Question 1

How do I track traffic from AI Overviews?

Accepted Answer

Clicks from Google's AI Overviews rarely carry a usable referrer, and Google counts them as ordinary organic search, so no analytics tool can separate them. Citlyze captures the AI referrals that can be attributed and puts them next to your Google Search clicks and impressions from a read-only Search Console connection, so you see both sides in one place.

Question 2

Why does GA4 not show ChatGPT referral traffic on its own?

Accepted Answer

Stock GA4 groups AI-assistant referrals into generic referral buckets, and several AI surfaces strip the referrer entirely, so their clicks arrive as direct traffic. Citlyze recognizes the AI surfaces that do send referrers, attributes those sessions to the right engine, and reports the result as a measured floor rather than a total.

Question 3

How does AI search GA4 tracking work in Citlyze?

Accepted Answer

You connect a Google account with read-only access and pick the GA4 property to sync. Citlyze then reads daily aggregated sessions and engagement from AI-assistant sources, along with the GA4 key events you choose to import, and shows how AI visits compare with your other channels. Nothing is written to your Google account, and you can disconnect at any time.

Question 4

Can Google Search Console monitor AI features?

Accepted Answer

Only inside Search Console itself. Google shows impressions from AI Overviews and AI Mode in Search Console's own Generative AI report and does not make that data available to other tools. Citlyze syncs your Google Search clicks, impressions, average position, and top searches from a connected Search Console site, so that baseline sits next to your AI referral traffic instead of in a separate tab.

Question 5

Is there a free tool to track AI traffic?

Accepted Answer

Tracking real visits needs an install on your site, so it lives in the product rather than a one-shot tool; every plan starts with a 14-day free trial and no card. If you want a free check first, the free AI crawler access checker tests whether AI bots can reach a page, which is the other half of the picture.

Question 6

Which AI engines send referral traffic?

Accepted Answer

Citlyze attributes visits from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, and other recognized AI surfaces. Some surfaces strip referrers partly or entirely, and practitioner consensus puts attributable AI-influenced visits at roughly 30 to 40 percent, so treat the numbers as a floor.

Question 7

Is the Google connection read-only, and how do I disconnect?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The connection uses read-only reporting access that you approve on Google's consent screen, and Citlyze never writes to your Google account. Disconnecting inside the app removes the stored connection and the synced data, and you can also revoke access from your Google account's security settings.

Question 8

Do I need a developer to install AI traffic tracking?

Accepted Answer

Usually not. The browser snippet is two lines you paste once, Tag Manager users can add it as a tag, and WordPress sites install a plugin. The GA4 connection needs no install at all, so you can see AI traffic before touching your site.

Question 9

What is the difference between AI traffic and AI crawler tracking?

Accepted Answer

AI Traffic counts humans who clicked through from an AI answer. AI Crawler Tracking counts the bots that fetch your pages to read them. Crawlers never run JavaScript, so they need server-side capture, while human referrals can be captured by the browser snippet as well.

Question 10

How long is AI referral history kept?

Accepted Answer

Referral history follows your plan: 30 days on Starter, 90 days on Growth, and 400 days on Pro and above.

Track the traffic AI answers send you

Every AI visit, attributed to its engine

A snippet, a plugin, or your edge

GA4 and Search Console, read-only

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