Unknown search terms (way too many)

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  freeprocurement · Member · Sep 24, 2013 at 3:32 pm

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  In the last week or so, I have noticed significantly fewer search terms showing in the “SEARCH ENGINE TERMS” section of my Stats, and far more “Unknown search terms”.

  The sum total number of searches remains constant – it just doesn’t seem to be picking up on what people are using to find our blog anymore.

  Nothing (that I know of) has changed on our blog, and the volume of traffic is the same.

  Any ideas?

  Thanks in advance

  -Darin

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  timethief · Member · Sep 24, 2013 at 6:16 pm

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  As you have read the relevant support documentation you know the sources of “Unknown search terms” not revealed for privacy reasons. We cannot assist with this.

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  freeprocurement · Member · Sep 24, 2013 at 7:07 pm

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  Thanks Timethief. Yes, I understand. But why the much higher number of unknown search term (and much lower number of visible search terms) all of a sudden? I’ve had this blog for almost 2 years and have consistently seen 10-20 search terms on a daily basis, but for the last week or so it’s down to only a couple/few. Something has definitely changed recently.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 24, 2013 at 7:16 pm

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  Search engines make hundreds of changes every year and most we are not even aware of.

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  freeprocurement · Member · Sep 24, 2013 at 7:21 pm

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  OK. Thanks for your time.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 24, 2013 at 10:03 pm

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  I’ll tag this thread for Staff assistance. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting. See here for why I am doing that.

  The last time this trend happened, the Happiness staff was able to see the glitch and corrected it.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bulk-of-search-engine-terms-are-showing-up-as-unknown-search-termss?replies=3#post-1453503

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  jackiedana · Member · Sep 24, 2013 at 11:54 pm

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  This appears to be a change with how Google is handling keyword searches, as noted in this article:
  http://blog.hubspot.com/google-encrypting-all-searches-nj

  Our staff is investigating the repercussions of this change in order to determine what we can do on our end. We appreciate your patience.

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  jackiedana · Member · Sep 25, 2013 at 2:16 am

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  I have posted a sticky note with a little more detail here:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unknown-search-terms-on-stats-page?replies=1

  As soon as we come up with a solution to this issue, we will let you know.