## Steps to set up Site Search Tracking through Google Analytics
Go to [https://www.google.com/analytics/web/#home/](🔗) your analytics account in Google.
Sign in to your Google Account
Sign up in Analytics by clicking Sign up button
On clicking Sign up the user will be asked to create a new account as shown:
Click **Get Tracking ID**
Accept the terms and conditions
You would be redirected to Admin page of Google Analytics where you need to set the properties for the site that is tracked
Click Admin button in the bottom left to view the properties
You should be able to view the settings and properties of the account, Property and View
Click **View Settings **of **View**
At the bottom of the View Settings page, you can find Site Search Settings. Enable the Site search Tracking and provide the Query parameter as **_query_** and save the settings
Go back to Admin -> Property Settings -> Tracking Info -> Tracking Code and copy the Global site tag to be embedded in your site's index.html
Specify the snippet in your index.html
Everything is set now. When users access your search page, you can view the analytics on the search term in Google Analytics from **Reports -> Behavior -> Site Search -> Overview/Search Terms**.
Please make sure to specify the required time interval in top right corner
Note:
Kindly note that there would a delay say an hour or so for the search terms to be updated
## Additional Pointers
You can export the report as PDF or save the report and view it later. Once you save the report it would be accessible from left menu ->Customization->Saved Reports
You can also view the general traffic to the site in Home page. You can remove parameters that get displayed in your plugin in Admin-> View Properties -> Exclude URL Query Parameters
