Query Parameter after searching for Google Analytics search tracking.

Nice,

Will try and set this up during the week. Reload shouldn’t be so bad as long as the user doesnt get effected too much.

First the page gets loaded with the results by $_POST
then when we refresh we actually redirect to use $_GET which AjaxSearch
is supporting (just not from the form). Now we get the same results from
a new search.

You can try it on my webpage search for google and mrhaw

Seems to work well. Doesnt effect the user too much, they cant see the results reload.

The only issue I can see is it will inflate Analytics data about pageviews of the page, but this shouldnt really be a big deal.

Looking forward to setting it up. Will let you know how it goes.

You could use a Google Analytics plugin, and turn it OFF by default for the page, then the snippet could then inject the code which would show up on the reload, keeping the pageviews accurate.

As Google Analytics relies on JavaScript, I think it’s fair to play a little with the action URL. Basically, what I’m trying to suggest is that I [tt]POST[/tt] the form to the URL that should’ve been constructed if the form would’ve had the [tt]method[/tt] attribute set to [tt]GET[/tt].

You can add an [tt]onsubmit[/tt] handler to the form that roughly looks like this (I apologize I hard-coded everything but you get the idea):


Hope it helps.

Cheers,
Vlad

Thanks for that tip!!