What causes ‘self-referral’ traffic in GA4 and how is it prevented?

Google Analytics GA4 Hard

Google Analytics GA4 — Hard

What causes ‘self-referral’ traffic in GA4 and how is it prevented?

Key points

  • Self-referral is not caused by users sharing your URL on social media
  • It is not always correct data showing users navigating within your site
  • IP filtering for office IP addresses does not prevent self-referral
  • Adding domains to 'List unwanted referrals' and configuring cross-domain tracking are key prevention steps

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