It is now possible to capture the rank of natural search phrases (SERP) within Google and subsequently report on them using WebTrends. In order to do this, you’ll need to capture the ‘search term’ and ‘search rank’ from the referring URL. For example, a search for “Yard Associates” within Google provided the following URL: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yardassociates.com%2F&rct=j&q=yard%20associates&ei=t01iTd7PGs394AbIqbHrCQ&usg=AFQjCNGto05sxJS2TGkwj5x3mgeh76XiyA ‘search term’ is provided by ‘q=’ … e.g q=yard%20associates ‘search rank’ is provided by ‘cd=’ … e.g cd=1 Therefore, it is possible to create a … Continue reading →

Whilst carrying out some routine support work for one of our clients recently, we came across an unusual issue. The problem arose when attempting to delete a cancelled ‘Reset Profile Job’ – although it could be removed from the ‘Job Queue’, it still appeared in the list of ‘Scheduled Jobs’. After checking the ‘Job Status’ it became apparent that the job would attempt to run again at the same time every day, until it completed successfully. With no obvious solution … Continue reading →