How to Add Google Analytics to Your Web Site

Keywords play a major part for most affiliate marketers. Using them efficiently could provide the necessary edge for success. Google Analytics is a powerful and easy-to-use tool that comes to the aid of webmasters by helping them to determine the keywords and the content that will attract the best response from their visitors.

Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

1. Go to Google Analytics (see link below) and click "Sign Up Now" under the "Features" thumbnail.
2. Enter the Google account name (e-mail address) and password and click "Sign Up" again.
   
3. Fill out the required fields with your Web site details and then click "Continue."
4. Fill out the contact information fields and click "Continue."
5. Read the User Agreement document and check the box to accept the terms of service. Then click "Create New Account."
6. Select the piece of source code and then copy and paste the text to your Web site. Click "Continue" to manage Web site filters and profiles and control access.
7. Make the necessary adjustments in terms of usability and appearance of your Web site.

Tips & Warnings

• The process requires a Google account. If you don’t already have one, just sign up for a free account at Step 2.
• Once your account has been set up, you can add more than one Web site to your tracking options by adding the source code to all the Web pages that you want tracked.
• The account name that you fill in at Step 3 will be the name that appears in the Google Analytics reports.
• On the account information page, the only required field is the Country/ Territory information; you needn't divulge any other personal information.
• Data privacy is important. To know more about security and information protection issues, you have to ensure a thorough apprehension of the terms of use of the service. Also we recommend that you read the Google privacy policy at www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html