Get Stats on Search Box Usage, Using Google Analytics?
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Let me preface this by first saying I am NOT using the Google Adsense Search feature. The question I am asking is pertaining to the standard search box that comes already coded in most .php blogs.
In the Google Analytics, is there a way to tell how many people are searching using the search box? I've looked through the navigation and pathway options in analytics and I don't seem to see anything that definitively points to the number of people using the search box but, perhaps, I am overlooking it.
Any insight?
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Cool! I will try that today!
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Yes, you can track your internal search engine usage with Google Analytics.
Go to 'Analytics Settings > Profile Settings', click the small white 'Edit' link in the gray bar, set up the 'Site Search' fieldset based on your configuration.
After setting this up correctly, in the 'Content' section of GA, you should now see a 'Site Search' link that should take you to the new data.
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