{"id":1766,"date":"2020-11-16T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-staging1.names.co.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1766"},"modified":"2025-02-26T08:13:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:13:47","slug":"using-google-analytics-in-sitemaker","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/using-google-analytics-in-sitemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Google Analytics in SiteMaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google Analytics provides information on how people have found your website, how many people visit your site, where they live, how long they spend on a given page and what pages they prefer, and much more. This information can be extremely useful for making future improvements to your site.<br><br>To add Google Analytics to your SiteMaker website, please follow the steps below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obtaining your Tracking ID<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First you will need to sign into your Google account by following the link below, if you don&#8217;t already have one click the Create. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/analytics\/\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/analytics\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbmedia2.names.co.uk\/272\/52cf49fea5ff66588408852f65cf8272\/Sitemakeranalytics1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;re in, click the&nbsp;<strong>Sign up<\/strong>&nbsp;box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbmedia2.names.co.uk\/272\/52cf49fea5ff66588408852f65cf8272\/Sitemakeranalytics2.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the form that you are presented with including your website name, URL, industry and time zone.<br>You may also assign an account name if you plan on operating more than one website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google will ask if you want to share your analytics data, with other Google products, under&nbsp;<strong>Data Sharing Setting<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>this is optional<\/em>.<br><br>Once you are happy, click&nbsp;<strong>Get Tracking ID<\/strong>&nbsp;(and read and accept the Terms of Service) you&#8217;ll be given a unique tracking ID and some tracking code, copy this code to your clipboard or into a notepad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbmedia2.names.co.uk\/272\/52cf49fea5ff66588408852f65cf8272\/Sitemakeranalytics3.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding the Tracking ID to your website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, log into your Sitemaker editor, for help accessing your editor please see this guide,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/getting-started-with-sitemaker\/\">http:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/getting-started-with-sitemaker\/<\/a>.<br><br>Now that you are in your editor select\u00a0<strong>Services<\/strong>\u00a0from the main menu and hit the\u00a0<strong>Setup<\/strong>\u00a0button under Google Analytics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbmedia2.names.co.uk\/272\/52cf49fea5ff66588408852f65cf8272\/Sitemakeranalytics4.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter the code that you copied earlier and click&nbsp;<strong>Save<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbmedia2.names.co.uk\/272\/52cf49fea5ff66588408852f65cf8272\/Sitemakeranalytics5.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Analytics provides information on how people have found your website, how many people visit your site, where they live, how long they spend on a given page and what pages they prefer, and much more. 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