Showing posts with label Google Analytics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Analytics. Show all posts

Installing Google Analytics in Blogger


To track your site/blog using analytics you need to have an account with Google Analytics, If you already have a Google Account you can use that username/password here or you can always sign up for a free google account. In either case you need to go to http://www.google.com/analytics [ Opens in a New Page ] 


After you login with your username/password, you will be in your dashboard area.


Scroll down to the bottom of the page and find the link to "Add Website Profile".





On the next screen select the option to "Add a profile for a new domain".





Click continue and on the page that follows, type the URL of your blog.





The final screen will generate two tracking codes for your blog. make sure you are on "New Tracking Code(ga.js)" tab






This is the code that you need to copy/paste on your blog. We are now going to install google analyics tracking code to your blogger blog.



Go to http://www.blogger.com [ Opens in a New Page ] and login with your id/password.



Once you are logged in go to your dashboard, where you have to click the "Layout" link(beside the settings link) of your blog. make sure you are on the "page elements" sub-tab, where you can easily add and arrange page elements.

You will now add a gadget by clicking the "Add a Gadget" link



From the popup that appears, you can add many gadgets to your blog, this time we need to scroll down to the HTML/JavaScript option and click the "+" sign beside it to add it to your blog







This will open a final popup where you paste your code(your google analytics code) under the "content" textarea. I prefer not to give it a title because the code is invisible, so leave the title field blank and click the button to "save changes"




Traffic Tracker and Statistics for Blogs


Traffic and statistics for blogs.
What are the best traffic checker for sites?
What blog statistics tracker suits blogs?

Here are some well-known traffic trackers that you can use for your blog, just to see how your blog's traffic is doing.
1) Google Analytics


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"Google Analytics is the enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. Powerful, flexible and easy-to-use features now let you see and analyze your traffic data in an entirely new way. With Google Analytics, you're more prepared to write better-targeted ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives and create higher converting websites."
Editor's note: This is a must for all blogs.

2) SiteMeter


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"Site Meter's comprehensive real time website tracking and counter tools give you instant access to vital information and data about your sites audience. With our detailed reporting you'll have a clear picture of who is visiting your site, how they found you, where they came from, what interests them and much more."
Editor's note: This is my favourite among the other traffic trackers (excluding Google Analytics)

3) OneStat (free version)


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"OneStat Free is the most reliable, fully password-protected tracker available today. We provide you the most detailed web analytics reports and the best of all: it is absolutely free!"

4) StatCounter


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"A free yet reliable invisible web tracker, highly configurable hit counter and real-time detailed web stats. Insert a simple piece of our code on your web page or blog and you will be able to analyse and monitor all the visitors to your website in real-time!"


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