Topic: traffic attribution
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Search Traffic to Plunge 43% by 2029, Report Warns Publishers
A major industry report predicts a 43% decline in search engine referral traffic within three years, driven by the rise of AI-powered answer platforms that provide direct information without requiring clicks to publisher websites. Content categories like lifestyle guides and weather reports are a...
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Google's Here to Stay: Why Relationships Still Beat AI
LLM optimization is now an integral part of SEO, as AI systems are part of the modern search journey, and businesses should focus on how search works today to find genuine value. Despite AI advancements, Google remains dominant in search traffic, but LLM referrals face an attribution problem, mak...
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Track GA4 Traffic from Perplexity & ChatGPT
AI-powered browsers like Perplexity Comet and ChatGPT Atlas are challenging to track accurately in Google Analytics 4 due to inconsistent referral data, often appearing as referral or direct traffic. These AI browsers can distort advertising budgets and analytics by mimicking human behavior, lead...
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AI's Search Overhaul: 90% of Businesses Fear SEO Decline
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing digital search, causing nearly 90% of companies to worry about maintaining their organic visibility as AI tools become primary information sources. Businesses are responding by investing in AI optimization, with 85.7% planning or already investing...
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Track How AI Is Mentioning Your Brand
Generative AI systems like ChatGPT are creating a new discovery layer where brand visibility occurs before traditional analytics can track it, building upon but not replacing conventional SEO foundations. These AI platforms use unique citation methods that don't appear in standard analytics, crea...
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Why AI Overview Citations Don't Drive Clicks (And How to Fix It)
Citations in Google's AI Overviews do not guarantee website traffic and often underperform traditional blue links in click-through rates, despite boosting brand authority. The top AI Overview citation generates a CTR similar to a blue link in position six, with performance dropping sharply, while...
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Survey: Marketers Unprepared for GEO Technology
A significant majority (63%) of marketers are not currently investing in generative engine optimization (GEO), with only 9% of resources allocated to it compared to higher shares for SEO and social media. Marketers' understanding of GEO lags behind traditional SEO, with only 33% feeling confident...
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