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## Steps to set up Site Search Tracking through Google Analytics

  1. Go to https://www.google.com/analytics/web/#home/ your analytics account in Google.

  2. Sign in to your Google Account

  3. Sign up in Analytics by clicking Sign up button

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  1. On clicking Sign up the user will be asked to create a new account as shown:

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  1. Click **Get Tracking ID**

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  1. Accept the terms and conditions

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  1. You would be redirected to Admin page of Google Analytics where you need to set the properties for the site that is tracked

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  1. Click Admin button in the bottom left to view the properties

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  1. You should be able to view the settings and properties of the account, Property and View

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  1. Click **View Settings **of **View**

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  1. 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

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  1. 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

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  1. Specify the snippet in your index.html

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  1. 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**.

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  1. Please make sure to specify the required time interval in top right corner

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Note:

Kindly note that there would a delay say an hour or so for the search terms to be updated

## Additional Pointers

  1. 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

  2. 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

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