Image Search Keyword Tracking With Google Analytics

[Melia]

Does anyone know how to track keywords for your images in Google, Yahoo, Bing (/imgres)?

[mikecp]

Melia,

addOrganic is unnecessary. It is still falling under the 'organic' medium. With the filter I described above, we're ONLY letting in Google Images traffic. It will still have source = google, medium = organic, and term = {whatever keyword}.

For Google Maps and Places, you COULD just update the URL that you submit to Google Places with utm tracking parameters so that you don't even need filters. For instance, the URL that you've verified in Places would be:

http://www.example.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=google_places

[Melia]

Also, can you tell me what custom filter you use for google images, maps & places? That would help alot!

[Melia]

Am i able to change the referral for images.google.com & google.com/imgres to organic?

example:

pageTracker._addOrganic(“images.google.com”,”q”);

If so, will this allow me to see keywords for images?

[mikecp]

Yes, we're not doing anything to the referral URL which will still contain your keyword data (if it isn't (not provided)), and landing pages will still track just fine. We're simply creating a profile that only lets in traffic with /imgres in the referring URL.

[Melia]

will this help me find the images url and keywords in google.com/images?

[Mcarle]

I know that statcounter.com

tags searches found by images...

[mikecp]

I'd start by experimenting with the GA's filters. Try creating a new profile, then including only referral traffic that has /imgres in the referring URL. If all goes well, you'll have a profile that includes only image search traffic. From there you can consider adding it to your main profile, though you'll certainly want to be careful as it will mess with your numbers a bit.