topic Re: what do people search ? in General Topics

what do people search ?

Retired Member — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 07:33:05 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way to track especially google searches from url filtering ?

From url filtering logs it cannot be seen the same url as a person visit when searches for a word.

we need search stats

Re: what do people search ?

UhMayYeah — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 09:47:42 GMT

PA does not a feature to report Search Keywords based on URLs .

You can consult your SE to discuss the options for filing a Feature Request.

Re: what do people search ?

craymond — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 16:11:14 GMT

From URL filtering you can check to see if certain queries were made with something like ( url contains '=Kalashnikov' ). But I can't quite gather what information you are trying to get.

Re: what do people search ?

Retired Member — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:00:53 GMT

we look exactly what you wrote but that does not come with url logs.Search google for a word 10 times.Only 1 log we found a word has been searched.

Re: what do people search ?

sraghunandan — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:11:38 GMT

1 log might be due to log suppression can you please verify the count against it.the following doc might help:-https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-4686

Re: what do people search ?

craymond — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:36:34 GMT

Sorry, I was using yahoo.com. Google must scramble the search somehow. Also, if you are signed in to google, you are always forced to HTTPS. I can't see any queries when I use Google. If I use any other search site I can find the search string in the URL.

Re: what do people search ?

mbutt — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 05:49:33 GMT

Currently i do not believe PA firewall logs the searches done by the users.

However in the categories it will just show up as search-engines.

Moreover in the url filtering if you are looking for a specific search you can search based on the filter contains google and search engines

example

( url contains 'google' ) and ( category eq search-engines )

The above might not give you exactly what you are looking for, however it might narrow down your search.

However if this is something that is useful in your environment you can request a feature with your local Sales Engineer.

Hope this helps.

Thanks