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I used to spend a lot of time looking at logs and trying to make pages better and more content based upon the stats. Then google stopped giving keywords and sea

I used to spend a lot of time looking at logs and trying to make pages better and more content based upon the stats. Then google stopped giving keywords and searched-phrases - I've since found stats of little use most of the time. I wish google would make search-keyword-hiding opt-in for users, and perhaps auto-opted-in if using incognito mode. I am sure most of my visitors would be glad to provide the search phrases knowing that it helps us make more thing and things better. But google does not let them opt in to sharing them, they are all basically opted out.

tinus_hn 7y ago
Even if Google wanted, browsers like Safari are going to strip referrer headers of query terms as you navigate between sites.
- jefftk 7y ago
  If a search engine was strongly in favor of including this information they could add it in a query parameter.
- stevenicr 7y ago
  I think it's a great ability - and a great option. I'd like this to be optional with sites and browsers. Give users the ability to change these settings. Give web sites a way to say - thanks for visiting, we noticed you are using a browser that.. or search portal that strips info form us.. would you please click to enable sharing this small bit of info.. more about how we use and what info here.. Something like this could help sites and users. I'd like to toggle it myself. I like how startpage scrambles url queries, but I would turn it off for some sites, whitelist them like some are with ublock etc. I also don't like how p-hub and some others keep queries in the url, and would like an option to scramble, with the site, via browser settings, proxies, whatever it takes.. to give more options, more choice.
oefrha 7y ago
Can’t you find the keywords in Google Search Console?
- stevenicr 7y ago
  Does gsc show the search terms used to find each page these days? It's been so long since I used it, not sure if it's changed or I never knew where to look. Way back in the day, aw stats, webalizer, (and similar server side stats) would show which keywords were searched as totals, and show which pages were found by each set of keywords (and totals for each page / key phrase) - this info was valuable. I've not been aware of any way to gain that info since the google changes some time ago.

tinus_hn 7y ago

Even if Google wanted, browsers like Safari are going to strip referrer headers of query terms as you navigate between sites.

jefftk 7y ago
If a search engine was strongly in favor of including this information they could add it in a query parameter.
stevenicr 7y ago
I think it's a great ability - and a great option. I'd like this to be optional with sites and browsers. Give users the ability to change these settings. Give web sites a way to say - thanks for visiting, we noticed you are using a browser that.. or search portal that strips info form us.. would you please click to enable sharing this small bit of info.. more about how we use and what info here.. Something like this could help sites and users. I'd like to toggle it myself. I like how startpage scrambles url queries, but I would turn it off for some sites, whitelist them like some are with ublock etc. I also don't like how p-hub and some others keep queries in the url, and would like an option to scramble, with the site, via browser settings, proxies, whatever it takes.. to give more options, more choice.

oefrha 7y ago

Can’t you find the keywords in Google Search Console?

stevenicr 7y ago
Does gsc show the search terms used to find each page these days? It's been so long since I used it, not sure if it's changed or I never knew where to look. Way back in the day, aw stats, webalizer, (and similar server side stats) would show which keywords were searched as totals, and show which pages were found by each set of keywords (and totals for each page / key phrase) - this info was valuable. I've not been aware of any way to gain that info since the google changes some time ago.