[Sigia-l] search logs - relevance of penultimate referrers?

[Jonathan Baker-bates]

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> To: Eric Scheid
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> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] search logs - relevance of penultimate 
> referrers?
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> On 3/20/06, Eric Scheid <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au> wrote:
> 
> > Can Omniture (for example) report the number of results found? My 
> > understanding is that they process and report on the data which is 
> > logged into the regular web logs, and that normal web logs don't 
> > record that detail.
> 
> Hm,  I'd have to check into that. The annoying thing in 
> Omniture (if you're a coder) is its greatest strength. Nearly 
> every link gets tagged in some way. This adds a bit of KB 
> size to the page, but does offer tons of Big Brotherish 
> tracking, more than just what logs give (heat tracking, for example).
> 

Ah - this is clearer now. When you said in your last post "The context
is when examining search logs" I thought you were talking about the web
server's referer logs in which name/value pairs are sometimes returned
for searches. The logs generated by the site search mechanism *itself*
are a completely different kettle of fish. Sorry for the confusion. 

So if this "search log tool" you are rolling out can analyse penultimate
referrers along with other stuff that standard NCSA logs can't get then,
yes, it would be useful.

What search software would it be compatible with, out of interest?

Jonathan