I am trying to parse a Referral URL from Google but there are no keywords in the URL. Is this something new with google? Is there a way to tell what they searched so I can log the keywords used?
URL I am having issues with:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=13&ved=0CEMQFjAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubwire.com%2Fvenue%2Flightsofthesouth%2Fgrovetown%2F1527%2F&ei=QNPAUPHEDJCo8ASp1oH4Cg&usg=AFQjCNGS5KrvXDib-RmEIv2A8UDyWfkXBw&rct=j
URL I can parse:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=fitzgerald's%20%22service%20fee%22&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubwire.com%2Fevent%2Felectricsixtba%2Ffitzgeralds%2Fhouston%2F4255%2F%3Freferral%3DAPI-fitzlivemusic.co&ei=IdfAUJzHJ-Od2QW_koHgBA&usg=AFQjCNHfHPCvTsskRe1KVwgrbOa-ccO0YQ
Yes, that’s a new policy by Google. Check this article by SeoMoz for more details: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-hides-search-referral-data-with-new-ssl-implementation-emergency-whiteboard-friday
Google recommends that you use their Webmaster tools to analyse search queries.