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    • GilReich
      GilReich last edited by

      I added a Google custom search box to my pages, that's doing an advanced Google search. A lot of people are using it. So users are coming to my site from a Google search, and then often performing another Google search on my site. Should I be worried that Google may interpret the resultant user behavior as a bounce or pogo-stick? Or will the fact that the second search occurred on my site, using custom search, and with advanced parameters signal to Google that this is not a dissatisfied user returning to Google? Thanks

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      • EGOL
        EGOL last edited by

        Should I be worried that Google may interpret the resultant user behavior as a bounce or pogo-stick?

        Lots of people come to my site and go straight to search.  That is a very common thing.   Yesterday, on my site the search results page was the third most visited page - receiving 2768 views.

        If you are using google custom search you can define a search page URL on your own domain and have the search results delivered there.  That has the advantage of keeping the visitor on your domain and then your analytics can detect the queries being used.

        That is how my site is set up.  When I use google to make a custom search engine I get the code to create a search landing page on my own site.

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