GA Internal Site Search Correct Query Parameter?

[jayoliverwright]

Hi Guys,

Recently added GA internal site search to a sub-folder: http://tinyurl.com/jhm9cyl

Just want to confirm would the query parameter be:

/search/

Or different because it's a sub-folder?

Cheers.

[DirkC]

Hi Jay,

If I check the page you gave as an example using the Tag Assistant it states "No tags found"

Dirk

[jayoliverwright]

Hi Dirks,

Thanks for that. The site/page is tagged with GA.

[Mobilio]

True. GA works if your links are http://www.example.com/?q=term or http://www.example.com/?s=search. Of course you can change q or s, but way as they work you can't.  But you can "hack" this:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1012264

All you need is to include on search page (and only on search pages) this code if you using analytics.js:
ga('send', 'pageview', '/search_results.php?q=keyword');
and that's all.

[DirkC]

Hi,

In the example you mentioned the query parameter would be q - as your syntax is domain.com/search?q=keyword - check here for more info: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1012264?hl=en#Params

(I imagine you gave the link as example as the site isn't tagged for Google Analytics)

Dirk