Channels, and AI crawlers by type
Updated October 18, 2026
The Sources panel has a new Channels tab. It groups visits into organic search, AI assistants, organic and paid social, email, paid search, display, affiliates, referral and direct, from the referrer and your campaign tags. Click a channel to filter the whole dashboard; existing visits are already classified. See Channels.
The AI crawlers panel now splits requests the way the crawler directory does: AI answers (fetches made when someone asks an assistant), search indexes and training crawlers, each with its own count. Click one to see its crawlers and the pages they read.
Also fixed: clicking Direct in the Sources panel now filters the dashboard. It used to do nothing.