How to Find out How Many People Visit My Blog
At the end of 2009, there were 126 million blogs on the Internet. With each passing day, that number continues to grow. With so many blog platforms from which to choose, such as Wordpress, Blogger, Moveable Type and more, it can be a challenge to figure out just how many people are visiting your blog. While there are several options for tracking traffic and other website analytics, one free solution from a very familiar name is Google Analytics.
Other People Are Reading
Instructions
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Setting Up Google Analytics
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Sign up for a Google account if you don't already have one. A Gmail account, which is a free email service provided by Google, also will work.
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Log on to Google Analytics by clicking the link that says "Access Analytics" and then typing in your email address and password. Then click on "+Add new profile." On the following page, click "Add a profile for a new domain." Then enter the URL of your blog in the box provided.
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Return to your blog website profile in Google Analytics and click "Edit" next to the profile that you wish to add tracking. Then click "Check Status." There, you will find a code snippet that will be unique to your blog.
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The Google Analytics code snippet will go just inside the </head> tag in your blog's coding. Many blogs will allow you to edit the header code from within the blog administration interface. Once you have copied the code snippet from Google Analytics into the header code, save the update.
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Return to Google Analytics and click on "Check status" again. This tells Google Analytics to check for the code. When it finds the code at the URL provided, you will see a green check mark next to the profile.
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Click "View report" and you will be able to see traffic and other analytics from the time the code was installed.
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Tips & Warnings
It can take up to 24 hours for Google Analytics to verify the code in your blog.
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