Why does my site get itself as referral in Google Analytics?

KingOfDCP · 02-10-2012, 03:04 AM

Hello all,

I don't know why my site still gets itself as referral in Google Analytics. I read some articles about redirect 301 from www to non-www and I did it with .htaccess but it doesn't solve problem. Could any one give me some suggestion?

My site is i-fresh.net (my sign)

thatkeywordguy · 02-10-2012, 04:51 AM

your site shows up as referring itself?

never heard of that one

seems common though

https://groups.google.com/a/googlepr...ta/D5n8yDw1d7s

jimmyn · 02-10-2012, 05:04 AM

Do you have canonical urls set up? Might be a better solution than a redirect.

Don't know if this is the problem, but this helps anyway.

I suppose it could be from links to your site on twitter, social media and forums, which very often use redirects or url shortening.

jimmyn · 02-10-2012, 05:11 AM

Actually it won't be twitter, as that always shows up as twitter as far as i've seen.

KingOfDCP · 02-10-2012, 06:16 AM

I see facebook.com and t.co in my referral traffic too. And of course, my site is in the top of referral. I don't know why. Is there anyway to stop this ?

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jimmyn HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2011 Location: Angleterre Posts: 144 Thanks: 18 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Why does my site get itself as referral in Google Analytics? Do you have canonical urls set up? Might be a better solution than a redirect. Don't know if this is the problem, but this helps anyway. I suppose it could be from links to your site on twitter, social media and forums, which very often use redirects or url shortening.

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jimmyn HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2011 Location: Angleterre Posts: 144 Thanks: 18 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Why does my site get itself as referral in Google Analytics? Actually it won't be twitter, as that always shows up as twitter as far as i've seen.

02-10-2012, 06:16 AM	#5
KingOfDCP http://i-fresh.net Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Why does my site get itself as referral in Google Analytics? I see facebook.com and t.co in my referral traffic too. And of course, my site is in the top of referral. I don't know why. Is there anyway to stop this ?
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