2. Important: If you do not have Google account and Google is forcing you to create an email id. Then you may directly go to google.com/analytics and start signup process for Google Analytics with your existing email address. You may also use your Google Apps account to sign up Analytics.
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Google Analytics gives you the tools you need to better understand your customers. You can then use those business insights to take action, such as improving your website, creating tailored audience lists, and more.
3. Once you have logged in to Google Account you may sign up Google Analytics account. Add account name, site name, website url, industry category and time-zone for your reporting. Don’t worry about any discrepancy, you may change all these information later.
4. After filling the information required proceed to accept terms of the services and sign up. If everything goes right you will get your tracking code and Google Analytics account instantly. Your Analytics account id will be something like “UA-47713692-1” and some JavaScript code something like below. Some WordPress themes including thesis theme framework have built-in functionality where we have to enter the tracking id only. For rest of the themes we will need the entire script.
5. Once you have Google Analytics code you will now add this tracking code to your WordPress site. There are a few approaches to do that.
1. Add the code using wp_head or wp_footer hook.
2. Directly add the code to theme file (by modifying header.php or footer.php)
3. Using a plugin or theme feature.
Add the code using wp_head or wp_footer hook.
You may add a few lines of code to theme’s functions.php file.
1. Add the code using wp_head or wp_footer hook.
2. Directly add the code to theme file (by modifying header.php or footer.php)
3. Using a plugin or theme feature.
Add the code using wp_head or wp_footer hook.
You may add a few lines of code to theme’s functions.php file.
6. A lot of themes (including Genesis, Thesis) have options to hook some code to header and/or footer. You may use this feature. This is one of the easy (and safe) way to add scripts to your sites.
Genesis user may add the code to “Header and Footer script” under Genesis Setting menu.
Thesis 2 user may navigate to Thesis >> Site >> Google Analytics (just place the id, which will be like UA-123456-1) OR add the whole tracking code under Thesis >> Site >> Tracking Script.
There are a few plugin who offers some features add the code at ease.
Adding Google Analytics code to WordPress Head provides more accurate analytics.
Genesis user may add the code to “Header and Footer script” under Genesis Setting menu.
Thesis 2 user may navigate to Thesis >> Site >> Google Analytics (just place the id, which will be like UA-123456-1) OR add the whole tracking code under Thesis >> Site >> Tracking Script.
There are a few plugin who offers some features add the code at ease.
Adding Google Analytics code to WordPress Head provides more accurate analytics.
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