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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 a well respected search marketing veteran having been in the industry since 2002. Manoj currently serves as a Sr. Analyst on the web solutions team at Shaw Communications Inc. Manoj's role primarily consists of providing SEO/PPC and Web Analytics strategies in addition to business insight on Shaw's web properties. Previously, Manoj held the role of Director of Technology at Enquiro Search Solutions where he oversaw Enquiro's product development for search marketing solutions and acted as the lead on both SEO Training and Enquiro's Web Analytics approach. Check out Manoj's well read blog, Web Analytics World, which focuses on his insight in Search Marketing, Mobile, Technology and of course, Web Analytics. You can contact Manoj at manoj.jasra@gmail.com


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