can't find search engine terms

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  soypoblana · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 11:37 pm

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  I have the new stats page for my wordpress blog (soypoblana.com) but I can’t find the search engine terms anymore. Please could you help? Thanks so much!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 7:13 pm

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  Hey there!

  To find the search engine terms that brought visitors to your site, click the link below:
  https://wordpress.com/my-stats/

  Now, scroll down the left side of the page. Below your referrers, you will see a box labeled, “Search Engine Terms.” If anyone came to your site via one of the these terms, it will be reflected in your stats here.

  If you have any trouble locating it, please do let me know. Thanks so much! All the best to you.

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  soypoblana · Member · Jan 10, 2015 at 10:56 pm

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  Hi I still can’t seem to find the search engine terms ( I am using the new stats page). I can only find the Referrers section but no ‘search engine terms’. Thanks!

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 12, 2015 at 7:29 pm

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  Hi there!

  Sorry about that — wasn’t clear on precisely what you were looking for before.

  The new stats page doesn’t display the search engine terms in the same manner the classic version did. You can still take a look at the classic stats here:

  https://wordpress.com/my-stats/

  Just so you’re aware, here’s the reason we don’t have them listed anymore:

  (per our Search Engines info page)

  Some search engines don’t reveal search terms for privacy reasons. That’s why we don’t always know which search terms were used by visitors who arrived at your site from a search engine. When we don’t know the search terms, we show them as “Unknown search terms”.

  UPDATE: In September 2013 Google started to rapidly expand the number of searches that it encrypts, which results in a higher proportion of “Unknown search terms” in your stats. According to some sources, this expansion will eventually result in encryption of all Google searches. This is being done for privacy reasons by Google when someone searches at Google.com, before a visitor arrives at your WordPress.com site. Therefore we don’t have any way to unhide the search terms. We recognize this means a loss of stats information for you and we will look for other ways to show you how users arrived at your site.

  Because we cannot offer a comprehensive list of search terms due to multiple search engine encryption, we don’t :)

  I hope this helps! If you have any other concerns, drop me a note. Thanks much!