How to Add Google Analytics to Blogger: See Who Visits Your Blog

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Learn how to check your Blogger blog and see the analytics using Google Analytics
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Google Analytics can provide you with useful information about who is visiting your Blogger blog and how they find it. To start tracking visitors to your blog, you can set up a Google Analytics account and add your tracking ID to your blog. The steps are a little different depending on when you created your blog on Blogger. This wikiHow article teaches you how to add Google Analytics to your Blogger account so you can start tracking visits.

Things You Should Know

  • The steps vary depending on when you created your Blogger blog.
  • Create an account at the Google Analytics website.
  • Put the tracking code inside the <body> tags or add it to your dashboard.
Method 1
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  1. Go to http://www.google.com/analytics in a web browser. It's the Google Analytics website and will work in any popular web browser like Chrome or Firefox.
  2. If you're not logged in to Google, click Sign In , and then enter your Google username and password.
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  3. It's a button in the center of the page that will allow you to use Google Analytics.
    • If you already have an Analytics account, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the gear icon. Under the Admin tab, click Create Property and you'll be able to continue following these steps to create an Analytics link after skipping the next step step. [1]
  4. In the Account Name/Property Name field, type a name for the Google Analytics account.
    • The account name can be the name of your Blogger weblog, your Google username, or any descriptive word or words you'd like to use.
    • If you are creating a new property, you can skip this step.
  5. It's at the bottom of the page and will let you continue to "Property Setup."
    • If you are creating a new property instead of a new account, you can skip this step.
  6. In the "Property name" field, type the name of your Blogger blog.
    • It doesn't have to match exactly, but if you have several Blogger blogs, it helps if you write the correct Blogger name for each Google Analytics account.
  7. For Google Analytics to work, choose your region and time zone so your visits can be logged correctly. For example, it's Monday for you, but Tuesday for a visitor, but Google Analytics will report the visitor on Monday.
    • Choose the correct currency so Google Analytics charges you appropriately for any paid visits or paid advertising.
  8. It's at the bottom of the page and will let you continue to "About your business."
  9. You'll want to select the appropriate drop-down under "Industry Category" as well as provide other accurate business information so Google Analytics can categorize your blog correctly.
  10. A window will pop-up that you will need to read and agree to before you can continue.
    • The first time you sign in to Google Analytics, you'll be prompted to change save your communication preferences. If you don't want Google Analytics to send you emails, uncheck all the boxes, and then click Save .
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Method 2
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Adding the Tracking ID to a Blog

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  1. Go to your Google Analytics dashboard and navigate to your newly created property. [2]
    • This method will work if you Blogger after 2006. If you created your blog before that, you'll need to use this method instead.
  2. Enter your website's URL. In the "Website URL" field, enter your website without the "https://" since that's already provided in the drop-down to the left.
  3. This is usually your website's name.
  4. This button is at the bottom of the page and will become clickable once you fill out both the "website URL" and "stream name" fields.
  5. Find the alphanumeric code under "Measurement ID", select it with your mouse, and then copy it.
    • You can also write it down on a piece of paper.
  6. If you're automatically logged in, you won't need to log in again.
  7. This gear icon next to "Settings" will be in the bar on the left side of the browser page. If you don't see a sidebar with Settings, then you're using the Classic template .
  8. It's in the first grouping of the menu between Favicon and Adult Content .
  9. When pasting your ID, make sure it's in the format UA-XXXXX-XX .
  10. Now that you've saved your tracking ID, Google Analytics will begin tracking visits to your blog. After about 24 hours, you'll start seeing visitors on your Google Analytics dashboard.
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Method 3
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Adding the Tracking ID to the Classic Blogger Template

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  1. Go to your Google Analytics dashboard and navigate to your newly created property.
  2. Enter your website's URL. In the "Website URL" field, enter your website without the "https://" since that's already provided in the drop-down to the left.
  3. This is usually your website's name.
  4. This button is at the bottom of the page and will become clickable once you fill out both the "website URL" and "stream name" fields.
    • If you'd like to convert your blog to the new Blogger template instead of continuing with the Classic template, click here .
  5. This will expand the menu to show a piece of code that you'll need to copy .
  6. Log in if prompted. You'll see the icon for Theme in the menu on the left side of the screen.
  7. It's at the top of your page and will display your Blogger's code.
  8. In the template code box, scroll down until you find the </body> tag. Put the cursor on the line above the </body> tag, and then paste the Google Analytics code.
  9. Click the floppy disk icon to save. [3] Now that you've saved your tracking ID, Google Analytics will begin tracking visits to your blog. After about 24 hours, you'll start seeing visitors on your Google Analytics dashboard.
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Converting to the Newer Blogger Template

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  1. If you created your blog before 2006 and are still using the classic template, you can use this method to convert your blog to the latest version.
  2. It's in the menu on the left side of the window next to a paint roller icon.
  3. If you click Edit HTML instead, the site's code will open and you'll need to navigate back.
  4. This will update your website dashboard to appear like the newer dashboards, but you won't have access to site code anymore.
  5. Your website will update to reflect the theme changes.
    • If you want to go back to the Classic template, go to the Theme tab again. Click the arrow next to Customize and select Switch to first generation Classic theme .
  6. Now that you've converted your Classic template to the latest version, you can add your tracking ID to start tracking visits to your blog.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/10269537?ref_topic=1009620
      2. ↑ https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/7039627?hl=en
      3. ↑ https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008080

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