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GSC “Job Listing” vs “Job Detail” data mismatch – Backend logs don’t match GSC clicks
Posted by on January 28, 2026 at 3:06 amI'm working on a large recruitment site and struggling to reconcile our GSC data with our internal backend logs and GA4.
The Situation: We track data across GSC, GA4, Frontend code, and Backend logs. When I analyze the "Job Details" performance in GSC (schema: JobPosting), the data is somewhat consistent with our internal logs (about a 10-20% variance, which I can accept as normal drift).
The Problem: The major issue is with "Job Listing" data and the Overall Clicks reported in GSC.
- The "Job Listing" clicks in GSC are not matching our backend/GA4 data at all (the discrepancy is huge, far beyond 20%).
- Total GSC clicks are significantly higher than what we record on the frontend or backend.
My Question: Has anyone else seeing massive inflation in "Job Listing" clicks in GSC specifically? Does Google count clicks on the "Job Listing" view (the left-hand sidebar in the Google Jobs interface) differently than a standard organic click?
I'm trying to figure out if this is a tracking failure on my end (e.g. referrers getting stripped) or if GSC defines "Job Listing" clicks in a way that doesn't always result in a server request.
Any advice on how to debug this?
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I have accepted that GSC data doesn’t correlate directly to GA4. For reasons I don’t know, GSC data seems less reliable and buggy. I still find it useful for identifying trends, but not for analyzing actual clicks, for example. My experience is unlike yours though. GSC typically underreports clicks in my case.
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