How to Setup Google Analytics & Install on Website (2017-2018)

Follow along in this step-by-step guide to setup a Google Analytics account & install Google Analytics on your website… all in under 10 minutes.

1:18 – Setup a Google Account
2:08 – Signup for Google Analytics
5:30 – Setup Google Analytics for WordPress via MonsterInsights Plugin
9:03 – Setting up Google Analytics for MonsterInsights plugin
10:45 – Add tracking script to a custom website
11:35 – Where to find your Google Analytics tracking ID/script
13:52 – Test that Google Analytics is setup properly & collecting data

Google Analytics is a free, powerful website analytics tool that I highly recommend you install on your website. Setting up an account is free & easy, and you gain valuable information about your website visitors.

I’ll show you two ways to install the Google Analytics tracking script onto your site:

1. For WordPress websites, I’ll show you how to install & configure the Google Analytics for MonsterInsights plugin.
2. For static & hand-coded sites, or an alternate method for WordPress, I’ll show you how to add the GA tracking script directly to your website files (or WordPress theme).

STEPS INCLUDE:
– How to setup a Google Account
– How to register for Google Analytics
– Where to find your tracking code
– How to install a popular WordPress plugin used with Google Analytics
– How to add the GA tracking script directly to your site

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29 Comments on “How to Setup Google Analytics & Install on Website (2017-2018)”

  1. can i use google analytics in local host? i am trying to do it but the autheification of google account and wordpress is not working and i get this error "Google Analyticator was unable to authenticate you with Google using the Auth Token you pasted into the input box on the previous step.

    This could mean either you pasted the token wrong, or the time/date on your server is wrong, or an SSL issue preventing Google from Authenticating. is there a solution for that ??

  2. Top class tutorial and very straightforward and easy to listen to. Thanks very much.

  3. How do I copy the tracking code into my wordpress site? The config-line I have now copied….but in wordpress – I dont know where to insert it? I see you do it in the header – but my wordpress looks different today…..can you help?

  4. So can you still track analytics without downloading that plugin? Can you track traffic using only the end part of the video?

  5. I tried to do this, although when I search for google analytics it brings me to google “marketing platform”, and the entire page looks different. I’m able to navigate to analytics and click the “sign in to analytics” and the “start for free” buttons”, but they direct me to a window asking me to log in to my google account. When I try this, it tells me “admin.google.com is for G suite accounts only. Regular Gmail accounts cannot be used to sign in to admin.google.com”

  6. Thanks for the video! I was wondering if google analytics can be integrated with facebook fanpage? Thank you. Really appteciate your help

  7. Setting up google analytics used to really give me lots of problems in the past. I used to  spend like the whole day on my laptop trying to figure out what is happening in my analytics account.But not anymore.

    Thanks to this channel for making everything clear as possible.I can now do it myself and even do it for others in less than five minutes.It as easy as ABC.

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    Thanks once more.

  8. They removed the visitor map display from pro version did they not? Those bastards.

  9. When we have GA installed on our website, should we then create a new property for the associated Youtube Channel as well? So, we would end up having two separate UA numbers or Tracking ID's? Is that the proper way to do it? Thanks in advance!

  10. This is aawesome until i reached the tracking code. I dont know any of the terms or how to get to that page to add the code. i dont know what a php header is ?? I use wordpress on windows 7. and im using chrome.. PLEASE HELP!

  11. This is aawesome until i reached the tracking code. I dont know any of the terms or how to get to that page to add the code. i dont know what a php header is ?? I use wordpress on windows 7. and im using chrome.. PLEASE HELP!

  12. Hey Sir. Just want to ask. I delete in my google analytics one of our website. As I deleted and return after the data in the previous day/months cannot retrieve?

  13. May i know why do you recommend to use separate business account for Google analytics instead of my personal account?

  14. Very informative and easy to follow. Thanks! What do you do if you want to track both website and mobile?

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