Tracking keyword referals using non-standard characters

é ... ó ... á ...

[Adam_C]

A client of mine is having trouble with their reporting software in tracking keyword referals that use non-standard characters such as é, á and ó.

For example a search query in Google for the word "mexico" looks something like this:

[google.com...]

but a search for "méxico" looks like this:

[google.com...]

This software cannot interpret the "m%E9xico" part of the URL as méxico, so it doesn't report it.

Is this a flaw unique to this software, or a common problem?

[jatar_k]

I know that non-standard characters are often a problem and I doubt it is specific to this particular software package.

You may be in the market for a custom solution. Have you looked around for stats packages that are specifically constructed for other languages?

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

A % sign is always followed by a 2-digit hexadecimal nuumber. Converting this to decimal often gives you the ASCII code of the intended character, however, in a lot of cases it doesn't work. I don't know which conversion should be used.

I have a case where 2 characters ,%C3%A8, represent the same %E9 character you mentioned.