Log Searches with Google Analytics

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Ledbetter on October 15, 2009 at 10:29am

I know that you can log searches in Joomla, but not sure how to integrate that with Analytics...

Permalink Reply by Rene Kreijveld on October 15, 2009 at 10:32am

Kyle I found a hack how to do it.
In components/com_search rename router.php to router.php.off.
When you do that, the search extension no longer uses a SEF url.
In the URL there is a querystring (searchword) that you can pass on to Google.
Then Google logs all your search queries for later analysis.

Permalink Reply by Amy Stephen on October 15, 2009 at 10:45am

Brilliant!

Permalink Reply by Robert Vining on October 27, 2009 at 12:00am

Thanks for this tip!!! That's good info to track and know! I just did this to my own site and look forward to adding this very important info to my research.

Permalink Reply by Pete on November 4, 2009 at 1:34am

Hi René.

the Jxtended Finder give's you the opportunity to log Joomla searchs and also integrate them to Google Analytics... It's not a free extension but at least it's GPL...

Cheers
Pete

Permalink Reply by micheas on December 10, 2009 at 6:00am

The same effect can be used with sh404sef by disabling sef urls for the search component. (also a GPL but paid extension)