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kw={keyword} ??

by DaleP
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Hi there,

I have searched this forum high and low for this but didnt find what I was looking for.

All I want to do is capture the keyword that the user typed in Google to arrive at my landing page. I know there is a method where you can examine the query string.

Does google automatically hit my landing page with a predefined name/value pair such as kw={keyword}? or do I have to do something in order for google to post this variable to me.

I simply want to capture the keyword in my landing page and write it to the database.

Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author gagan
    If I am getting it right, you can use something like statcounter to know your search keywords.
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    • Profile picture of the author DaleP
      Thanks but I want to know them in my landing page so I can do other things with them like write to my database ect.
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      • Profile picture of the author DaleP
        Ok so it seems one is able to add a quierystring to your landing page URl like this...

        somedomain.com?kw={keyword}

        the thing is....if I have a few landing pages indexed by google alredy....how do I change the landing page URL and tack on this query string??
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    you use the variable GET to extract it from the address bar and place the replaceable variable as a $variablename where you want the keyword in the address bar to appear.
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    • Profile picture of the author DaleP
      thanks all, I ended up using the "HTTP_REFERER" server variable. It contains the full referrer address plus any keywords that the user typed which are passed in the referrer's querystring
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