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Channel Mappings in Beacon

Channel Mappings in Beacon

Channel Mappings in Beacon

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Written by Rakshitha Asileti
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Channel Mappings

Channel

Definition

Subchannels

Direct

Direct is the channel by which users arrive at your site/app via a saved link or by entering your URL.

Display

Display is the channel by which users arrive at your site/app via display ads, including ads on the Google Display Network.

Email

Email is the channel by which users arrive at your site/app via links in email.

  • Email

  • Newsletter

  • Other Email

Search

Search is the channel by which users arrive at your site/app via non-ad links in organic-search results or ads on search-engine sites like Bing, Baidu, or Google.

  • Google Search

  • Other Search

Social

Social is the channel by which users arrive at your site/app via non-ad links or ads on social sites like Facebook or Twitter.

  • Facebook

  • Instagram

  • LinkedIn

  • Pinterest

  • Reddit

  • Snapchat

  • Threads

  • TikTok

  • Twitter

  • Whatsapp

  • YouTube

Referral

Referral is the channel by which users arrive at your site via non-ad links on other sites/apps (e.g., blogs, news sites).

  • Apple News

  • Artifact

  • Bloomberg

  • Drudge Report

  • Feedly

  • Flipboard

  • Glance

  • Google News

  • Ground.news

  • Hacker News

  • Inoreader

  • Inshorts

  • Line

  • Mcclatchy

  • Mixerbox

  • Msn

  • News360

  • Newsbreak

  • Newsnow

  • Newzit

  • Opera

  • Pocket

  • Refind

  • Smart News

  • Substack

  • Themorningnews

  • Theskimm

  • Upday

  • Viber

  • Yahoo

Internal

Internal is the channel by which users arrive at your site via other articles from the same or other Conde Sites.

Google Discover

Google Discover is the channel by which users arrive at your site via Google Discover which is one of Google's services, available only to smartphone users via the Google mobile app and in the Chrome browser (on Android phones).

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is the channel by which users arrive at your site via referrals or interactions originating from the ChatGPT platform (e.g., links shared or clicked within ChatGPT conversations).

If you have any further questions or queries about Beacon please feel free to go through the Beacon help section .

For further assistance please write to Beacon team at - beacon-help@condenast.com .

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