Track Search Queries on Your Joomla Site Print

This tutorial will show you how to track search queries on your Joomla site.

Often these queries can be a great source of information about what your visitors want:

  • They show you what visitors can't find: If one search term is really popular, it might be because people can't find it using your current menus ... it might be time to add a new menu link.
  • They show you what visitors really want: You may think people want "pink widgets" but search terms might show that people really want "blue widgets".

Technique for Low Traffic Sites

  • Step 1: Login to the Administrator area of your Joomla site.
  • Step 2: Go to Components >> Search
  • Step 3: Click "Parameters" in the top-right corner and set "Gather Search Statistics" to Yes.
  • Step 4: Now when you visit Components >> Search you will see a list of all the searches people have used on your site.
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Technique for High Traffic Sites

It is also possible to check what people are searching for on your site using Joomla by using Google Analytics:

  • Step 1: Go to http://www.google.com/analytics and login.
  • Step 2: Click 'Edit' under Website Profiles for the profile you would like to enable Site Search for.
  • Step 3: Click 'Edit' in the top-right corner of the "Main Website Profile Information" bar (warning ... its hard to see)
  • Step 4: Select "Do Track Site Search".
  • Step 5: Enter "searchword" in "Query Parameter".
  • Step 6: Select "No, do not strip query parameters out of URL"
  • Step 7: Your data will appear in your main Google Analytics report, under the Content >> Site Search tab. Your results should look like this:

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