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  1. 10-22-2010, 05:15 AM #1
    PoisonJam
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    Google Analytics showing traffic from "search"

    In Google Analytics I see traffic from "search" is equal to almost half of the traffic we receive from Yahoo.

    But what exctly is search... is this Metasearch (search.com)? I thought Ask was meant to be the next biggest?
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  2. 10-22-2010, 06:19 AM #2
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    Yes you are right its Metasearch Search Engine only, And if you are getting traffic from it then no big deal.
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  3. 10-22-2010, 06:42 AM #3
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    It's funny, after posting the more I looked into SE stats the more I was convinced it might be Ask as apparently it's easily the 4th biggest... but looking at my GA stats further I see ask is there, just way, way down the list.

    The reason I'm trying to find out is this site, unfortunately, uses geo targeting and displays a very limited site to the US (client insists) so we need to let search bots bypass the geo targeting to access the UK site that has all the content.

    I need the user agent string for "search" but I haven't been able to find anything for Metasearch. Can anyone help?
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