EDAD660 (2008)

This exercise will demonstrate how to incorporate the “Google Analytics” feature into your blog. This feature will allow you to easily track who is visiting your blog, where they are coming from, what browsers they are using, etc. Here’s how to get started!

1. Visit: http://www.google.com/analytics/

2. Log in using your Google Identity.

3. Click “Add Website Profile”

4. Paste your blog address into the box labeled “Please provide the URL of the site you would like to track.”

5. Click Continue

6. A new page will appear with a bunch of HTML code in a white text box. Select this code and copy it using EDIT->Copy.

7. Click Finish

8. Open a new window and sign into your blog

9. Click Design -> Widgets

10. We need to add in a place to hold this code on your blog. You can do this by adding a text widget to your sidebar. Paste the tracking code information into the widget body – feel free to leave the title of this element blank.

11. Switch back to the browser window that has Google Analytics running and click “Check Status” to verify that you’ve set up your blog correctly. Click Finish when you’re done.

Congratulations! You’ve successfully set up tracking on your blog! Google Analytics tracks information on a daily basis, so you won’t begin to see tracking information until tomorrow.

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