Google Analytics Definition
Google Analytic is a free service. it generates detailed statistics about the visitors of a website or blog..
Why you need to Sign up to Google Analytics
- You will be able to find and fix your broken links totally free of charge. Remember? Those pages that give you a 404 (or Not Found) error. Sites like http://www.xml-sitemaps.com will give you a free sitemap generation service, but it will require you to pay $5.00 fee to help you find out exact URLs of broken links found in your site or blog.
- You will be able to get detailed statistics about your site's visitors
- Let you track the performance of your blog or website from one user-friendly interface
- With its help you will attract more traffic and turn your visitors to your customers
- Helps you make site design improvement based on the analysis you get
Step By Step Of joining Google Analytics
- log in into Google Analytics http://google.com/analytics/.
- Click Create New Account
- If you do not have a Google account, click Sign Up to create one.
- If you already have a Google account, click Sign In to log in
- When you log in, your get three details namely, Sign Up for Analytics Site, Add Tracking Code and Learn Your Audience
- To start using Google analytics, click Sign Up Now.
- Create New Account Form appears
- Enter these details
- Account name, for example: odesktestsguide
- Website's URL, for example: http://odesktestsguide.blogspot.com
- Time Zone
- Industry Category
- Data Sharing Settings
- Tick Yes to agree to the User agreement
- Once you are through, just click Create Account. The account is created. The details of the account are: Property ID, Default URL, Tracking ID, Property Name, Website URL and Tracking status
- Once the account is created, you will be shown what you are tracking, the code to copy to your site. Highlight the code and copy it.
- Go to your blog and log in, Click Design. Click Template
- You should always backup your template before you make any changes.
- Click Backup/Restore
- Click Download Full Template
- Click OK
- Click Edit HTML
- Click Proceed
- Tick Expand Widget Templates
- Enter CTRL+F to find a tag
- Beside Find, type in </head>
- Paste the Google Analytic Code immediately before this tag </head> tag
- Click Save Template and then click Close. You have now added the Google Analytics code to your blogger blog
- To ensure that you have successfully added the Google Analytics code to your blog go to http://google.com/analytics/. Next to your blog's URL, it will say either Receiving Data ( meaning you were successful) or Tracking Not Installed (meaning something has gone wrong ). If it said Tracking Not Installed, you can do the following:- check your reports for data, or you can use your WYSIWYG editor correctly, or you can use your browser's "View Page Source" feature to find the tracking code
- If it said Receiving Data, then click on Edit to integrate Webmaster Tools data in Google Analytics. Choose your blog name, for example: http://odesktestsguide.blogspot.com and the click Save and OK.
- Click Apply and the profile will be applied
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