Tracking Joomla Searches with Google Analytics

Great tip, thanks Steve!

it's an intresting tip with google analitics.

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

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

Thanks

Excactly what I was looking for. Simple and precise. Great!

The problem is that if SEF url is enabled in joomla it does not work because Google analytics gives these informations by reading the url, and the query does not appear when SEF is enabled.If anybody hasd a solution for that would love to hear it.

Same problem as last poster

With Joomla 1.5 native SEF enabled, the search URL is:

http://yoursite.com/component/search/test//?ordering=&searchphrase=all

when the search term is "test"

In Joomla 1.5 there is a simple way to fix this so you get your parameters back (searchword). Just go to /components/com_search/router.php and change this file name to /router.ignore.php.

Basically this is the file that creates the SEF functionality in the Search Component. By taking it out of the path, it turns search queries back to their old format so Google Analytics work fine and the rest of your site is not affected.

motownphilly.. I will try this. Sounds plausible