: Strange Google Analytics referrals from legitimate government/bank sites (not spam sites) I have been ignoring a strange problem on my Google Analytics reports for ages - there are strange legitimate

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I have been ignoring a strange problem on my Google Analytics reports for ages - there are strange legitimate banking or government websites that are showing up as referrals to my site.

These strange referrals bring very small amount of traffic to my site, but it doesn't make any sense because they will never ever link to my website.

These referrals have legitimate referring page urls, they are not porn links or scam pages.

Anyone has any possible explainations on why these strange legitimate sites ended up as my referral?

p/s: Another observation - one government website that shows up as my referral regularly is a legitimate site that is very related to the nature of my site. It is a site that my site visitors will frequently visit as well. But neither I put a link to that gov site nor they put a link to my site.

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You should check to see if there is any content reference to your site on these gov pages that is NOT HYPERLINKED.

Your site is likely viewed as an authority resource for your content area, and it is distinctly possible that government/bank employees are referencing your site
rather than just the general public.

Check to see if any of your traffic is coming from email accounts since this would help explain how your site is a recommended authority site.

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