Google Analytics - Next Page Path is the Same URL?
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Hey Everyone,
I have a Google analytics question. I'm looking through a client's site and when I look at the next page path, I get the same URL as the next path.
For example, on the homepage, the next page path I get is the homepage again? This happens for all URL's, is this an implementation error? Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks!
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Hi all! I have the same issue, when I look at the previous path ( 6.355 pageviews) and the next path ( 58,858) via Navigation option I am getting like a huge difference in numbers, which I can't explain. Is there anyone here is able to explain this to me please
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Hi Jonathan, I think this blog post will help: http://help.analyticsedge.com/googleanalytics/misunderstood-metrics-next-page-path/
The summary is this:
"Back in 2009, Nick Mihailovski of Google explained that you should not use ga:pagePath (Page) with ga:nextPagePath (Next Page Path) together — while it works in some situations, the system was not designed with these combinations in mind. It was designed so Previous Page Path and Next Page Path would be used in combination to show how traffic moved from one page (previous) to another (next) — for the navigation reports. The Page dimension was to be used with other page-level dimensions and metrics."
I hope this helps.
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http://help.analyticsedge.com/googleanalytics/misunderstood-metrics-next-page-path/
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Hi Craig,
I have this exact problem. Did you find a solution.
Thanks
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Hi Jon, can you share the details of the site or a screenshot of the report that you're looking at.
Craig
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No Craig, I wasn't able to find a solution to this.
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Did you ever find the solution to this Evan?
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I've never seen this before so I don't have much to say, but if I ran into this I would think to check for double implementation of the analytics code. Give the source code a look-see and CTRL + F for the UA code. See if it's there twice.
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