Back to Basics: Setting up Google Analytics on your Blog
June 1st, 2009 | Published in Google Analytics
Today's post covers how to install Google Analytics on the Blogger and WordPress blogging platforms. Adding analytics to your blog can tell you things like:
Installing Google Analytics on Blogger
Installing Google Analytics on Blogger is very easy. Here are the basic steps:
Installing Google Analytics on WordPress
You can use the same basic steps above to install Google Analytics on a WordPress blog. The team at WordPress has produced this terrific step by step video explaining this process. A huge thanks to Michael Pick for his hard work in creating this. Note, you can also use a plugin like the Analyticator plugin we described last week to install Analytics on your WordPress blog.
- Which referring sites send you the best traffic
- Which visitors are most likely to subscribe to your email list
- Which keywords have the highest engagement
- Which articles have the lowest bounce rate
- Which articles monetize best using AdSense
- and much more.
Installing Google Analytics on Blogger
Installing Google Analytics on Blogger is very easy. Here are the basic steps:
- Sign up for a Google Analytics account
- Add the GA tracking code to your Blogger template
- Wait 24 hours and login to Google Analytics to start analyzing your data
Installing Google Analytics on WordPress
You can use the same basic steps above to install Google Analytics on a WordPress blog. The team at WordPress has produced this terrific step by step video explaining this process. A huge thanks to Michael Pick for his hard work in creating this. Note, you can also use a plugin like the Analyticator plugin we described last week to install Analytics on your WordPress blog.