Im excited to share this tutorial with yall today! Its super easy and its the most beneficial thing for your blog. Setting up Google analytics takes a little over 5 minutes. When brands ask for your stats they are looking for your Google Analytics. Its the most accurate and well recognized. Ill show you how to set up Google Analytics on Blogger and on WordPress.
Sign into your Google account and head over to Google Analytics. You will be brought to this screen. I choose ‘Universal’ but you can pick either or.
Fill out the information about the site that you want to track. Im setting up analytics for my landing page – kelleygrant.com
You will be given a ‘Tracking ID’ after you fill out the information above. Copy the code.
If you are on Blogger go to ‘Layout’>’Add Gadget’>’HTML’ and paste the code. Save.
If you are on WordPress go to ‘Appearance’>’Widgets’>’Text’ and paste the code. Save.
And you’re done! Your Google Analytics will now start tracking.
But what is it tracking, and what does it mean? Ill share all the details on what your analytics mean next week!
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Bethany says
Thanks for sharing this! I’ve checked Google Analytics for months, but I had no idea I was supposed to add the HTML to my blog for it to accurately reflect my page views. I always wondered why it wasn’t very helpful. I guess now I know! 🙂
Kelley says
Happy to help! Check back next week and Ill share what it all means 🙂
Brittany Suell says
SO CRAZY that you shared this this week! I just realized that I needed to start using this for my wordpress site! We have had it since Jan. and I am constantly realizing there is MORE TO KNOW about it! Anyways, I was just asking a question about this on Texas Bloggers Group. I’m glad I found this! I now know that I DID DO IT RIGHT! Wahoo! Now just waiting as stats accumulate! 🙂 And can’t wait for next week’s, because that is honestly where I’m at….what now??
Your awesome! Hope the Pinterest presentation went well! Where did you say you would have your notes for that??
Kelley says
Hey girlie! I just today saw your convo in the Texas bloggers group about this. Im a little behind this week. Im glad this helped! I cant wait to share the rest next week. 🙂
I can email you the powerpoint slides. 🙂
Brittany Suell says
Hey I would still love to get those powerpoint slides from you
Brittany Suell says
[email protected]
Kelley says
Sending em now!
kelly thompson says
ok, question, it says put the code on every page you want to track …does this one are of HTML suffice? also, I tried this before but did not know what I was doing, is there a way to see if I already put it in the HTML. I have been using analytics but now that I see this tutorial, I am not sure if it has been tracking correctly?
kelly thompson says
sorry to add more but this is very helpful….so I just did what you said and I put my code into HTML and I think all is fine but I can’t remember right now what I did months ago regarding the code….I feel like I put something in the HTML but I may have just put that UA-44444444444 type number into a place on the blogger site that asks for the anylitic number…but this is code from my actual blog … around line 2025 or so…do you know what this means? is it something I did months ago and should be removed?
thanks!!!!
Kelley says
Im not sure. Im sorry.
Kelley says
You add the HTML to a widget and then put the widget anywhere in the layout. If you have numbers on your analytics page, then its tracking. If not you may need to put it in again. Hope that helps! 🙂
kelley @ Miss Information says
Oh thank you for this I am so lost on how to use GA!
Kelley says
My pleasure! Hope it helps 🙂
Kelly @ Here Comes the Sun says
When I set up my GA it gave me directions to post the code into my HTML right above the closing head tag. If you add it in a gadget, where do you place that gadget in the layout.
Kelley says
Anywhere. I put it just as a sidebar and it worked. 🙂
Valencia says
Hi I am new to the public blogging world after blogging via other means. Anyhow I tried doing this but it wouldn’t let me. My question is does it matter if I am on an iPad instead of a laptop?
Thank you, Valencia
I hope you can check my blog out!
Kelley says
I’m not sure actually! I did it on my computer and I’m just not sure if it will work on the iPad. Have you tried it and it hasn’t worked?