Tuesday, December 10, 2013

How to see keywords users typed, not keywords you bid on, in Analytics or Adwords

Adwords Tips: How do you see keywords users typed, not keywords you bid on, in Analytics or Adwords Campaign Manager?


As far as most new users can tell, Google only shows them how many people search for a keyword you have bid on, it doesn't show them exactly what the user searched for. If the advertiser goes to the Keywords > Details > All list in Adwords, it doesn't show all of the searches.

For example, if they search for "where can I drink Imperial Honey Stout", and they click on an ad triggered by the broad term "Imperial Honey Stout", the advertiser can easily see "Imperial Honey Stout" triggered an ad, but is there any way to see that the user searched for "where can I drink Imperial Honey Stout"?

This is just a matter of digging slightly deeper into either Adwords or Analytics

Matched Keyword Query in Adwords


In Google AdWords,

Go to the Keyword tab
Click the gray "Details" button
Under Search Terms choose "All"- This shows the exact phrases people searched for which triggered your ads, including searches that did not generate any clicks.


Matched Keyword Query in Analytics


In Google Analytics

Acquisition > Adwords > Matched Search Queries
Change Secondary Dimension to Keywords - This shows the term searched for against the keyword that triggered the ad.

e.g.
Matched Search Query = where can I drink Imperial Honey Stout
Keyword = Imperial Honey Stout

Adwords and Analytics will need to be linked.

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