Google Analytics reports that referred visitors come in an an unexpected landing page that isn't where the link is pointing

Google Analytics reports that referred visitors come in an an unexpected landing page that isn't where the link is pointing - 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 Google Analytics reports that referred visitors come in an an unexpected landing page that isn't where the link is pointing error on your web browser. Problem :

There is this website's page (similar to reddit) which references my website's main page.

I recently realized an increase on my bounce rate. Then I checked and saw that in the last 10 days, users coming to my website from this web page above has an unexpected landing page, which is not my site's main page, but a specific product page.

This issue occurred on the last 10 days, and I really don't have any clue on what's going on.

Here is the screenshot.

P.S: This happened before for a different product page. I removed that product page, and redirected it to my main page. However this time it occurs for a different page. The product page seems to be really random.

Solution :

I have had a good look around your site and the only thing I can see what might be causing this is the that there appear to be 2 versions of tagmanager running.
I can see a Global site tag (gtag.js) that is set up incorrectly, and a GTM that is running perfectly.

This might be the issue, but definitely worth checking. Also, is there anything odd about the pageviews or time on site?

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