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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Chapter 6 - Google Analytics - Amazing Stuff!!

Google Analytics



Now that you have already done your installation of Technorati and claim your blog(s) there as well as submit your blog(s) to Google, Yahoo and MSN as laid down in Chapter 5, the next best thing to do in to install google analytics to your blog(s). You may ask what Google Analytics is. Google Analytics will help you learn even more about where your visitors come from and how they interact with your blog(s) / website. It is a great tool to determine which online marketing strategies and initiatives are cost effective and see how visitors actually interact with your blog(s) / website. It shows you the performance of the steps you take to promote your blog(s) / website. I have found it to be tremendously useful. I recommend you take the following steps below to get going -

1. Go to
www.google.com/analytics/home

2. Next go to "Sign up now"


3. "Enter your current email address", "choose a password", "re-enter your password" and finally "Accept and create your account"


4. You will receive a message such as the one below in your email inbox. Please do as requested.


Email Verification In order to verify that the email address associated with your account is correct, we have sent an email message to francoyong@hotmail.com . To activate your Google account, please access your email and click on the link provided. Click here to continue.

5. You will receive in your email inbox a message that appeared like this -

Welcome to Google Accounts.  To activate your account and verify your e-mail address, please click on the following link:  http://www.google.com/accounts/VE?c=3551726713000692991&hl=en  If you have received this mail in error, you do not need to take any action to cancel the account. The account will not be activated, and you will not receive any further emails.  If clicking the link above does not work, copy and paste the URL in a new browser window instead.  Thank you for using Google.  For questions or concerns regarding your account, please visit the Google Accounts FAQ at http://www.google.com/help/faq_accounts.html.   This is a post-only mailing.  Replies to this message are not monitored or answered.


6. Click on the link and you will be directed to another similar to the one below.



Google
Google Accounts
Email already verified Thank you for verifying your Google account


At this page, sign-in with your "Username" and "password".

7. Click "Continue".

8. You will then see this page below.

name@mail.com | Google Home | Help | My Account | Sign Out
Google
name's Google Account
Personal information - Edit
name@mail.com
Change email
Change password

My services - Edit
Analytics Analytics
Web History Web History
Try something new
Gmail Gmail - Get a fresh start with email that has less spam
AdWords AdWords - Find buyers searching for what you sell
Alerts Alerts - Receive news and search results via email
Groups Groups - Create mailing lists and discussion groups
iGoogle iGoogle - Add news, games and more to the Google homepage

More »

9. Click "Analytics".

10. You will see this page below. Complete all the boxes with the details required. When done, click "Finish".


name@mail.com | My Account | Help | Contact us | Sign Out

Analytics Settings | View Reports:
My Analytics Accounts:
Analytics Settings > Create New Website Profile
Create New Website Profile

Choose Website Profile Type

Please decide if you would like to create an additional profile for an existing domain, or create a profile to track a new domain.

Add a Profile for a new domain OR Add a Profile for an existing domain

Add a Profile for a new domain

Please provide the URL of the site you would like to track.

Examples: www.mywebsite.com

Time zone country or territory:
Time zone:
(GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur

Common Questions

11. You will then be led to another page.


name@mail.com | My Account | Help | Contact us | Sign Out

Analytics Settings | View Reports:
My Analytics Accounts:
Analytics Settings > Tracking Status
Tracking Status

Tracking Status Information
Profile Name: letzshop.blogspot.com
Website URL: http://letzshop.blogspot.com

Tracking Not Installed (Last checked: 2007-05-30 2:58 AM PST.)
The Google Analytics tracking code has not been detected on your website's home page. For Analytics to function, you or your web administrator must add the code to each page of your website.


Instructions for adding tracking

Copy the following code block into every webpage you want to track.
Click in the box below to select all code. Copy and paste the code segment into the bottom of your content, immediately before the tag of each page you are planning to track. If you use a common include or template, you can enter it there. See Example

What if I'm not the person who updates the website? Email the code above and instructions to your technical team or website administrator. Once they have added this tracking code to your website, click 'Check status' from the Analytics Settings page to find out if your website is being tracked and data is being collected.

Common Questions









12. Copy the "html code:". Having done so, go to your blog and follow these steps. Customize > Template > Add Page Element > Add html code / java script.

You will see a box. Paste the html code and then "Save Template".

13. Go to the Google Analytics page as appeared in Step 11 . and click "Done".

14. The page below appears.


name@mail.com | My Account | Help | Contact us | Sign Out

Analytics Settings | View Reports:
My Analytics Accounts:
Welcome to the new version of Google Analytics!
Your new reports have been designed to help you learn even more about your site traffic and marketing initiatives.

The redesigned interface is now the default view. To access it, click "View Reports." We think you'll love the new Google Analytics, however, you can still access the previous reporting interface. To do so, click "Previous Interface" below the "View Reports" link for any profile in your account. Note that your data and configuration settings remain unaffected regardless of which interface you use and your data continues to be tracked in the same way as it was prior to the redesign.

Google Analytics has many new features. Read our blog post, read the FAQs or watch the flash tour to learn more. If you have difficulty finding specific reports in the new interface, you may find the report finder tool to be helpful.
FAQs | Take a Tour | Learn More | Report Finder Tool


Drive targeted traffic to your site.
Use AdWords with your Google Analytics Account.
Tell me more about AdWords. | How can I use AdWords and Analytics together?

Analytics Settings - ebizuniversity (Edit Analytics Account)

From this page you can manage your website profiles, create custom or predefined filters, and control access to your Analytics reports.

Website Profiles + Add Website Profile
Prev 1 - 1 / 1 Next
Show
Search
Name Reports Settings Delete Status
1. ebizuniversity.blogspot.com View Reports - New Beta
(Previous Interface)
Edit Delete Receiving Data
Conversion Goals (0)
To track another website with Analytics, click the 'Add Website Profile' link.
Number of Users: 1. Add users to give them access to your Analytics reports and report settings. Learn more.
Number of Filters: 0. Filters can be created to include or exclude certain visits or clicks from your reports, to reconstruct a dynamic URL to be more meaningful when displayed in reports, and more. Learn more.

Helpful Links

15. If the html code has been properly pasted in your blog, the tracking will show "active". Otherwise, it will show "inactive". In the latter case, you will have to re-install the html code as per Step 12.

Step 15. Go to "View Reports" - new beta in the page as per Step 1r4. and you will be shown the various reports. Browse through and in no time you will be familiar with the tools.

Step 16. Google Analytics offer a tremendous amounts of report format and all the information that you will require in knowing how your blog(s) / website is doing. Discover and enjoy the facilitly - all for FREE!! Amazing...