How to Activate on Site Search Query Analytics

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Check for your Query Parameter.

   To do this (assuming you already have on-site search activated), search for anything in your on-site search bar.
   
   Look at the URL for the search results page
   -- it should end in "/?XX=___" in which the "___" is the term you searched for, and the "XX" is your Query Parameter (between the "?" and the "=").
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   Step 2: Log in to your Google Analytics account.

   Be sure you have full Admin access, or you won't be able to switch this on. ,,,,,, This prevents Google from tracking your own searches while you are logged in.
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   Step 3: Click on the Admin panel in the top right.

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   Step 4: Head to the View column

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   Step 5: which should be all the way to the right.

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   Step 6: Click on View Settings.

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   Step 7: Switch “Site Search Settings” to On.

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   Step 8: In the Query parameter box beneath

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   Step 9: enter the parameter you found for your site.

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    Step 10: Activate the “strip query parameters” box.

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