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The Paid Traffic Truth : Why Last-Click Attribution Cuts Meta's ROAS and Pays Search
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The Paid Traffic Truth : Why Your Best ROAS Channels Bring the Fewest New Customers
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The Paid Traffic Truth : Why Your Meta Cost Rose but Your Click Price Didn't
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Every Platform Grades Its Own Homework : Scott on the ROAS Trap
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The Paid Traffic Truth : The ROAS Trap Held a Second Week — and Got Wider
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The Paid Traffic Truth : Your best ROAS channel costs the most per new customer
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The Paid Traffic Truth : Meta's New Customer Conversion Just Jumped 66%
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The Paid Traffic Truth : The New Customer Markup Your Dashboard Hides
Jul 6, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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Your Data Is Being Estimated — And Nobody Told You
Jun 15, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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Three Attribution Shifts That Changed This Week — And What They Mean for Your Revenue
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How Meta, Google, and TikTok Changed Your Numbers Without Telling You
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How Link Necklaces Cut Meta nCAC 22% and Nearly Doubled New Customers
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First-Click Attribution: When the First Touch Wins
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Dec 2, 2025, 8:47:06 AM
FIRST-CLICK ATTRIBUTION: WHEN THE FIRST TOUCH IS THE ONE THAT MATTERS
Most attribution debates obsess over the last click — who closed the sale. But for any brand that lives or dies on acquiring new customers from cold traffic, there's a more important question the last click can't answer - what actually made this person aware of you in the first place? That's what first-click attribution is for. Here's when it's the right lens, when it isn't and why it's the natural counterpart to last-click in a complete measurement picture.

