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Attribution model

In Google Analytics, you want to find out which channels—direct, organic search, referral, email, paid search, other advertising, social, and display—account for your sales. Here are seven common attribution models: Last interaction model: The last channel that the customer interacted with before buying receives 100% of the credit for the conversion. Last nondirect click model: All direct traffic is ignored in this model, which credits 100% of the conversion to whatever interaction the customer had before making a purchase. Last AdWords click model: The last AdWords ad that the customer interacted with before buying receives 100% of the credit for the conversion. First interaction model: The first channel that the customer interacted with before buying receives 100% of the credit for the conversion. Linear model: Every channel that the customer interacted with before converting receives an equal share of the conversion credit. Time decay model: This one gives most of the credit to the channels the customer interacted with in the time nearest to the sale. Position-based model: This model attributes 40% of the conversion credit to the first interaction, 40% to the last interaction, and the remaining 20% equally across any interactions that occurred between the first and last interactions.