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Site Search Video, Google Analytics

By: Manoj Jasra
2009-01-26

Analyzing data from your website's site search functionality is an excellent way to understand what people are looking for on your site.

Furthermore, you can levarage that understanding to make the most popular items more prominent within your site thereby making it easier for your visitors to locate.

The Google Analytics team has just released another great video, this team featuring insight on how to leverage the site search reports in order to improve content discovery and landing pages.



We also recommend this great article by Avinash Kaushik titled: Five Questions To Ask of Your Site Search Data, which addresses the following questions:

  1. How frequently do visitors use my search box and what are they looking for?
  2. Where do searches begin and end?
  3. Are visitors satisfied with what they find?
  4. How do different groups of visitors search my site?
  5. What business outcomes result from visitors searching my site?

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About the Author:
Manoj Jasra is an online marketing veteran of almost 10 years who specializes in analytics, social/search strategy and mobile marketing. Manoj is currently a Sr. Strategist at one of Canada's largest Telecommunications Companies, Shaw Communications Inc., where he leads Social Media, SEO, PPC and Web Analytics strategies. Manoj first started in the search marketing industry with Enquiro Search Solutions, where he spearheaded web analytics, SEO Training and the development of cutting edge search marketing solutions for clients.

Manoj is a Professional Speaker having participated at events such as Emetrics, Web Analytics Xchange, WebTrends' Engage, Internet Marketing Conference, Social Media Innovation Summit and Search Engine Strategies. He authors Web Analytics World (a top 100 Online Marketing Blog) and consults through his firm Jasra Inc.


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