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50% of site's referrals are own URL

by WPmonkey
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I just got access to a new clients Google Analytics accounts, and when looking at the site's referrals over 50% of them are from the site's own domain but without the www. Given that all the other referrals are in the single digits for %, I think this could really be skewing the information.

Any ideas on how to fix this? Should I filter all other reports and views to remove the www references?

Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author iamseo
    First of all solve the www issue.... then check for analytics installation. If you have put anlaytic code two time(in header & footer) then it generally happens.
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  • Profile picture of the author Epic New Media
    Ensure that the site can only be accessed by one version - either http://www. or simply http:// - this is your starting point, which should solve your problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author RDB85
    As previously mentioned either have http://www. or http:// having multiple versions will confuse Google as it thinks you have two website.
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    • Profile picture of the author Varz
      Originally Posted by RDB85 View Post

      As previously mentioned either have http://www. or http:// having multiple versions will confuse Google as it thinks you have two website.
      I would advise picking the version that has more inbound links to it (www or non-www). Then 301 redir the one that has less links to the one that has more.
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      • Profile picture of the author chris_87
        Originally Posted by Varz View Post

        I would advise picking the version that has more inbound links to it (www or non-www). Then 301 redir the one that has less links to the one that has more.
        Does google really not consider the www. and non www. as the same site? I figured they would be sophisticated enough to combine them without having to 301 the other.
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        • Profile picture of the author Varz
          Originally Posted by chris_87 View Post

          Does google really not consider the www. and non www. as the same site? I figured they would be sophisticated enough to combine them without having to 301 the other.
          Nope. Amazingly they consider them separate still.
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