If you are new to blogging at Blogger.com you might not be aware that tracking and statistics software can be linked to your site to give you details about your visitors. The process of adding a free tracking program such as Google Analytics is relatively straight forward. By following the simple steps below you will gain access to very useful data about the kind of traffic accessing your site. This will help your grow your site and target your content to meet the needs of your visitors.
Steps to Add Google Analytics to Your Blogger Blog:
1. Login To Google Analytics:
Login to Google Analytics at http:/google.com/analytics with your Blogger.com login. If for some reason you wish to create a new account you can do so but be aware that you
will lose the advantages of accessing other Google Service Such as Google Webmaster Tools and Google Adsense without having to logout.
will lose the advantages of accessing other Google Service Such as Google Webmaster Tools and Google Adsense without having to logout.
2. Sign Up to Google Analytics:
Click on the sign Up button and you will be taken to the Analytics Now you are going to login to and signup page. Enter your blog URL. account name country and time zone on this page,
Now Pick Up your Blog URL
The URL like
marketingmost.blogspot.com
You would enter nameofyourblog.blogspot.com
3. Account Name:
It is a good idea to choose a general name such as Umair's Account because this will be the account name for anything from 1 to 100 website.
4. Click On Continue:
In the next screen you will be prompted to enter your personal details: Your name, phone number and country. Complete these and click on Continue.The final sign up page is the Terms of Agreement Screen. Once you agree to these your sign up is complete.
5. Copy the Code Block:
After completing the signup process Google Analytics provides you with a code block of javascript to be added to your site. Now copy the code highlight the code block copy it and paste in your notepad.
6. Login To Blogger.com:
Now login to blogger.com at http;//www.blogger.com/. In a new window login to your site at Blogger.com and navigate from the Dashboard to the layout tab.
7. Navigate to Edit HTML in the Layout Menu:
From the layout menu select the edit HTML link. You are going to be adding a title bit of code to your template so care needs to be taken here not to overwrite any existing code. As precaution it is advisable to backup your template at this point. You will see the option to do so.
6. Add Code Block to your Template:
To added the code block to your template you will need to locate the code that closes the body tags. This will be very near the bottom of the template. You will need to paste the code block immediately before the tag.
7. Add Google Analytics Code to Your Blogger Template :
To paste the code block position the cursor in front of the tag and use the command Ctrl |+ V. Once the code is placed in your template and you are sure it is positioned correctly click on Save Template. All going well you have now successfully added Google Analytics To Your Blogger Blog.
8. Return to Google Analytics:
Go back to the Google Analytics window. On the overview page you will see details about your blog such as Reports, Status, Vistis etc. If there is a tick in the status column your Analytics code is working correctly.
9. Google Analytics Overview Page:
If the status conatins a yellow triangle symbol with an exclamation mark inside don't despair it just means that Google has not yet updated details of your site. Check back in 24 hours as it code to actually providing reports.Once Google Analytics is successfully receiving data about your site you can begin to make use of the wealth of information at your fingertips.
10. Troubleshooting:
If after a day the status still displays a yellow triangle you may need to troubleshoot. A yellow triangle is displayed when the code is not detected or not verified. Check your Blogger Template to ensure the code block is pasted in the correct position.
