Below are the instructions for adding Google Analytics to your profile:
- Visit http://google.com/analytics.
- Click large blue Access Analytics button if you already have a Google account.
- If you don’t have a Google account, you’ll need to sign up for one (the Sign Up link is below the button).
- Once you’ve signed in to Analytics with your Google username, you’ll see a generic welcome page. In the botton left corner is a Sign Up for Google Analytics box. Click the Sign Up button.
- Add the Website URL for your blog. If your blog is called Awesome Town, the URL would be blog.beliefnet.com/awesometown.
- Create your Account Name (which will just be the name of your blog – e.g., Awesome Town).
- Choose your Country and Timezone. Click Continue.
- Add your contact information on the next page. Click Continue.
- Agree to the Terms and Conditions. Click Create New Account.
- You’ll see a lot of complicated stuff about tracking code and what not. Ignore all of it and simply click Save and Finish at the bottom.
- You’ll see the Google Analytics dashboard with your blog’s profile. To the right of your URL you’ll find a number that looks like UA-XXXXXXXX-X. This is your Google Analytics Profile ID. Copy that number and email it to me.
- Once I update you blog with the Google Analytics Profile ID, it will take anywhere from 24-48 hours for Google to begin registering your traffic. You’ll visit Google Analytics (http://google.com/analytics) to check your stats. Note: Your traffic statistics will only include data from the date you entered your Profile ID. Any statistics from before the time you entered the ID WILL NOT be available.