What is the impact of this change for webmasters? Today, a web site accessed through organic
search results on
https://www.google.com
(non-SSL) can see both that the user came from
google.com
and their search query. (Technically speaking, the user's browser passes this information via the
HTTP referrer field.)
However, for organic search results on SSL search, a web site will only know that the user came
from
google.com.
View the top 1000 daily search queries and top 1000 daily landing pages for the past 30 days.
View the impressions, clicks, clickthrough rate (CTR), and average position in search results
for each query, and compare this to the previous 30 day period.
We will continue to look into further improvements to how search query data is surfaced through
Webmaster Tools. If you have questions, feedback or suggestions, please let us know through the
Webmaster Tools Help Forum.
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