Feb 29 2008
Tracking Joomla Searches with Google Analytics Print
Friday, 29 February 2008
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This is a great tip from Lowkey over on the Joomla forums. It enables you to track searches made on your site from inside Google Analytics. You can go beyond simply what words people used to search and collect data and where they came from and which pages they viewed.

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! smilies/smiley.gif
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written by trichnosis, February 29, 2008
it's an intresting tip with google analitics. smilies/smiley.gif
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written by Space Zone, July 20, 2008
Waoow
I doesn't know that google analytics can do this smilies/shocked.gif
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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