Empty query searches show up in your Analytics dashboard as <empty search>. Empty searches have two origins:
1. An initial search request with an empty query to instantly show results before users start typing
By default, Algolia shows search results as soon as users land on a page. This avoids empty pages and also establishes a connection with our servers, making future requests faster. We achieve this by performing a search with an empty query.
2. Category pages are built with an empty query and an applied filter
If you have implemented category pages using Algolia, when a user navigates to a category page, an API request with an empty query and a filters parameter based on a category page identifier is sent. Therefore, Analytics will record this as an empty search.