Community Search Tracking with Google Analytics - Vanilla Success
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>Google Analytics makes it easy for you to quickly see which terms are being searched on by users in a <strong>Higher Logic Vanilla</strong> (<strong>Vanilla</strong>) community.</p><p>To set up search tracking:</p><p>1. Open Google Analytics and click <strong>View Settings</strong>.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/D51M80A14I69/site-search-settings.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/D51M80A14I69/site-search-settings.png" alt="Site Search Settings.png" height="520" width="841" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>2. Under Site Search Settings:</p><ul><li>Toggle ON <strong>Site search Tracking</strong>.</li><li>Specify "search" for <strong>Query parameter</strong>. (This is the term that denotes a search in Vanilla.)</li></ul><p>3. Save your changes.</p><p>This generates a report of all the terms being searched on by users in the selected Vanilla community.</p><p>📝 <strong>NOTE</strong>: Site search tracking starts immediately after it's been set up as described above. It does not include searches that pre-date its set up.</p> </article> </main>