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Why is Shopify missing so much referral data lately, and what are the free methods to patch these tracking holes before our next ad campaign?

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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

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Why is Shopify missing so much referral data lately, and what are the free methods to patch these tracking holes before our next ad campaign?
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Shopify referral traffic attribution missing data causes 2026 Shopify analytics UTM checkout cross-domain tracking recent changesGoogle ↗
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Shopify analytics sessions referrer attribution documentation UTM parameters checkout customer privacy browser trackingGoogle ↗
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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 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

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Shopify referral traffic attribution missing data causes 2026 Shopify analytics UTM checkout cross-domain tracking recent changes Google ↗
Shopify analytics sessions referrer attribution documentation UTM parameters checkout customer privacy browser tracking Google ↗
  1. Shopify Help Center · help.shopify.com
  2. Shopify Help Center · help.shopify.com
  3. Shopify Help Center · help.shopify.com
  4. Google Campaign URL Builder · ga-dev-tools.google
  5. Set up Google Analytics · support.google.com
  6. Customer privacy settings · help.shopify.com
  7. Shopify Meta Pixel setup · help.shopify.com
  8. TikTok Ads Help Center · ads.tiktok.com

Queries

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Shopify referral traffic attribution missing data causes 2026 Shopify analytics UTM checkout cross-domain tracking recent changes
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Shopify analytics sessions referrer attribution documentation UTM parameters checkout customer privacy browser tracking
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