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Strange analytics - searching with +

by soup
4 replies
Hello,

For one of my clients I am getting some strange organic analytics results. I get several visits per day by a visitor that searches using + in their keyword. Here is an example of what I might get mobile+phone+buy+online.

Any idea why someone would search like that and repeatedly come back to the site?

Thanks.
#analytics #searching #strange
  • Profile picture of the author Johnny Optimo
    maybe someone doing keyword research or something, plus some people actually search for stuff like that
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    Hi

    + (AND) is simply an operand accepted by Google meaning include the keyword

    Other examples:

    - (NOT) is an operand that means without the keyword

    | (OR) means either/or

    So:

    weight+loss -diet

    means I want results with the words weight and loss, but not results that include diet

    big|small +audience

    means I want results "big audience" or "small audience"

    Search for Google Operands

    Mahlon
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    Its probably either someone doing keyword research, or (sadly more likely) a spammer trying to find somewhere to add a spam link or comment. The search term is telling Google to find a site that contains the words mobile AND phone AND buy And online
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  • Profile picture of the author soup
    Thanks guys. I thought it was really strange because they are even searching with it using branded terms.
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