Search Engine Definitions

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A website that enables users to locate information on the World Wide Web. Search engines use keywords entered by users to find Web sites which contain the information sought

Deep Log Analyzer currently can recognize more than hundred most popular internet search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. It can find in log file a search engine's name and key phrase that referred visitor to your website. If you receive hits from some local search sites, that Deep Log Analyzer does not recognize in standard configuration, you can add them to search engine definitions in search_engines.ini file located in Deep Log Analyzer folder (by default it's C:\Program Files\Deep Log Analyzer).

Newly added engines and search phrases will appear in all search engine reports in Deep Log Analyzer after you import (or reimport) log files. Open search_engines.ini file in Notepad, add new line in the format like SE114=MySearchEngine into [SearchEngines] section. Than add new [MySearchEngine] section at the end of file and list the values that tell how to recognize hit from this search engine:

EngineIndicator1=mysearchengine.com

EngineIndicator2=mysearchengine.net

SearchPhraseIndicator1=?q=

SearchPhraseIndicator2=&q=

After these changes DLA will recognize referral URL like http://www.mysearchengine.com?q=phrase1 as a hit from MySearchEngine search engine with search keyword "phrase1".

Search engine definitions are processed at the time of log file parsing, so the newly added definitions will work only for logs that you import later on. You may re-import log files to apply changes to all imported data. It is recommended to back up your edited .ini file or it will be overwritten when you reinstall the program. Or just keep a copy of added records in a separate file.

Requests for files from visitors. Each HTML document and graphic file counts as a separate hit, so hits are not always an accurate representation of the number of different visitors to your site. Hits are also referred to as requests.

A website that enables users to locate information on the World Wide Web. Search engines use keywords entered by users to find Web sites which contain the information sought

A referral occurs when any hyperlink is clicked on that takes a web surfer to any page or file in another website; it could be text, an image, or any other type of link. When a web surfer arrives at your site from another site, the server records the referral information in the hit log for every file requested by that surfer. If a search engine was used to obtain the link, the search engine name and any keywords used are recorded as well.