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Overview

This node integrates with the Matomo API to perform various analytics operations. Specifically, for the Referrer resource and the 'Get Number Of Distinct Search Engines' operation, it retrieves the count of distinct search engines that have referred traffic to a specified site. This is useful for understanding the diversity of search engine sources driving traffic to a website. Practical applications include marketing analysis, SEO performance tracking, and traffic source diversification assessment.

Use Case Examples

  1. A digital marketer wants to know how many different search engines are sending visitors to their website to evaluate SEO reach.
  2. An analyst uses this operation to monitor changes in search engine referral diversity over time to adjust marketing strategies.

Properties

Name Meaning
Query Parameters A collection of optional parameters to filter or modify the API request, such as site ID, date range, segment filters, and other Matomo-specific options.

Output

JSON

  • numberOfDistinctSearchEngines - The count of distinct search engines referring traffic to the site.

Dependencies

  • Requires Matomo API credentials including domain URL and authentication token.

Troubleshooting

  • Ensure that the Matomo domain URL and authentication token are correctly configured; missing these will cause authentication errors.
  • Verify that the query parameters, especially the site ID (idSite), are correctly set to avoid empty or incorrect results.
  • Check network connectivity to the Matomo instance to prevent request failures.
  • If the API returns unexpected data, confirm that the Matomo instance supports the requested method and that the user has sufficient permissions.

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