Link Instances in visit not aligning with visits to target page

[#1]

Hello, 

I am comparing visits referred from Page A to total visits of target Page B. There is no other way to reach Page B except via one link on Page A. I am counting the referrals from Page A by a specific link instance occurring in the visit. 

Currently the number of visits with the link instance are half that of the total visits to Page B. Direct visits to Page B is not the issue. I don't expect them to match, but I also don't expect them to be so different.

I'm not looking for solutions, just possible causes. Thank you!

[yayanalytics]

If both the pages are on same domain, user can have multiple link instances but will count as a single visit. I would rather compare specific link instances on Page A vs pageviews on Page B.

[yayanalytics]

Yes they are on the same domain, but there are twice as many visits to Page B than there are of visits with the specific link instance on Page A. In fact there are many more page views of Page B as there are of specific link instances on Page A as well. That's where I'm confused.

[Asheesh_P]

looks we are missing something, is there any way i can take a look on the pages or see what you see in reports?

[yayanalytics]

Unfortunately it's not something I can grant access to. Do you have suggestions on what to look for? I'm starting to wonder if there may be an issue with visits from mobile devices. When I segment the traffic to just non-mobile devices the number of visits with the specific link instances is significantly closer to the visits to Page B from non-mobile. Sadly I don't have access to the tools today to test this theory.