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How to Track Joomla Site Searches with Google Analytics

1. Log in to your Google Analytics account.
2. Click 'Edit' under Website Profiles for the profile you would like to enable Site Search for.
3. Click 'Edit' in the top-right corner of the "Main Website Profile Information"
4. Select "Do Track Site Search".
5. Enter "searchword" in "Query Parameter".
6. Select "No, do not strip query parameters out of URL"

Your data will appear in your main Google Analytics report, under the "Content" tab:

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written by Good Web Practices, February 29, 2008

Great tip, thanks Steve!

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written by trichnosis, February 29, 2008

it's an intresting tip with google analitics.

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written by Space Zone, July 20, 2008

Waoow
I doesn't know that google analytics can do this
thanks Steve I'll give it a try now

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written by Mark Magin, September 10, 2008

Does this still apply to J 1.5.7 with sh404sef installed?
I mean, is the parameter still = searchword.

Thanks

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