Question: How does HubSpot calculate the source of a visitor to your site?
- Using the initial URL a visitor uses when first landing on your site
- Using the final URL a visitor uses when leaving your site
- Using their social media profiles to contextualize their favorite platforms
- Using Google Analytics
Explanation
HubSpot determines a visitor’s source from the entry context of the visit, not from the page they leave from. In the traffic analytics tool, HubSpot checks the full page URL stored in the First page seen property and the referring domain to categorize traffic into a source. HubSpot also defines Original Traffic Source as the contact property that shows where a contact first interacted with the business. That is why source attribution is based on the initial landing URL rather than an exit URL or an external analytics platform. HubSpot Knowledge Base+1
Why the other options are incorrect
B) HubSpot does not calculate source from the final URL used when leaving the site; it uses the First page seen property and referring domain. HubSpot Knowledge Base
C) HubSpot’s source logic is based on URL parameters and referrer information, not on a visitor’s social media profile data. HubSpot Knowledge Base
D) HubSpot calculates traffic sources within its own traffic analytics rules and contact source properties, not through Google Analytics. HubSpot Knowledge Base+1
Source for verification
https://knowledge.hubspot.com/get-started/hubspot-glossary
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