Investigate the *

[TheGrandVizier]

SEO data indicates there are searches being done with * as the only term.

This is not possible via the front end proper as General search requires at least 2 characters to initiate a search.

I have only been able to reproduce this by manipulating the URL by changing: http://test.dbs.bh.org.il/search?q=moscow into http://test.dbs.bh.org.il/search?q=*

• [ ] Investigate if it is possible to produce that without URL manipulation

• [ ] Disallow such searching (*) ("everything").

[OriHoch]

@TheGrandVizier
how many such searches per time period? link to the SEO data will be helpful

[nuritgazit]

Check it out in the report here

[Libisch]

@TheGrandVizier @OriHoch @nuritgazit This is caused by users clicking a link here, which I added some time ago, in order to use the traffic.

Should the link be removed?

[nuritgazit]

@Libisch not at all, I will just let Daniel know, so that we count it as traffic coming from the old pages

[Libisch]

@nuritgazit It's weird he doesn't know, it's clear once checking 'previous page path'

[Netush]

@nuritgazit should let Daniel know

[nuritgazit]

Updated Daniel and waiting for him to update the report so that it doesn't display "*" but instead the actual names of the pages from which the traffic gets to the DBs.