Google Analytics Site Search URL parameters
Richard Eriksson - November 5, 2007 - 18:17
Google Analytics just announced site search tracking, and since it's looking for query parameters, will this work with Drupal. I think Google Analytics is looking for URLs like example.com/search?query=google+transit but Drupal sites typically have URLs like example.com/search/node/google+transit
When enough people tell them
When enough people tell them that their search box submits the search terms to the website using POST rather than GET then I expect Google may add the ability to parse the URL itself. On the other hand this is a bit more complex than retrieving a simple query parameter, so it may be a while in the coming.
Meanwhile not too difficult to create your own search form (or use hook_form_alter()), setting the form's #method to GET so that the query is visible to urchin.js, and then on the Drupal side pulling the relevant stuff out of $_GET and using drupal_goto() to do an internal redirect to the relevant search/node/... path. There are probably other ways too.
gpk
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There's a pacht for Drupal Analytics module
There is a patch for Drupal Analytics module (by now only for Drupal 6.x): http://drupal.org/node/200701
Ah that looks promising. My
Ah that looks promising. My suggestion wouldn't have worked anyway because drupal_goto() doesn't do an internal server redirect - it causes the new URL to be sent to the browser. A more successful way might have been to fiddle with $_GET['q'] directly.
gpk
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www.alexoria.co.uk