jones how to use analytics part 1

How To Use

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Google whaaatt ???

What is it for ???

Helps you measure the performance

of your website !

“If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.”

- W. Edwards Deming

“To measure is to know.”

- Lord Kelvin

Wish you can monitor your website’s performance?

Which posts get the most reaction?

Do you know where your traffic comes from?

How effective are your keywords?

Which sales letters convert to sales?

Which ads are more effective?

Find the answers in …

Whaatt? Lots of

numbers here?

You mean there are statistics?

Lots of graphs???

YES, there will be numbers, graphs and stats but…

Google Analytics makes it a breeze …

Are you all set?

Log in to your wordpress blog

You will be led to your dashboard

Now, let’s start with Google Analytics

To start, you only need TWO easy steps

1. Sign up

2. Install the tracking code

Let’s start !

Open a new tab in your browser

In your browser, type “ www.google.com/analytics/ “

You will see this screen

On the right upper portion is the sign up

Here it is zoomed in!

If you have a Gmail account, just click “sign in”

Type in your email and password

Click “Sign In”

Click “Sign Up”

This screen will appear

Let’s fill up the account information

Scroll down and choose your country or territory

Here it is, zoomed in!

Click the box under Terms and Conditions

Click “Create Account”

Pls. notice “Website Tracking”

At this stage, the tracking code is not yet installed

Scroll down until you see this…

Pls. take note of the code

Highlight the code

Right click on the highlighted portion and click copy

Go back to your blog dashboard

Click “Appearance” and “Themes”

Click “Editor”

You will see this…

Looks totally ALIEN???

Relax! Just Inhale and Exhale!

Notice the right side of the blog

Click “Footer”

Close up view of Footer.php

You will see the alien language again!

DO NOT PANIC

Ignore it!

Scroll down till you see this…

Now look for “ </body> “

You can find it at the end

Have you found “</body>”???

Put your cursor before </body>

Then press “enter” twice

Note the 2 spaces before </body>

This is where you will paste the tracking code…

Click “Right Click”

And “Paste”

Click “Update File”

Congratulations! You have pasted the tracking code!

You made it! Now, breathe easy!

Now, you check if the tracking code is installed

Go to your Google Analytics Dashboard

Click the title of your blog

You will see this…

Click on the name of your blog

Then click on “Tracking Code”

There you have it!

Now you can breathe easy

and I hope you learned something NEW!

Just a NOTE:

Google Analytics works only in self hosted blogs!

Pls. visit www.PositivelyAwesomeVA.com

for more tips!

See you SOON!

jones how to use analytics part 1

tracking code

google analytics

website tracking

blog dashboard

google whaaatt

right upper portion

wordpress blog

lots of graphs

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