Google Analytics does not show full referring URLs

Now and again I come across a flaw in Google Analytics and, rather than keeping these little frustrations to myself, I’ve decided to share them with you and Google. Who knows the greater powers that be will hear me!

Now, after reading the title of this post you might think: “This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about – you do get the full referring URL in the Referring Sites report.” Fair enough, you’re right to a certain extent: You get the referring domain first, then when you click on a domain you get the full URL. The problem I found, however, is that if a dynamically generated page links to you, you don’t get to see the query string in the referring URL and as a result you cannot find the exact page on another site that links to you.

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