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Old 12-08-2005, 06:47 PM THREAD STARTER               #1 (permalink)
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webalizer (search strings) - simple question :-)


just want to double-check (clarify) something please:

do the "search strings" (phrases, words etc.) actually mean that someone VISITED your site after searching for that term/phrase using a search engine?

if yes:

we just don't know which search engine SENT them - correct?

and...

wow, people really can find your site using "odd ball" search strings.

can someone confirm this for me please?

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come on folks - help a fella out

am i right in my assumptions?

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Yes, the search strings that you see are the result of visitors who searched that string of text. I know how the oddball strings feel - I owned a teen forum and if you had looked at the search string returns then you'd have thought I was running a porn site. The two admins before me were quite loose in what they let go on.
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Here's a tip: Webalizer misses *a lot* of search engines. Last month Webalizer extracted 476 search strings from my logs while AwStats found 857.
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thanks for the info/tips...

i'll check my awstats too.

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Agreed, it's just IMHO but Awstats gives the better stats especially when it comes to search engines.
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