Wanna Know How Many People Visit Your Site?

There’s no black magic involved, just a Google account and a little html headache. Here’s how:

1. Get a Google account.
2. Navigate to “My Account/Business Solutions/Analytics” and sign in to your account.
3. On the lower part of the screen, select “Add a website Profile.” Type in the address of your site and hit the “Continue” button.
4. A new window will appear with some code in it. Select all of the code and then copy it. Hit the Finish button at the bottom of the screen.
5. Here’s the tricky part.
a. Using Dreamweaver:
Open all html files in your website. Switch to code view. Search for (/body). Paste the code immediately before (/body). Upload modified files.
b. Using Blogger:
Log in to your blog. Navigate to “Customize Settings/Layout.” Just below the main tabs is a secondary nav bar. Select “Edit HTML.” Search for (/body). Paste the code immediately before (/body). Save your changes.
6. Return to the Google window. You’ll see your site listed. After you’ve uploaded the tracking code to your html pages or your blog, the status should read: “Receiving Data.”
7. From there, just double click “View Reports” for the site (you can follow several) you’d like to track.
8. The top graph shows how many visitors came to your site on a daily basis. The default graph is for the previous 60-day period, but you can change the dates to any time period you’d like (i.e. year-to-date).
9. The Content Overview shows which pages in your site received the most views. This information can be very revealing. Use top performers to help you figure out what you did right and apply that to other pages.
10. The Traffic Sources window summarizes how people found your site. Ultimately, you’d like to have a healthy percentage of people finding you by search engines and/or referring sites.