Google Analytics to learn Statistics Blog

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Google Analytics is a free Google service specializing in web site analytics by automatically collecting data from visitors. It will be able to tell us about the number of visits, average time of the same, page views, unique users, user loyalty, location of users and so on.

What is the purpose of this tutorial?
If you've never used Google Analytics, the goal is to register an account and then ownership of your website / blog. If you wore it before, you just have to add a new property. In both cases, we have to integrate a tracking code in the blog, which will collect all the necessary information to compile statistics.

Is it really necessary if I just start the blog?
It is highly recommended, is a must, but bring your blog published a few days and visits is not the most important concern is you in the future leave this task done from the beginning. Of course if your blog takes more time is urgent and you have available for this configuration.

Tutorial. Steps to register your blog with Google Analytics
Step 1 and 2 of the tutorial is conditional on whether or not you were already user of Google Analytics.
1. Case 1. I'm new, I never used Google Analytics

    Log in to Google Analytics
    Then it will show a wizard. The first step is to register your account picture in step 1. After filling the data, press the Up button and proceed to Step 3 of this tutorial.

2. Case 2. I already had an account set up in Google Analytics

    Log in to Google Analytics
    Upon entering, select your account
    Click add new property. See this step screen. Click the Create button property to subsequently obtain the tracking code.

3. Get the tracking code (common to both cases)

    The display of the tracking code. Copy the code by right-clicking or Ctrl C provided on this page and go to step siquiente.

4. Paste the tracking code on the Blog

    Login to Blogger
    Click Template tab
    Make a backup by clicking the "Create Backup / Restore"
    Click the Edit HTML button
    Click the Continue button
    Press the key combination Ctrl F or Ctrl B (Mac ⌘ ⌘ F or B) and find
    Paste tracking code previously obtained just above the line found
    Save, view your blog should not see anything unusual

Once these steps, wait 24 hours and returns to access Google Analytics in order to verify that the data are already visiting your blog.