{"id":188059,"date":"2025-05-21T15:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T20:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=188059"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:39:02","slug":"google-ai-mode-is-here-but-you-cant-track-it-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/google-ai-mode-is-here-but-you-cant-track-it-properly\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Made It So You Can\u2019t Track Clicks From AI Mode (Partially Fixed)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google just <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/search\/google-search-ai-mode-update\">rolled out AI Mode to US users<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was testing if the clicks would show in Google Search Console, but they aren\u2019t showing up. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/tomcritchlow_im-right-in-saying-that-clicks-from-ai-mode-activity-7330997507012886529-90mi?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAMO5mUBX0XPZ9sSJQmgODr6I0IiBaukMSs\">post by Tom Critchlow on LinkedIn<\/a> made me wonder how a click on a link in AI Mode would be recorded in analytics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tl;dr is that clicks to links in AI mode are not being recorded at all in Google Search Console, and they\u2019re not sending a referrer value when you click. They\u2019re treated as Unknown or Direct, depending on your analytics system.<br><br>Update May 31st: The noreferrer bug was fixed. This now records as Google \/ organic or Google \/ search. I tested this in GA4 and Ahrefs Analytics. The GSC issue still remains, but they updated the documentation to say \u201cNote: AI Mode reporting isn\u2019t live in Search Console yet, but we expect this soon as part of the AI Mode rollout.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"439\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GsC-vxtXIAAhpna.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-188290\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GsC-vxzX0AA3Rm6-1.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-188292\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Update May 27th: Google has said they\u2019re tracking the noreferrer issue as a bug + they updated the documentation to say \u201cNote: AI Mode reporting isn\u2019t live in Search Console yet, but we expect this soon as part of the AI Mode rollout.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s a big problem if we don\u2019t have correct attribution. Does Google not want us to be able to track&nbsp;these?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the test, which I\u2019ve repeated several times to ensure accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pick a URL that doesn\u2019t get any traffic on your site and paste it into AI mode. It will generate some info and a link to your URL which you can&nbsp;click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1853\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a-search-for-a-low-visit-page-from-ahrefs.jpg\" alt=\"a search for a low visit page from ahrefs\" class=\"wp-image-188060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a-search-for-a-low-visit-page-from-ahrefs.jpg 1853w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a-search-for-a-low-visit-page-from-ahrefs-680x373.jpg 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a-search-for-a-low-visit-page-from-ahrefs-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a-search-for-a-low-visit-page-from-ahrefs-1536x843.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1853px) 100vw, 1853px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After I clicked I checked <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/web-analytics\">Ahrefs Web Analytics<\/a> for the page, which has real-time information, but you can check in Google Analytics or whatever analytics program you&nbsp;use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see below, this is classified as coming from an Unknown location. In other analytics systems like Google Analytics, this would show as Direct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1314\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/screenshot-from-ahrefs-web-analytics-showing-that.png\" alt=\"Screenshot from Ahrefs Web Analytics showing that the visit was classified as Unknown\" class=\"wp-image-188061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/screenshot-from-ahrefs-web-analytics-showing-that.png 2048w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/screenshot-from-ahrefs-web-analytics-showing-that-662x425.png 662w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/screenshot-from-ahrefs-web-analytics-showing-that-260x166.png 260w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/screenshot-from-ahrefs-web-analytics-showing-that-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/screenshot-from-ahrefs-web-analytics-showing-that-1536x986.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s going&nbsp;on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The link itself is marked with <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo\/glossary\/noreferrer\">noreferrer<\/a> in the code of the page. You can verify this by using inspect in your browser. This means that the referrer value is stripped, leading it to be treated as unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1268\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-links-are-marked-with-noreferrer-in-the-code.png\" alt=\"the links are marked with noreferrer in the code\" class=\"wp-image-188062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-links-are-marked-with-noreferrer-in-the-code.png 1268w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-links-are-marked-with-noreferrer-in-the-code-680x312.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-links-are-marked-with-noreferrer-in-the-code-768x352.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, for the last couple days I\u2019ve been testing a few pages to see if clicks to links in AI Mode will show in Google Search Console. The answer, unfortunately, is&nbsp;no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s one from yesterday where I searched \u201cwhat are accelerated mobile pages from ahrefs?\u201d and clicked. As you can see, I show no clicks in&nbsp;GSC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1299\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-clicks-in-gsc.png\" alt=\"No clicks in GSC\" class=\"wp-image-188063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-clicks-in-gsc.png 2048w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-clicks-in-gsc-670x425.png 670w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-clicks-in-gsc-260x166.png 260w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-clicks-in-gsc-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/no-clicks-in-gsc-1536x974.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the code, I see the normal tracking info that indicates where and how a link is displayed and the ping which I believe sends it over to Google\u2019s tracking systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though the link was tagged, the data doesn\u2019t seem to be in Google Search Console. This could indicate that AI Mode tracking is coming soon though, possibly as a separate classification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-188059-_k1ez4rszmtrh\"><\/a>Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Attribution is important, and we don\u2019t have it yet. It makes me suspicious that there\u2019s something Google doesn\u2019t want us to know about this traffic. Is it that bad for website owners that they won\u2019t even show it to&nbsp;us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m hoping Google will remove the noreferrer tag from these links so they\u2019re recorded properly in analytics systems, and I\u2019m also hopeful that we will get data for AI Mode. For now, be aware that this data is missing in GSC and incorrectly classified in analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google just rolled out AI Mode to US users. I was testing if the clicks would show in Google Search Console, but they aren\u2019t showing up. 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