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Fixed it.

Seems that the IT guys left some old ga.js tracking codes that were activated in some transactions. When you have mixed tracking codes between analytics.js and ga.js this kind of pathological behaviors happen.

Thanks!

Hi!

I don't have any posts on it, it's just from my experience working on international SEO, as Gianluca says.

Hope you already got this solved. If not, maybe this post will help you out: http://searchengineland.com/find-queries-per-url-using-search-analytics-report-google-search-console-gsc-231198

Hi!

I managed several sites that were multilingual and aimed at people from different countries. At first, I didn't put hreflang and people used to see the correct website according to their language and country.

BUT (there's always a but), for example, when people googled the brand name + something, the websites appeared in SERPs with sitelinks, and the sitelinks didn't match the correct language/location.

So, if it isn't much trouble, I would suggest putting hreflang tags, to be sure (kind of) that you won't get into problems like the one I had.

Best wishes Ariel

If I were in your situation, I would probably do exactly as you say you're going to do.

EDIT: maybe using Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager to verify the account would let you take off the part of reaching out to the IT guys, but if they work fast enough it's the same.

Not yet. Still trying different possible causes. Hopefully I'll have some results in the next few days.

Hi!

But in that case (when a new session starts), considering that the domain is listed in the Referral Exclusion List, shouldn't the conversion be tracked as direct/(none)?

Hi! Thanks for your response.

I still think there must be a way... I don't understand why some convertions are assigned to the original soruce and some to the gateway. Something must be different in the way users finished their purchase that makes analytics assign them to the original source or to the gateway.

Hi!I've added our gateway payment system to the Referral Exclusion List a few months ago. Nevertheless, it continues to appear as a referral, and obviously taking almost all of the revenue.

Does it work for you? Do you know why could it be not working for my website?Thanks for your response!

Great! I'll just filter those visits directly in Analytics.

Thanks!

Hope you already got this solved. If not, maybe this post will help you out: http://searchengineland.com/find-queries-per-url-using-search-analytics-report-google-search-console-gsc-231198

If I were in your situation, I would probably do exactly as you say you're going to do.

EDIT: maybe using Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager to verify the account would let you take off the part of reaching out to the IT guys, but if they work fast enough it's the same.

Fixed it.

Seems that the IT guys left some old ga.js tracking codes that were activated in some transactions. When you have mixed tracking codes between analytics.js and ga.js this kind of pathological behaviors happen.

Thanks!