How to Track AI Search Referrals in GA4
Create a maintained AI-assistant referral segment in GA4, preserve the raw source evidence, and report click visits without presenting them as complete citation coverage.
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Search reporting, metric definitions, dashboards, attribution, baselines, and decision-focused analysis.
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