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Google Analytics (not provided) keywords

by GGpaul
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Do you guys ever get (not provided) under search keywords?

I want to know what people are searching and I end up with...

(not provided) -------------------- 14
KW ------------------------- 3
KW ------------------------- 2
KW ------------------------ 1
KW ------------------------ 1

Do you guys ever experience this? Is there a reason why?
#analytics #google #keywords #provided
  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Google made that change about a year ago. It is part of their privacy policy. Anyone logged into a Google account (Gmail, Google+, YouTube, etc) while performing a search will show up in analytics as "not provided".
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    • Profile picture of the author Charley Brown
      This is one of my frustrations with Analytics. I haven't found a way around it yet.
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  • Profile picture of the author xbluelinks
    Originally Posted by GGpaul View Post

    Do you guys ever get (not provided) under search keywords?

    I want to know what people are searching and I end up with...

    (not provided) -------------------- 14
    KW ------------------------- 3
    KW ------------------------- 2
    KW ------------------------ 1
    KW ------------------------ 1

    Do you guys ever experience this? Is there a reason why?
    This is how I analyze the (not provided) keywords for some of my sites.
    How to Analyze Google Analytics (not provided) Data - YouMoz | SEOmoz

    They are some other ways, by setting up another profile within google analytics, to get information about the position a keyword is ranked at on the SERP when it was clicked. With that you can have a good guess at what the keyword is as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnbritto495
    i think Google offers this method for security purpose.. it occurs when the surfers enter into your site while they are login with gmail.
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  • Profile picture of the author Redwyn88
    webmaster tools doesn't seem to show this, I'm not sure if the data there is truly any more complete though...
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  • Profile picture of the author amosdavid13
    Google analytics is used to statistic value about how many visitors explored your site,from where they go to know about your sites etc.This service is provided by the Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author GGpaul
    I also notice that when I'm working on my site it does that. I know this for a fact because I posted something "new" and even though the search engine said (not provided) it only shows that particular page that I worked on...
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