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Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

Hi There
Brand new member to the forums here posting for the first time - hoping someone has some experience with this as I've spent a lot of time banging my head against this particular wall. :?

I'd like to be able to track internal site search terms within Google Analytics, but so far am having no luck. It looks like the analytics data is looking for a particular query parameter like a "q" or "s", but of course the search results URL doesn't show this type of thing - only http://www.domainname.com/search.php?mode=search&page=1". Does anyone know what changes I'd need to make, and to which template files? I have the latest Asynch GA code already in place.

Thanks very much!
Kathy

Re: Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

Hi Kathy,

Did you ever figure this one out?

Thanks,
Jason

Re: Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

Found this through another post. The code is very different on 4.4.4. Will it work?

http://www.squeezejuicemarketing.com/blog/capture-site-search-terms-in-x-cart-w-google-analytics/

Re: Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acquamarina

Found this through another post. The code is very different on 4.4.4. Will it work?

http://www.squeezejuicemarketing.com/blog/capture-site-search-terms-in-x-cart-w-google-analytics/

For 4.4.x you can try altering the "skin/common_files/modules/Google_Analytics/ga_code.tpl" template and replace this code:

Code:

pageTracker._trackPageview();

with this:

Code:

{if $main eq "search"}

  searchterms='{$search_prefilled.substring|escape}';

  searchterms=searchterms.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g,'+');

  pageTracker._trackPageview('/search?q='+searchterms);

{else}

  pageTracker._trackPageview();

{/if}

The second step (from the reported instructions) is still required.

Re: Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

Thanks, Alex, I'll do the changes and report back tomorrow.

Re: Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

Forgot to ask - the query parameter is "q", as in the fix from squeezejuice?

Re: Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acquamarina

Forgot to ask - the query parameter is "q", as in the fix from squeezejuice?

Yes

Re: Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

Thanks Alex,

What about if we are using GA Async mode?

What should be the change in this case?

Regards,

Nacho.

Re: Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

The regular async script looks like this:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">



  var _gaq = _gaq || [];

  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-X']);

  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);



  (function() {

    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;

    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';

    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);

  })();



</script>

I suppose you use 4.0.x, thus in skin1/customer/home.tpl before the Google tracking code appears, add this:

Code:

{if $main eq "search"}

  {assign var="searchterms" value=$search_prefilled.substring|escape};

{/if}

Change the tracking code like this:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">



  searchterms = '{$searchterms}'.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g,'+');



  var _gaq = _gaq || [];

  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-X']);

  if (searchterms) {

    _gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/search?q='+searchterms]);

  }

  else {

    _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

  }



  (function() {

    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;

    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';

    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);

  })();



</script>

Re: Internal Site Search Data in Google Analytics

Thanks Alex, but my question was for x-cart version 4.4.5 :(