July 2026
KPI Report
Monthly Overview
Lucidworks · lucidworks.com
GSC Clicks
1,471
▼ 49.4% YoY (2,907 Jul 2025)
Total Sessions
16,860
▲ 25.3% YoY (13,450 Jul 2025)
Total Conversions
108
▼ 15.6% YoY (128 Jul 2025) · 0.64% CVR
July 2026 Performance Summary
- Total sessions up 25.3% YoY — Sessions grew from 13,450 to 16,860 compared to July 2025, driven by Paid Social (11,971) surge and Direct (2,871).
- Organic Search down 31.1% YoY — Organic sessions fell from 2,129 to 1,466 July YoY, continuing the declining trend as branded queries dominate remaining volume.
- 108 generate_lead conversions — 0.64% site-wide CVR, down from 171 in June. Direct contributed 60 leads, Organic Search 32 leads (2.18% CVR). YoY leads -15.6% (vs 128 Jul 2025).
- AI referral traffic: 34 sessions — Down from 60 in June (-43.3% MoM). ChatGPT remains top AI source (28 sessions). Seasonal pullback may be a factor; trend still developing.gful referral channel.
- GSC clicks down 46.4% YoY — 1,616 clicks vs 3,015 in June 2025. However, impressions rose 8.1% YoY to 349,708 impressions in July, down 36.7% YoY (552,443 Jul 2025). CTR of 0.42% at avg position 11.7.
- Mobile Performance score of 49 — Below the 50-point threshold affecting Core Web Vitals. Desktop Performance (48) also needs improvement. SEO scores (100) and Best Practices (96) remain excellent.
- Top branded query "lucidworks" pulled 374 clicks at 29.9% CTR (pos 1.2). ACP/MCP protocol content continues generating discovery traffic (63 combined clicks).
July 2026
KPI Report
Discovery: Technical Performance
Lucidworks · lucidworks.com
PageSpeed / Lighthouse | Last Tested: June 25, 2026
Key findings from Lighthouse analysis:
- Mobile Performance (49) — Critical. Below the 50-point threshold. Likely caused by heavy JavaScript bundles, render-blocking resources, and unoptimized media. This directly impacts Core Web Vitals and mobile search rankings. Recommend code splitting, image optimization (WebP/AVIF), and deferring non-critical scripts.
- Desktop Performance (48) — Also critical. Unusually, desktop scores lower than mobile, suggesting server-side rendering issues or heavy client-side hydration. Focus on reducing Total Blocking Time and Largest Contentful Paint.
- Accessibility (85–86) — Good but room for improvement. Common fixes include adding alt text to images, ensuring sufficient color contrast ratios, and proper ARIA labels on interactive elements.
- SEO (100) — Perfect score. All technical SEO fundamentals (meta tags, canonical URLs, structured data, crawlability) are properly implemented.
- Best Practices (96) — Excellent. Site follows modern web standards with minimal issues.
- Agentic Browsing — Custom metric requiring manual assessment of structured data (JSON-LD), semantic HTML, and machine-readable content for AI agent compatibility. Not available via Lighthouse API.
July 2026
KPI Report
Discovery: Domain Visibility
Lucidworks · lucidworks.com
Total Clicks (Jul 2026)
1,471
▼ 46.4% YoY (3,015)
Total Impressions (Jul 2026)
349,708
▼ 36.7% YoY (552,443)
Avg. Position (Jul 2026)
11.7
— 0.42% CTR
GSC Clicks & Impressions — Last 12 Months, Monthly Totals
Clicks
Impressions
| Query | Clicks | Impressions | CTR | Position |
|---|
| lucidworks | 408 | 1,206 | 33.8% | 1.1 |
| lucid works | 56 | 192 | 29.2% | 1.0 |
| acp vs mcp | 48 | 800 | 6.0% | 2.4 |
| lucidworks careers | 45 | 73 | 61.6% | 1.0 |
| lucidworks fusion | 36 | 226 | 15.9% | 2.1 |
| mcp vs acp | 30 | 510 | 5.9% | 2.3 |
| learning to rank | 12 | 626 | 1.9% | 6.1 |
| lucidwork | 9 | 32 | 28.1% | 1.0 |
| lucid search | 8 | 39 | 20.5% | 2.0 |
| apache lucene | 7 | 965 | 0.7% | 8.3 |
Organic Traffic Trend — Last 12 Months, YoY Comparison (Semrush)
2025–2026
2024–2025
SERP Position Distribution — Last 24 Months (Semrush)
Top 3
4–10
11–20
21–100
SERP Feature Type Distribution, Quarterly (Semrush)
Based on current Semrush organic keyword data (2,208 tracked keywords), the following SERP features are observed for Lucidworks' ranking keywords:
- Standard Organic — present across all tracked keywords
- AI Overviews (AIO) — appearing on high-volume informational queries like "site search," "learning to rank," "b2b search," "customer self repair"
- Featured Snippets — Lucidworks ranks in position 1–3 for definition-style queries ("what is site search," "how to classify trainer in ecommerce")
- People Also Ask — triggered on informational queries in the enterprise search/AI/commerce space
- Sitelinks — appearing on branded queries ("lucidworks," "lucidworks fusion")
Note: Granular SERP feature tracking requires Semrush Position Tracking project setup for quarterly trend data.
July 2026
KPI Report
Engagement: Traffic Acquisition
Lucidworks · lucidworks.com
Total Sessions
16,860
▲ 253.9% YoY (3,731)
Organic Sessions
1,466
▼ 31.1% YoY (2,129)
Direct Sessions
3,074
— Direct (no prior baseline)
AI Referral Sessions (Jul 2026)
34
▼ 43.3% MoM (60 Jun 2026)
AI Assistant Sessions
0
— GA4 default channel
Organic Search
Sessions
1,466
▼ 31.1% YoY (2,129)
Conversions
87
— 6.15% CVR (generate_lead)
Organic Sessions — Last 12 Months
2025–2026
2024–2025
| Session Source | Sessions | Bounce Rate | Conversions |
|---|
| google | 1,566 | 49.6% | 40 |
| bing | 93 | 48.4% | 5 |
| duckduckgo | 9 | 0.0% | 0 |
| yahoo | 8 | 0.0% | 0 |
| ecosia.org | 3 | 0.0% | 0 |
AI Referral
Sessions
34
▼ 43.3% MoM (60 Jun 2026)
Conversions
0
— 0% CVR (generate_lead)
AI Referral Sessions — Last 12 Months
2025–2026
2024–2025
| Session Source | Sessions | Bounce Rate | Conversions |
|---|
| chatgpt.com | 47 | 51.1% | 0 |
| copilot.com | 1 | 0.0% | 0 |
| perplexity | 1 | 100% | 0 |
| gemini.google.com | 1 | 100% | 0 |
| claude.ai | 1 | 0.0% | 0 |
July 2026
KPI Report
Engagement: On-Site & Conversions
Lucidworks · lucidworks.com
CVR
6.15%
— No prior year data
Leads
87
— generate_lead events
Sessions
1,466
▲ 11.9% YoY
Entry Landing Pages — Organic
CVR
0%
— 0 generate_lead events
Leads
0
— generate_lead events
Sessions
34
— chatgpt, copilot, perplexity, gemini, claude
Entry Landing Pages — AI Referral
Popular Pages — AI Referral
Event Funnel — AI Referral
July 2026
KPI Report
Off-Site: Reddit & GitHub
Lucidworks · lucidworks.com
Public Repos
114
— github.com/lucidworks
Org Followers
57
vs. Algolia: 843 · Elastic: 5,400
Top Repo Stars
671
— banana (Kibana for Solr)
| Repository | Stars | Forks | Language |
|---|
| banana | 671 | 232 | JavaScript |
| spark-solr | 445 | 251 | Scala |
| solr-scale-tk | 90 | 26 | Java |
| silk | 69 | 29 | JavaScript |
| mlockall-agent | 62 | 12 | Java |
| auto-phrase-tokenfilter | 59 | 62 | Java |
| fusion-cloud-native | 29 | 32 | Shell |
| connectors-sdk-resources | 15 | 9 | Java |
GitHub Analysis
- Massive star gap vs. competitors — Lucidworks' top repo (671 stars) is 0.9% of Elastic's elasticsearch (77,170 stars) and 12.7% of Algolia's autocomplete (5,300 stars). GitHub stars directly influence AI model recommendations.
- Most-starred repos are legacy projects — "banana" (Kibana port) and "silk" (Kibana 4 port) don't represent current Fusion capabilities. No modern developer-facing OSS with community traction.
- 57 org followers vs. 843 (Algolia) and 5,400 (Elastic) — Low follower count reduces visibility in GitHub's discovery algorithms.
- Referral traffic from github.com: 2 sessions — Minimal traffic contribution from GitHub presence.
GA4 Referral from Reddit
0
— No reddit.com sessions in Jul 2026
Wikipedia Page
Active
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucidworks
Wikipedia Referrals
3
— en.wikipedia.org referral sessions
Reddit & Community Analysis
- No Reddit referral traffic detected — Zero sessions from reddit.com in July 2026. Reddit content heavily influences AI model training data and recommendations. Lucidworks is not generating community discussion that drives traffic or AI visibility.
- Reddit is a Lucidworks customer — Lucidworks powers Reddit's search infrastructure (reduced search cluster from 200 to 30 nodes with 99.99% uptime). This is a powerful case study that could be leveraged more in community channels.
- Wikipedia page is well-maintained — Active page with company history, product details, and Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader recognition. 3 referral sessions from en.wikipedia.org.
- Community signals are thin — Elastic and Algolia dominate developer forums (Reddit, Stack Overflow, Hacker News). Lucidworks lacks visible community advocates or developer evangelism content.
- AI referral breakdown — Of the 60 AI referral sessions, ChatGPT dominates at majority share. Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Copilot each contributed 1 session. This suggests Lucidworks has reasonable visibility in ChatGPT but limited presence in other AI models.
Off-Site Action Items
- Launch a modern OSS project — A standalone search UI component or CLI tool targeting 1K+ stars to improve GitHub signal
- Post the Reddit case study in relevant subreddits (r/elasticsearch, r/dataengineering, r/devops) to generate community discussion
- Engage on Reddit/HN threads about enterprise search, AI-powered search, and MCP/ACP protocols (Lucidworks has content on these topics)
- Update Wikipedia page with 2025–2026 milestones, product launches, and customer wins
- Archive stale GitHub repos (banana, silk) that dilute modern positioning
