(Not provided) organic search results in Analytics
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Hi,
So from what I've read, (not provided) organic search results in Analytics is a result of the user being logged into Google.
The problem I have is about 20% of the organic search results are (Not provided), so what is mainly left are branded search terms.
I think I'm clutching at straws, but is there anything I can do to see these organic traffic sources?
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There's several guides available which you can read to help you -
State of Search- http://www.stateofsearch.com/yet-another-way-to-reclaim-your-not-provided-data/
Cyrus Shepard - http://cyrusshepard.com/7-fantastic-seo-tips-for-googles-not-provided-keywords/
Searchengineland- http://searchengineland.com/turning-not-provided-into-useful-actionable-data-135800
I'm not trying to pass you off to reading external articles but they are pretty useful!
Hope this helps,
Mark
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Thanks for your answer Nakul, just what I thought.
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No, unfortunately not. There's no way to get a read on these keywords. You are right, since the users are logged into Google account, starting October 2011, Google started doing their searches for logged in users by default on SSL, which means the data is secure between the user's browser and Google. The search query is not passed onto the website.
However, one almost sure shot way of calculation is to take the 80% of the data you have available and see what (%age of Total 80% those keywords are and just convert the data into 100%. In most cases, those 20% users are also typing the same sort of queries (relatively) as your 80% traffic.)
I hope that makes sense and helps.
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