How to know from which search keyword user has arrived on my website
search keyword and google search results
kb0000
4:26 pm on Jan 26, 2012 (gmt 0)
Hi
I would like to know if there is some way so that we can know that on which keyword in search results (Search results from Google) my site link was shown and visited by user.
enigma1
4:34 pm on Jan 26, 2012 (gmt 0)
It may show from the referrer information when the visitor accesses the site.
$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
The referrer can also manipulated from the client end, so can't reliably tell if the visitor indeed landed on your site via a google search.
rocknbil
5:07 pm on Jan 26, 2012 (gmt 0)
Doesn't Google Analytics do this for you?
lucy24
9:37 pm on Jan 26, 2012 (gmt 0)
This has come up a lot in recent threads. Normally your raw logs show the search terms, so any analytics program worth its salt will include them. But if the user is logged-in to google, the search term is suppressed. It just says "?q=" so you know they searched for something, but not for what.
afaik, nowhere in even the tiniest of print does google tell users that this is a side effect-- or possibly an intentional result-- of logging in when you search.
