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5 Search Analytics Plugins: How to Monitor Searches in WordPress

November 10th in Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Tips by Wordpress Jedi .

Google Analytics is one of the most useful tools around for webmasters. All content publishers serious about taking their business to the next level should spend some time understanding how to make sense of their traffic data. As a webmaster, you should know how people come to your website, what they look at, what they search for, and where they drop off. Monitoring what people search for on your site is particularly helpful as it might give you ideas for future posts and products. These 5 search analytics WordPress plugins allow you to monitor visitor searches to figure out more ways to provide value to your visitors:

Relevanssi: replaces the default search feature in WordPress with a partial-match search that sorts results by relevance. It logs queries too. Lets your visitors search comments, tags, categories, and custom fields. [click to continue…]

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7 Ways To Improve WordPress Search (Semantic, Partial, Relevance)

November 8th in Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Tips by Wordpress Jedi .

WordPress already its own search system. It is not exactly the greatest. There are scripts and plugins you can take advantage of to improve your site’s search feature and save your visitors time when they are looking for things. Here are 7 ways you can improve WordPress search to help your visitors find what they are looking for faster:

Take advantage of Semantic search: plugins such as KAIMBO allow your visitors to search your content more effectively and find related concepts. This plugin offers advanced keyword search, smart auto-completion, and query logging.

Offer more relevant search results: searching for something and getting completely irrelevant results can be a turnoff for your visitors. Relevanssi lets your visitors find what they are looking for faster and search comments, tags, and categories. It logs queries so you can provide more useful content based on past searches. [click to continue…]

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Search WordPress Comments: 3 Plugins

November 2nd in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi .

We have all dealt with WordPress search in the past. It might work fine when you are getting started. But you are going to need additional tools and scripts to offer the best search experience on your established website. Have you ever wanted to allow your visitors to search through comments on your site? These 3 comment search plugins have you covered:

Relevanssi: a better search solution for WordPress. Replaces the default search with partial-match search and sorts results by relevance. You can search comments, tags, categories and custom fields. [click to continue…]

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How to Add Site Search Analytics to WordPress

October 22nd in Wordpress Plugins by Wordpress Jedi .

Many of us use site search to give our visitors the chance to find interesting articles faster. If you are not tracking how people are interacting with your website and what they are search for, you are missing huge opportunities. Site Search Analytics by Measured Search is a powerful plugin that enables you to keep track of what your visitors are searching for and whether they are finding what they need before leaving your site.

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