Google Analytics - A free tool to monitor your site

Google Analytics used to find search from different browsers. To measure the traffic into the site, we can use Google Analytics. Using a Google Analytic tool,we can track 100 websites. Google Analytic helps to know how many people visited your site,location of visitors,referral sources to the website.

Google Analytic Installation

For installing Google Analytic, first we need to  create a Google Analytic account. Google Analytic account is created using Google account(Email address).

Search for Google Analytic and then click sign in button on Google Analytic. Then w window appear with three steps to complete. For tracking website,select website and then fill up account name,website name,URL,Industry category and Reporting time zone.

Then there is an option for Data sharing settings. Click on the Get Tracking Id button and then get ab pop up with terms and conditions. Click on thee Agree button and then We get a Google Analytic code. 

Copy the code and then paste it on the HTML code of the page before </head>.

Google Analytics Result

In Google analytics, we can find the overview of the traffic to the website. This also helps to know how many sessions are there on your website in a given time period.  Google analytics shows all traffic from different browsers to your site.

Benefits of Google Analytics

1. Google Analytics is completely free of charge.

2.It helps to find out how visitors locate the website.

3.Google Analytics  identify which pages and links on the site visitors click the most.

4.Google Analytics helps to identify  new visitors,returning visitors, geography and referal sources.

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