GA traffic locations must be wrong? Most hits from a state we don't do business in!
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I launched a website earlier this year. Very limited traffic, 200-300 a month. It is an info site for a specialized business. However, when I review my GA traffic reports, 20% of our traffic comes from one city in Virginia. (although the company does business in many states, it does not in Virginia) or anything close. The bounce rate is 97%! Could it be a web scraper or some kind of redirect?
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It seems like the traffic locations in Google Analytics might be incorrect. We're receiving a significant number of hits from a state where we don't conduct business.
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@bakergraphix_yahoo-com unless the same GA tracking code/tag is on the duplicate website or it has links to your domain, then might not be the case. A couple of things to check before confirming though. Do see if the traffic is from direct or organic. Also do see if GSC provides any insights into how popular your website is in the particular city in Virginia.
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