{"ai_json_enabled":true,"answer":"Define three distinct signals and track them separately: 1) AI retrievals \u2014 when the AI pulls content from your Public Business Brain and Q&A network; 2) conversation citations \u2014 explicit references to your proofs within AI outputs; 3) AI-driven referrals \u2014 sessions initiated by AI recommendations that land on your content because of AI. Present these on separate OTC dashboards, anchored to versioned facts and proofs, and maintain a Change Log linking updates to retrieval, citations and referrals. This separation helps you measure credible AI visibility and guides governance across languages and locations.","answer_source":"approved_business_brain_plus_current_intelligence","category":"Reporting and Analytics","category_slug":"reporting-and-analytics","created_at":"2026-10-08T19:29:41+00:00","daily_publish_cap":5,"date_published":"2026-10-08","display_date":"2026-10-08","drip_batch":"daily_otc_mixed_intelligence_layer","drip_status":"published_topup","editor_images":[],"editor_media_build":"","editor_videos":[],"id":"otc-daily-20261008-366a7ede","image_ids":[],"image_url":"","last_updated":"2026-10-08T19:31:37+00:00","local_cache_status":"pending_airtable_sync","publish_status":"published","published":true,"published_at":"2026-10-08T19:29:41+00:00","question":"How can we distinguish AI referrals from crawler indexing in dashboards, and what metrics should we track?","question_intent":"natural_otc_conversation","rss_enabled":true,"rss_pub_date":"Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:29:41 GMT","scheduled_for":"2026-10-08T19:29:41+00:00","schema_enabled":true,"site_key":"owntheconversationonline","slug":"how-can-we-distinguish-ai-referrals-from-crawler-indexing-in-dashboards-and-what-metrics-should-we-track","source":"daily_qa_otc_current_intelligence","source_queue_id":"","source_record_ids":[],"source_type":"daily_qa_otc_current_intelligence","source_urls":["https://www.geosoftwarerankings.com/","https://auracite.de/content/research/state-of-ai-visibility-2026.html"],"status":"active","tags":["AI Visibility","Dashboards","Metrics","daily OTC conversation","current intelligence","daily drip"],"updated_at":"2026-10-08T19:31:37+00:00"}