Do redirects affect google analytics?

Do redirects affect google analytics? - If a page has internal and external outgoing links to redirecting URLs, it’s returning 3xx (301, 302, etc.) HTTP status codes standing for redirection. This issue means that the page does not exist on a permanent or temporary basis. It appears on most of the popular web browsers, usually caused by a misconfigured website. However, there are some steps you can take to ensure the issue isn’t on your side. You can find more details about redirecting URLs by reading the Google Search Central overview. In this article, we’ll go over how you can fix the Do redirects affect google analytics? error on your web browser. Problem :

I have a website that redirects in the following manner:

1. https://example.com/drugs/paracetamol.html




2. http://example.com/drugs/new-paracetamol.html - 302




3. https://example.com/drugs/new-paracetamol.html - 302

I'm aware this is currently an issue and that the second redirect isn't necessary, it's a bug in the redirection config. However what I'm interested in is would this configuration currently affect google analytics results in any way? If so what would it affect?

Solution :

I don't see how it would have any effect on Google Analytics. The tracking script only fires when a page is delivered to a browser.

The only way I can see this registering in Google Analytics is if you are using a client side redirect like <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://example.com/" /> or redirecting with javascript.

We hope that this article has helped you resolve the google-analytics, redirects, 302-redirect error in your web browsers. Enjoy browsing the internet uninterrupted!