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What are the best methods for tracking AI referral sources without spending a fortune on enterprise marketing software as a retiree running a local historical tour company?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What are the best methods for tracking AI referral sources without spending a fortune on enterprise marketing software as a retiree running a local historical tour company?
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
2026 GA4 track AI referral traffic source medium ChatGPT Perplexity Gemini referral analytics documentation Google ↗
Plausible analytics referral sources goals pricing free Google Search Console performance report official documentation Google ↗
- Google Analytics · analytics.google.com
- What's new in Google Analytics · support.google.com
- Default channel group · support.google.com
- Custom channel groups · support.google.com
- Google Campaign URL Builder · ga-dev-tools.google
- Open Search Console · search.google.com
- Performance report (Search results): Overview and basic setup · support.google.com
- Generative AI performance report (Discover) · support.google.com
- What are impressions, position, and clicks? · support.google.com
- Plausible website · plausible.io
- Traffic sources, referrers and UTM campaigns · plausible.io
- Metrics definitions · plausible.io
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 GA4 track AI referral traffic source medium ChatGPT Perplexity Gemini referral analytics documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Plausible analytics referral sources goals pricing free Google Search Console performance report official documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |