Other ideas to make use of collected keywords

[mayamanako]

hi guys, i'm thinking of collecting the keywords typed in (on the search box) by the visitors in my website.

i am thinking of using these to have some kind of tag cloud and autosuggest/autocomplete facility.

aside from the two i mentioned above, can you please suggest more other possible uses for these keywords?

thanks.

 

[feherke]

Hi

I used the search log to find out what my visitors searched for and not found. Then I compensated some of the misses in the FST ( Frequently Searched Terms ) article category. ( Currently the search feature is down. :-( )


Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[mayamanako]

hi feherke, thanks

can you think of other possible useful implementations for those keywords?

thanks for your advice.

 

[blueark]

Not sure how many of these would be practical or useful for you, but here are a few suggestions:

* Common search terms could form the basis for great permalinks, page titles, and other SEO friendly stuff.

* They could also serve as useful suggestions on 404 pages ("Page not found, but you might find these links useful...")

* On the search results page, maybe have a small list of alternative queries used by people who also searched for that keyword (similar to Amazon's "people who bought this also bought..."). Would require you to keep track of 'who' as well as 'what' though.

* Gather information about misspellings ('tech-tips') or regional spellings ('color/colour').

 

[mayamanako]

thanks blueark, your suggestions are noted.

have a nice weekend!

 

[Diancecht]

I personally like the "People that searched for the thing you are searching also searched for ..."

Cheers,
Dian