How to set up google analytics for my website

http://www.google.co.in/analytics/ Open this link and follow this setup.

Simplest of the steps here is to sign up! Head over to www.google.com/analytics and click ‘Sign up Now’ under the blue ‘Access Analytics’ button. If you’re not already signed in with a Google-related account, you’ll then see this screen:

At this point either sign in with your existing Google account (Have you signed up for Google Apps for Business, perhaps? or do you currently use Google Adwords?) or click ‘Sign up for a new Google Account’ in the upper right. Signing up for a new account takes you to this screen:

I recommend signing up with your business email (something@yoururl.com).

Click the “Sign Up” button on the next screen:

Once you’ve signed up, you’ll come to the setup screen:

For Account Name – feel free to use your company name. You can have/monitor multiple websites in one Analytics Account, so make sure this name will be appropriate if you plan on adding multiple websites.

For Website URL – just type in your website address! Just as Google tells you – www.yourwebsiteadress.com (no http://). Pick your time zone and agree to the User Agreement and you’re signed up!

This part can SEEM a little intimidating (I know it’s easy to go deer-in-headlights when anyone starts typing code-like characters) but I PROMISE it’s actually really simple.

Once you’ve signed up, you’ll see the following tracking code setup screen:

If you’re using WordPress to manage your site, simply install the Google Analytics for WordPress Plugin and under Settings, manually enter your UA code (just copy and paste everything after “Web Property ID” from your Google Analytics screen). NOTE: Be sure to copy and paste YOUR specific code and not the one in the above screenshot – each UA code is unique to one Google Account.

If you’re NOT using WordPress, installing the code is still pretty easy. Google walks you through it beginning with “What are you tracking?” Most likely you are tracking a single domain. From there scroll down and:

1. Copy the code Google displays for you (it includes your unique UA code).
2. Paste EXACTLY THAT before the ending tag in your HTML code.
   QUICK TIP: Just do a search within the code to find this tag – “Ctrl+F” on a PC or “Command+F” on a Mac. In the Find box, type “</head>” (minus quotes)
3. Save. As Google says, Most websites re-use one file for common content, so it’s likely that you won’t have to place the code snippet on every single page of your website.
4. and Done! Wait for Google to recognize the installed code (can take a few hours to one day). When everything is installed correctly – “Tracking Status” will read “Receiving Data.”

Your Google Analytics account is actually now set up and will start tracking data in the next 24 hours – this last step is just a bonus recommendation. By default, the address you signed up for is an admin user for Google Analytics (you have access to do everything in the account). I recommend setting up a second admin user with an unrelated Gmail address (free to sign up).

Why? Because as you may have experienced, Google is great with help forums but not so great at one-on-one customer service. You can’t really call anyone at Google if you lose access to your Analytics email account or something else goes funky. The data won’t be lost but you won’t be able to log in and see it [googling "can't access google analytics" will show you how many people have had this dreaded problem]. Having a second unrelated email address signed up with your account means having a back-up plan.

So here’s how (super easy):

1. When signed into Google Analytics, click on the gear icon (Update: the gear icon has now been replaced with the word Admin).
2. Under the Profiles tab, click the Users tab.
3. Click +New User.
4. On the next screen, fill out the email address (remember an unrelated Gmail address works) and select “Administrator” as the role.
5. Log out of Analytics and try logging in with your second-user address. Did it work? Great! You’re done. If not – log in with your primary account info again and make sure the email address was entered correctly.

Here’s a screenshot of this step:

And done! You now have a Google Analytics Account set up and back-up administrative access in place. Enjoy finding out more about your visitors and what online marketing efforts (visitor source) are working for you!

Questions? Let me know in the comments below. I’d love to hear about how this blog post helped you.

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