In-site searches and in-site search engines

What are in-site searches?

An in-site search engine is a site-specific search field, a site's internal search engine, which searches your website for content that matches the visitors query. Snoobi can be used to track one or several in-site search fields / engines. The in-site search results will be displayed in its own panel in Snoobi, making the results easy to overview.

 

What are the benefit of tracking in-site search engines?

Track your in-site searches to find out how much they are used and which words / content they are looking for. Use the in-site results to determine: 

• Which content do people have to search for, have you placed important information too deep into the site structure or into a illogical place?
• Which in-site search words do not match any pages
  • would it be a good idea to add information about frequently searched topics to your site?
• For additional hints on how to analyze in-site search, click here »

Image 1. The results of in-site search terms (Main report)

 

How to configure a new in-site search engine to Snoobi

Some technical implementations of the in-site search engine are easier to track than others, depending on how the in-site search engine has been built. Please choose instructions depending on how your in-site search works:

A. The used search term is displayed in the result page's address »

In-site search engines that use the GET method

If the in-site search engine is executed using the Get method, this is the easiest method to track as it only requires you to fill in a couple of fields into Snoobi's settings. You can recognize a GET search from that it will show the used search term in the result page's URL address.

 

B. The used search term is not displayed in the result page's address »

In-site search engines that use the POST method

In the event that the in-search function has been built using the Post-method or with the help of cookies, the used search term will not be visible in the search result page' URL address. For this reason, extra steps must be taken to enable Snoobi to track the search term. The search result page's URL address must be altered to include the search parameter (the search term) before it can be configured into Snoobi. Please click on the link above for further instructions.