Keywords in Google Image
AWStats reports include a standard list of keyphrases and keywords used by visitors of your site coming from the popular search engines.
Keywords and keyphrases used for Google Image searches are not included in the list. They can be very different of the other keywords.
This extra section lists the complete search phrases, including quotes and other special characters, as used by the visitors coming from Google Image.
You can add the Extra Section below at the end of your awstats.your-domain-name.conf configuration file.
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Extra Section
ExtraSectionName1="Google Image Keyphrases"
ExtraSectionCodeFilter1="200 304"
ExtraSectionCondition1="REFERER,^http:\/\/images\.google\."
ExtraSectionFirstColumnTitle1="Keyphrases"
ExtraSectionFirstColumnValues1="REFERER,^.*q\%3D(([^\%]|\%[^2]|\%2[^6])*)\%26.*$"
ExtraSectionFirstColumnFormat1="%s"
ExtraSectionStatTypes1=PHL
ExtraSectionAddSumRow1=1
MaxNbOfExtra1=10
MinHitExtra1=1
MaxNbOfExtra1 is the number of lines that will be listed. Use the most convenient value.
Further Technical Details
Phrases with upper and lower case letters are listed separately. The “+” signs in the keyphrases represent spaces between words. Other special characters are represented by their %xx notation.
November 17th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Thank you.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
This extra section is deprecated.
On November 29, 2007, Google changed the format of the URL’s of Google Image. The new format does not contain the search keywords anymore.
December 5th, 2007 at 3:50 am
I guess that’s the reason why I could not see image keyphrases since the beginning of this month. Anyway to solve this issue?
December 13th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Good news: Google Image returned to the old “regular” format on December 7. It is again possible to extract image search keywords.
March 8th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
great! Thank You
February 20th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Looks like it has changed AGAIN, it looks impossible to get to keywords. I’ll try Javascript to see if I can get to the frame with the searchfield.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I tested it for a few days and it seems to work fine here, John.
July 16th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
This is a real old article, I wonder if it still works