RE: FN-FORUM: Need a "Tracking Search Engines" Widget (PHP)

date posted 8th March 2006 08:46

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> Subject: FN-FORUM: Need a "Tracking Search Engines" Widget (PHP)
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> Hello,
>
> Ages ago a client asked if they could track search engines on
> their site -
> i.e. the site knew which search engine had referred them,
> grabbed the query
> string, stored the info as session variables and then
> pre-populated hidden
> fields on their contact form so that there was no "where did
> you hear about
> us" question needed as they were only interested in tracking
> actual search
> engine *conversions*.
>
> Needless to say we built said widget, but it's never produced
> any data. As
> far as the widget's concerned conversions don't come from
> search engines.
>
> The site is low volume (500-600 uniques a month) with over 85% of this
> coming via search engines and about 10% from one of those
> "shadow" sites
> that the client had set up via another company. Approximately
> 8% of the
> traffic results in one of the 4 primary goals being reached
> on the site.
>
> So, there should be some conversion data captured but there
> isn't, so I
> think the widget's not doing what it should.
>
> Can anybody offer any pointers or links to open source code
> that could solve
> this dilemma?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Edward
>
>
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