Google’s new Ajax-powered search results breaks search keyword tracking

February 10, 2009 | Internet Marketing

A major update that Google is testing has completely broken the ability for any external analytics service to determine the search query used by a visitor arriving at your web site.

Knowing the search terms that are driving traffic to your web site is probably the #1 reason to use any kind of traffic monitoring service. And Google owns a huge chunk of the search market. If this update goes live for everyone, it effectively means that 2/3 of all searches leading to the average web site will be a complete mystery. This is huge.

So what is the problem exactly? Read the following article the learn more.

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