Google Analytics Organic Keyword (Not Provided) Alternative Hacks?

[upick-162391]

I'm sure everyone is sick of the (Not Provided) keywords because I know I am, and Google reckons that you should only see 10% or less (I'm currently around 13% and growing).

I am seeking alternatives or hacks that will help display the keywords? If you have a hack to actually display the keywords, please share it your ideas and thoughts?

I recently implemented a hack that will show the landing page of the keywords which is better than nothing. But as an eCommerce site, I have about 10% of my transactions which not provided, knowing the keywords would really help.

Would love to hear your thoughts?

[upick-162391]

Sad to see there is no alternatives but thanks for the info. I'm sure one day the 10% average might be 80% average.

Thanks for the link already using that which is quite useful better than nothing.

[matbennett]

No hack is going to show that data I am afraid.  The data is not just not being shown, it is not being provided by Google, which means that they are the only people who now have it.

It's worth noting that you can probably expect to see you 13% rise.  Internet Explorer is now also using SSL search as standard, Firefox has moved this way and Bing is doing it too.  I already have sites where 80% of transactions from organic search are (not provided).

There are workarounds out there to shed some light in to the shadow that (Not Provided) casts.  Some of the more notable approaches include:

One of the more useful is appending the landing page where the term is (Not Provided).  See http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/8342-how-to-steal-some-not-provided-data-back-from-google for a how to.

I quite like that approach as it isn't trying to fool you that you have the data, but instead is just giving extra information when you don't.  In practice it is surprising useful - particularly on a long tail heavy site.

I'm not so keen on the approaches that try to extrapolate the data you do have to plug the gaps.  Approaches that rely on either the assumption that the (Not Provided) traffic is made up in the same was as the traffic where the KW is known, or that your traffic will follow the same patterns as it did before (Not Provided) became an issue do not work for me. I think they can send you off on a dangerously uninformed path.

Sadly (Not Provided) is here to stay.  I think we all have to just deal with that fact and find new ways to measure and analyse rather than trying to find ways to fill in the blanks