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Is ChatGPT sending any actual sales leads to small business websites yet or is it just a waste of our limited marketing budget trying to track referral traffic?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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Is ChatGPT sending any actual sales leads to small business websites yet or is it just a waste of our limited marketing budget trying to track referral traffic?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
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)
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
ChatGPT referral traffic small business websites leads conversions 2026 data OpenAI search referrals analytics Google ↗
OpenAI ChatGPT search shopping local business recommendations website traffic referral links 2026 Google ↗
- ChatGPT sends less than 1% of Google’s traffic · martech.org
- ChatGPT sends less than 1% of Google’s traffic: Data · searchengineland.com
- Frontiers: ChatGPT Referrals to E-Commerce Websites: How Do LLMs Compare Against Traditional Channels? · pubsonline.informs.org
- Where ChatGPT already works in online shopping—and where it does not · techxplore.com
- ChatGPT traffic analysis: Insights from 17 months of clickstream data · semrush.com
- ChatGPT recommendations drive more brand website visits: Study · searchengineland.com
- How to track ChatGPT traffic for you and for competitors · semrush.com
- Searching the web with ChatGPT · help.openai.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ChatGPT referral traffic small business websites leads conversions 2026 data OpenAI search referrals analytics OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OpenAI ChatGPT search shopping local business recommendations website traffic referral links 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |