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Keyword Not Provided: I Won’t Know You’re Searching For Jan’s Urine…

October 14, 2013 by Jan Kearney

Google recently switched to all secure searches, which means we will no longer know what words people are typing into Google to find our websites or blogs. For a while now, My Local Business Online’s (not provided) keyword data has been creeping up and was well into the 60% of searches.

Yes, it’s a pain.

keyword not provided shhhh its a secret

I’m not a huge data follower, but I do check analytics. I want to know how people are finding me, where they’re landing and if that page met their needs. The info will no longer be available.

Rather than moan, I thought I’d review some of my favourite weird keywords that people have typed into Google’s search box to land here on the blog.  These are actual search terms…

Queue Top of the Pops count down music (am I showing my age there?)

10 Fav Google Searches I Won’t See With “Not Provided”

Counting down from 10…

What’s my private address?

Well I know a lot of things, your private address is not one of them!

At 9 My website has been down since Friday

Sorry to hear that…

In at 8 l’m sorry now the service is not available

I may be able to help if I knew what service… possibly?

And 7 Yell websites crap

*cough* I never said that…

At 6 Would you give up sex for social networking?

No…

We’re at the top 5! Number 5 Where to find my pins

Connected to your feet? (Pins = legs get it? no…) Or in a pin box, my Aunt had one of those.

In at 4 Time spent watching adverts on catch up

None, I fast-forward them

At 3 Someone hijacked me

I’d call the police rather than search Google…

Nearly there at 2 I can see you now, giving

STALKER! That’s just creepy.  Giving what exactly?

And straight in at number 1 for the weirdest keyword…

Jans urine

I feel violated – honestly, this is not that type of blog…

 

There are ways you can gain some understanding of how people are landing on your site from Google searches now everything will be (not provided). Here’s some helpful links:

When Keyword (not provided) is 100 Percent of Organic Referrals, What Should Marketers Do? – Whiteboard Tuesday
Google ‘(Not Provided)’ Keywords: 10 Ways to Get Organic Search Data

Your turn…

What’s the wierdest search term you have seen people using to find your blog?  Will “not provided” change how you work online?  Leave a note in the comments, I’d love to hear from you.

Keyword Not Provided: I Won't Know You're Searching For Jan's Urine... by Jan Kearney
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I believe that every business, no matter how small or how local can use the power of the web to gain more customers. I offer no bull coaching and mentoring so small business owners can strategically put the web to work for their business. I've been called a "compass" and a "navigator" and probably a few more names that aren't suitable for a profile!
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Comments

  1. Kelly Mooney says

    October 15, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    I got a very good offer for your urine unfortunetly I was Hi- jacked and I didnt know my own private address….. I can see you now giving me a wallop for this reply 🙂 great post Jan xxx

    • Jan Kearney says

      October 15, 2013 at 2:05 pm

      *wallops Kelly*

      Thanks for popping in, Kelly 🙂

      • Kelly Mooney says

        October 16, 2013 at 8:22 am

        no probs oh wise one 🙂 x

  2. Ruth says

    October 15, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    Lol had a chuckle at this post! And at Kelly’s comment!

  3. Misty Spears says

    October 15, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    hahaha this was the best post I’ve seen all day. How hilarious. I think the strangest one I have had was on a photography related niche site I run I once had someone search for “nude photos of trees”. Funny thing is, there is a huge google image return on this. LOL

  4. Missy Bell says

    October 15, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    This is great! Jan’s urine? Really? You have to wonder what type of information they were looking for or if kids were just messing around on Google.

    Thanks for the many laughs.
    Missy Bell
    http://www.Peaceandhappinessproject.com
    http://www.WhereTheGhostsLive.WordPress.com

  5. Bonnie Gean says

    October 15, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    This post actually made me go search my CPANEL and Google anal (yes, I went there) to see what people typed to find me.

    Hehe, nobody wants to learn about Bonnie’s urine, so I’m safe! 🙂

    Nothing out of the ordinary! 🙂

    NOW, for Google to pull this crap does not surprise me, but I never relied on them for my website – but I did rely on searches for article writing (so I would know what people wanted to learn).

    I guess this means we need to chum up to our prospects/customers/visitors more often so we can prod the information we need from them rather than finding it on Google!

    They are really becoming a “useless” resource in my eyes!

  6. Tamsin says

    October 16, 2013 at 5:54 am

    Oh my goodness! I’ll have to pay more attention, although if they’re not providing the info anymore, then maybe not!

    It does make one wonder – both about people and Google 🙂

  7. Tracey Jade Boyer says

    October 19, 2013 at 11:29 pm

    I am not sure about the “not provided” however I do think it will have an effect, and I do not think it will be a positive one

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