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Can I take a google referral URL and see what was searched?

I use Fastspring.com as a payment provider, which gives me a referral URL as to where a purchase came from. Many examples look like this:

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.macsqlclient.com%2F&ei=FIrjVIrOJ6qIsQTb4IK4DQ&usg=AFQjCNHHh7lm3CncrL4IfwgM1mdD71hQUA&bvm=bv.85970519,d.cWc

Is there anyway I can take this url string and figure our what keywords were searched for? Preferably documentation on how to do so as I have not been able to find anything.

Solution

  • Not really, that is how google makes their money and giving that data away for free would hurt their business. You can take a look at this article.