Journey observability gap

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AI exploration outside the site may be missing from web journey logs.

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<div class="gap"><div class="gap-label">CUSTOMER PATH</div><div class="gap-track"><span class="hidden">AI RESEARCH</span><span class="hidden">SHORTLIST</span><span>SITE VISIT</span><span>BUY</span></div><div class="gap-label">WEB ANALYTICS</div><div class="gap-track"><span class="blank" id="gap-blank">UNKNOWN</span><span class="blank">UNKNOWN</span><span>SITE VISIT</span><span>BUY</span></div><div class="gap-caption" id="gap-caption">2 PRE-VISIT STEPS ARE NOT IN THE WEB LOG</div></div>
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A journey observability gap appears when exploration inside AI answers is absent from a brand's web logs. Treating the first visit as the first moment of consideration misses earlier decision-making.

The demo contrasts a fictional full journey with the portion visible in site analytics. The dashed AI-research segment cannot be reconstructed from web logs alone.

Do not fill missing steps with invented precision. Use interviews, arrival surveys, and AI-visibility checks as supporting evidence, keeping observation separate from inference.

When to use

Use it to investigate pre-visit behavior that web analytics cannot explain.

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