.com

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Google Analytics 4 custom channel group create rule session source matches regex documentation unwanted referrals list referral traffic
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Google Analytics 4 traffic acquisition session source medium attribution referral exclusion cross-domain official documentation
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Google ↗
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—Reason——1x
of 1
ChatGPT referral traffic analytics chatgpt.com referral attribution UTM links documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1