Integrate your Google Analytics account with Google Custom Search

GA is Google's tool for finding out who is visiting your website, from where they are visiting, and other information. With GCS and GA, you can also track your site search; see Find usage statistics for your department's web page.

To set up Google Analytics:

1. Go to Google Custom Search Engine and log in with your Google account.
2. Next to the name of your custom search engine, select control panel.
3. In the left-hand column, choose Statistics, and then select Set up your Google Analytics >>.
4. A list of the GA profiles being tracked under your current Google account will appear. Choose the radio button associated with the correct GA-tracked website, and select Enable.
5. Check Enable Google Analytics site search.
6. You will need to provide no more than five comma-separated query parameters. For example:

    q,query,s,search,term

   You may use category parameters, but they are not required.

7. Select OK, and then choose the radio button associated with your primary query parameter.

To view your search analytics:

1. Log into Google Analytics.
2. Choose a website to open GA for that site. In the left-hand menu, select Content, and then select Site Search.

You can also set up GA site search tracking from inside Google Analytics; see Google's Set Up and Configure Site Search.