Search Meter: Track Your Blog Visitors Searches

Most WordPress Blogs are featuring a Search Box. This can be very useful for your visitors who remember reading a useful article on your blog and want to find it quickly. You can see that Dukeo has its search box on the top-right on every webpage, in the menu bar. If you don’t know it yet, getting analytics data about your website can greatly help you to improve your blog.

Search Meter WordPress Plugin

Combining your search box with Search Meter WordPress Plugin lets you compile amazing data about your visitors. It records what people are searching for, and whether they are finding what they are looking for. If you see some search queries that didn’t return any post, it can give you ideas for new posts.

Search Meter WordPress Plugin Admin

Search Meter’s admin interface shows you what people have been searching for in the last couple of days, and in the last week or month. It also shows you which searches have been unsuccessful. If people search your blog and get no results, they’ll probably go elsewhere. With Search Meter, you’ll be able to find out what people are searching for, and give them what they want by creating new posts on those topics.

Search Meter WordPress Plugin Widgets

You can also show your readers what the most popular searches are. The Popular Searches widget displays a configurable list of recent popular successful search terms on your blog, with each term hyperlinked to the actual search results. There’s also a Recent Searches widget, which simply displays the most recent searches. If you are happy to edit your theme, both of these functions are also available as template tags.

Search Meter WordPress Plugin Installation

Search Meter installs easily and requires no configuration. Just install it, activate it, and it starts tracking your visitors’ searches.
View Statistics

Search Meter WordPress Plugin Statistics

To see your search statistics, Log in to WordPress Admin, go to the Dashboard section and click Search Meter. You’ll see the most popular searches in the last day, week and month. Click “Last 100 Searches” or “Last 500 Searches” to see lists of all recent searches.

Search Meter WordPress Plugin Statistics Management

There are a few options available if you go to the Settings section and click Search Meter. Use the radio buttons to determine who will be allowed to see the full search statistics. You can also type in a list of filter words; any search terms containing these words will not show up in the Recent Searches and Popular Searches widgets.

Use the Reset Statistics button to clear all past search statistics; Search Meter will immediately start gathering fresh statistics. If you’re technically-minded, you might want to check the “Keep detailed information” checkbox to make Search Meter save technical information about every search (the information is taken from the HTTP headers).

Download Search Meter WordPress Plugin Here.