Just wondering. Is there anyone who’s integrated additional internal search metrics to your Piwik-account on top of the standard-metrics? Fx. “Search Exits” and “Search Refinements” as a calculated metric?
I know how to get the data for each individual search keyword via the user flow-report, but I need to be able to readily see it in a aggregated flat table report.
I’m thinking of adding it via some custom javascript and store it as a custom event, but this would have some drawbacks, namely that I’m storing it as a custom event as opposed to a search event, and it’s a non-standard way of doing it.
I know it’s a standard-metric in Google Analytics, but according to the Piwik support, it is not currently possible to measure in a aggregated table report. Here’s how Google defines these metrics: How Site Search metrics are calculated - Analytics Help
Indeed at the moment, there are no such metrics. I don’t have any solution for Search Refinements, something close to Search exits could be achieved with the below report definition. It will show the number of searches that weren’t followed with a page view. It’s not perfect, a dedicated metric would be much better.
That’s a nice a simple solution - not perfect, but at least I can save it as a flat table report and get the results. The best part is it’s building on already collected data!
I was just wondering about this today. While Piwik Pro natively doesn’t have a solution, I’m wondering if something can be created in Google Looker Studio. Just thinking out loud here:
Create a custom metric of search exits using a formular similar to that shown by @Jarek for Piwik Pro.
Create a blended data metric of:
(searches - search exits)/searches
I’m not convinced this will work but I’m going to give it a try.
