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Correct. The only service which can provide you with google queries is google analytics.

So if you want the data, you are forced to help spread the google drag net across the internet.

No. Keywords do not appear in Google Analytics since search switched to HTTPS. The query strings are dropped going from HTTPS to HTTP. Keywords will show up as "(not provided)"(Disclaimer: I work at Google but I'm not on the search team. I do use Google Analytics.)

They drop them from https to https using this method as well. In this case, what is good for the user is amazing for Google. They are the only ones that get access to the query stream.

Is there any technical reason for this? Because as far as I know the keywords still appear in Webmaster Tools.

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