The Case of Inflated (not provided) in Google Analytics

Today we noticed a way to potentially inflate the amount of (not provided) keyword in Google Analytics. Traffic from links on https://www.google.com and some of its subdomains will be treated as organic traffic with the keyword (not provided) and not as referral traffic as we would expect. Update: Google no longer shows own domain referrals … Continue reading The Case of Inflated (not provided) in Google Analytics