No entries in “last search terms”

  • Hi,
    strangely enough I don’t get any entries in “last search terms” on one website since the beginning of the installation, while it works without problems on another website. As far as I can see, the settings on both websites are identical.
    Thanks and best regards,
    Hans-Gerd

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  • Plugin Author Friese

    (@friese)

    Hi Hans-Gerd,
    the search keywords are extracted from the referrer URL, e.g. https://www.google.de/?q=visitor+flow. Unfortunately, Google and most other search engines only provide this detailed referrer URL if used via HTTP. However, more and more people are using Google via HTTPS, where Google hides the search key words for data privacy reasons.

    I made the experience on my own websites, too, that the number of provided search keyword is going down, depending on the type of users (mobile users seem to use HTTPS more often).

    If you want a full list of all search keywords for your website, you could use the Google Search Console (https://search.google.com/search-console/about). With this service, Google provides many information for websites owners.

    Hope this helps!
    Best regards
    Onno

    Thread Starter Hans-Gerd Gerhards

    (@hage)

    Hi Onno,
    thank you for your reply and clarification. I already know the information from the google search console. Amazingly I found that there are no entries at all on one website, while on another website there are quite a lot of entries. Therefore the question here.
    Then I guess that can’t be changed, no big problem.
    Best regards,
    Hans-Gerd

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