Weird URL Structure in GA
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Hey everyone,
Thanks in advance for any insight on this. I've been researching it quite a bit on Google and haven't found anything yet.
In Analytics, under our pages report, we're getting a lot of pages that look like this:
www.execucar.com/https://www.execucar.com
or
www.execucar.com/https://www.execucar.com/locations/orlando-car-service
Any thoughts on how to fix this? These pages don't exist...I'm at such a loss.
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Every URL is duplicating with the domain appended to the beginning, and I'm getting two data sets for each one.
For example, www.execucar.com/https://www.execucar.com/
Pageviews: 667
Average time on page: 3:35but
www.execucar.com/Pageviews: 724Average time on page: 0:06ETA: And, now that I'm looking at it, that pattern is the same across the board. The pages with the domain appended to the beginning of the URL all have a higher time. Is the tracking screwy from the www to the https???
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Hmm...
When you look at your page report, does every URL have the domain appended to the beginning, or just some?
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No default page has been set in any of the views. Does it have anything to do with the default URL?
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Hi,
In your View Settings in GA, look for the Default Page field, then clear it out. It looks to me like you've got "www.execucar.com" set in the Default Page setting in the View Settings of Google Analytics, which, combined with your hostname filter, is causing the duplication of your domain in reporting.
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