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[Julian Edwards <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 01 April 2011 12:57:39 Jonathan Lange wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Julian Edwards
> 
> <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Friday 01 April 2011 12:05:55 Jonathan Lange wrote:
> >> Hello Launchpadders,
> >> 
> >> Huw told me that apparently half of the people who go to
> >> https://launchpad.net/ search for something using the search box on
> >> the page.
> >> 
> >> I would like to know what they are searching for, but I don't know how
> >> to find out, and neither does Huw.
> >> 
> >> Do you?
> > 
> > If it's using a GET form, the Apache logs I presume?  How does Huw know
> > they are searching for things in the first place? :)
> 
> How would I get the data from the Apache logs?
> 
> Huw was using Google Analytics, which doesn't have this data, apparently.

I don't know if we scan the Apache logs but at least on my personal server I 
run webalizer which tells me what search terms brought them to my site.