Zero-click attribution
Estimating the business effect of answers that never send a visit: branded search lift, surveys, assisted pipeline.
It will be ugly. Do it anyway or finance will call GEO a hobby.
Ghost citations live here.
Examples
- Chat inclusion up, organic down, branded up, demo form “heard about us in ChatGPT” up. That’s a story. Not a last-click conversion.
Related terms
Visits influenced by AI answers that show up as direct, branded search, or unassigned. The chat never sent a referrer.
A ghost citation is when an AI answer names your brand but does not link you. You got the shout, not the click.
Zero-click search is when the user gets the answer on the results page or in chat and never visits you.
FAQ
A standard model? +
No. Pick 2–3 directional metrics and don’t overfit.
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