This is a simple tutorial that will show you how to install Google Analytics for you Blogger account. These steps apply to any web page, but I figured people who use Blogger would need the most help installing Analytics.
Step 1 – With your favorite browser, open two tabs – one with google.com and one with the admin to your blogspot account.
Step 2 – Sign into Google and go to My Account. This screen will show you all the products you use. You should see Blogger and Gmail, etc.
Step 3 – Find Analytics. If this is your first time using Google Analytics, chances are you will have to click “more” under the “Try Something New” section. If it is not there, type http://www.google.com/analytics to go to the Analytics setup screen.
Step 4 – Click the Sign Up button. You will then be taken to a screen with four fields to fill out. Put your url for your website, an account name – usually your own name for a personal site or a company name for a company site. Select your time zone country and time zone. Press the continue button.
Step 5 – Fill out your contact information. Press the continue button.
Step 6 – Read and agree to the Terms of Service.
Step 7 – You will now see a tracking code that is unique to your account. Keep this page open and go to your blogger account. In your Blogger admin, click “Layout”
Step 8 – Under the main navigation is a sub-menu with the tabs “Page Elements” “Fonts and Colors” “Edit HTML” etc. Click on “Edit HTML”
Step 9 – Next you will see a bunch of HTML code that is used to make the blog look the way it does. Don’t worry about any of that code just scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. There you should see a peice of code that looks like this – </body>
Step 10 – Go back to your Google account and highlight the tracking code and copy it to your clipboard by either right clicking and selecting “copy” or by pressing command-C.
Step 11 – Go back to your Blogger account and insert the contents of your clipboard right above the </body> tag. It should like similar to this -
<script type=’text/javascript’>
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write();
</script>
<script type=’text/javascript’>
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker();
pageTracker._initData();
pageTracker._trackPageview();
</script>
</body>
</html>
Step 12 – Click the “Save Template” button in your Blogger admin.
Step 13 – Go to your Analytics page and you should see a place where it says “Tracking Status” – If it say “Tracking Not Installed” hit refresh. It may take a few moments, even hours, for the tracking code to be read by Google.
Step 14 – Once the tracking code is verified, you can view your analytics being tracked by simply logging on to your Google Account and clicking on Analytics. Your site should be listed there.
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