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What specific metrics should I be tracking to prove ROI when shifting our B2B lead generation efforts from Google Ads to AI search engines?

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

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What specific metrics should I be tracking to prove ROI when shifting our B2B lead generation efforts from Google Ads to AI search engines?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
B2B marketing AI search referral attribution measurement pipeline metrics ChatGPT Perplexity 2025 2026Google ↗
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Google Analytics 4 traffic acquisition session source medium referral attribution conversions 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 / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason100%DefinitionInstructionYes / 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
B2B marketing AI search referral attribution measurement pipeline metrics ChatGPT Perplexity 2025 2026 Google ↗
Google Analytics 4 traffic acquisition session source medium referral attribution conversions documentation Google ↗

Queries

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B2B marketing AI search referral attribution measurement pipeline metrics ChatGPT Perplexity 2025 2026
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Google Analytics 4 traffic acquisition session source medium referral attribution conversions documentation
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