Search Queries

On page load, the template reads the one URL param you name. If it has a value, the template sends the goal Search Queries with two custom props. search_query is the param value. search_source is the referrer URL.

Set up

1. Add the Plausible template as a tag. Set Type to Initialization and enter your Script ID.
2. Tick Enable Search Query Tracking.
3. Set Search Query Param to search.
4. Fire the tag on the Initialization or All Pages trigger. Open GTM preview mode on this site.
5. In Plausible, create a custom event goal named Search Queries.

Test

Use the forms and links. Each one is a full page load, which fires the tag again.

• Plain text
• Spaces and symbols
• Empty value
• Other param name
• No params

Expect

• The first form sends a Search Queries goal with search_query set to your text.
• The second form sends nothing while the GTM param is search. Change the GTM param to query and it sends one.
• Plain text and symbols arrive decoded, for example hello world & more.
• An empty value or no params sends no goal.
• After a form submit, search_source is the URL of the page that held the form.
• After a link click, search_source is the URL of the page that held the link.
• After typing the URL, search_source is empty. Plausible may drop the prop or store an empty value. Check which.
• The template cannot report the number of results.

Current URL params