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Setting up Google Analytics to record Opencart searches

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 2:44 am
by Jaesin
Does anyone care to share what needs to be done to configure Google Analytics to keep a log of searches made in the opencart search?
Thx

Re: Setting up Google Analytics to record Opencart searches

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:14 pm
by letxobnav
OC does that itself and produces a report if you enabled customer activity.

Re: Setting up Google Analytics to record Opencart searches

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 2:00 pm
by Jaesin
It does, but it does not provide more depth as the users actions after and the route taken...
I also find that my costomer searches report shows duplicates as well for some reason.... See atatched screenshot

Re: Setting up Google Analytics to record Opencart searches

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 3:59 pm
by letxobnav
well, those are not duplicates, those are search events at different times.
OC likes to report to you when a seach was done on a particular keyword and how many products were returned at that time so it records every single search regardless of everything basically (great for bots to fill your customer search table).
Nonsense and useless of course unless you are debugging your search facilities.

Re: Setting up Google Analytics to record Opencart searches

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 5:16 pm
by Jaesin
Agreed, this is why I am pursuing the right way to log searches in Google Analytics...

Re: Setting up Google Analytics to record Opencart searches

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:32 pm
by letxobnav
well, I only know GA has a site search item under behaviour, never used it though.

Re: Setting up Google Analytics to record Opencart searches

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:35 pm
by letxobnav

Re: Setting up Google Analytics to record Opencart searches

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:17 am
by Jaesin
Thanks again... I did follow the link directions, and entered what I thought was right....but I still am not getting any reports back.
Could someone confirm this?
Thanks

Re: Setting up Google Analytics to record Opencart searches

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:57 pm
by Jaesin
Wow... really thought that Google Analytics was important to everyone and this would have been answered fast....lol