Web Governance
Site search setup
Get information about what visitors search for when they use the search feature on your website. Track the actions that visitors take, if any, after they perform a search. This information is tracked by the Web Governance Statistics module.
Use this data to make informed decisions about website content and determine if you need to add, remove, or adjust content to meet the needs of your visitors.
This feature lets you:
This section provides information about what is needed for the scan to be able to track searches on your website.
This section provides instructions on how to set up Site Search.
Add the following script to your search results page in the <body> tag:
Web Governance<script>
window.addEventListener('mon-script-loaded', () => {
const urlSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search); const params = Object.fromEntries(urlSearchParams.entries());
if (params.searchString) { window.monsido_functions.trackSearch(params.searchString);
}
});
</script>Modify the script so that it can track site searches properly. Replace searchString in the snippet above with the search query parameter that is used on your website.
To find this, do a search on your website and look at the URL of your search results page. The search query parameter name typically appears between the characters ? and = in the URL. Here are two examples:
Example 1
On this search results page, the query parameter name is keys.
Example 2
On this search results page, the query parameter name is cludoquery.
Notice that searchString appears in two places in the script and you must replace it in both places.
If the query parameter name is keys, modify the script in the following way:
<script>
window.addEventListener('mon-script-loaded', () => {
const urlSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search); const params = Object.fromEntries(urlSearchParams.entries());
if (params.keys) { window.monsido_functions.trackSearch(params.keys);
}
});
</script>For more information, visit Tracking in the Developers documentation section.
Statistics > Content > Site Search, you can view a list of the terms and phrases that visitors have searched for. The table contains the following information:It may take up to 24 hours for search data to appear in the application interface after a visitor does a search.
For information on how to use Site Search, visit Site Search.
This section provides instructions on how to set up Site Search.
Add the following script to your search results page in the <body> tag:
<script>
window.addEventListener('mon-script-loaded', () => {
const urlSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search); const params = Object.fromEntries(urlSearchParams.entries());
if (params.searchString) { window.monsido_functions.trackSearch(params.searchString);
}
});
</script>Modify the script so that it can track site searches properly. Replace searchString in the snippet above with the search query parameter that is used on your website.
To find this, do a search on your website and look at the URL of your search results page. The search query parameter name typically appears between the characters ? and = in the URL. Here are two examples:
Example 1
On this search results page, the query parameter name is keys.
Example 2
On this search results page, the query parameter name is cludoquery.
Notice that searchString appears in two places in the script and you must replace it in both places.
If the query parameter name is keys, modify the script in the following way:
<script>
window.addEventListener('mon-script-loaded', () => {
const urlSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search); const params = Object.fromEntries(urlSearchParams.entries());
if (params.keys) { window.monsido_functions.trackSearch(params.keys);
}
});
</script>For more information, visit Tracking in the Developers documentation section.
Statistics > Content > Site Search, you can view a list of the terms and phrases that visitors have searched for. The table contains the following information:It may take up to 24 hours for search data to appear in the application interface after a visitor does a search.
For information on how to use Site Search, visit Site Search.
If this content did not answer your questions, try searching or contacting our support team for further assistance.
If this content did not answer your questions, try searching or contacting our support team for further assistance.