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How to Add Google Analytics on Your Blog
Nowadays, individuals use the internet for several reasons. It can be to get the contact number of a doctor or to get railway tickets. The craze of the internet has increased because it provides you the option to get everything from your home. However, this increases the traffic on the sites. In addition, many a times it is seen that webmasters have the desire to keep track about the number of users. Thus, in this case, website analytics proves to be the best. Analytics gives a clear idea about the visitors and hence guides you in making the right changes to your web pages. So if you want to build a blog that provides profit then it is required that you add a Google Analytics to your blog.
If you want to add a Google Analytics to your blog then firstly it is highly important that you have a Google account. If you do not have one then sign up to free Google account and then open one here. After account opening process is completed, use your id and password to sign in to your account and ten directly go to Google Analytics option. At the base of the page there is Add website profile option, click on it and enter your blogs URL and then end. Then you will get the HTML code, hence you will place the code on your blogs page as that will help Google to get record of your blog visitors. Then perform copying with the help of pressing Ctrl & C together and hence highlight the entire code.
After you are done with copying, then get the blog, which you desire to add to the copied code. Perform this by logging on into your dashboard. Select lay out tab followed by Edit HTML. Instantly on that page, you will be getting your html code, by which your blog has been made. Then to get the tag, scroll to the end of the page. After going to Google account copy the analytics code and then at template paste it. The paste should be done before body. Now, get back to Google account and click finish. If you have performed everything accurately then your new profile will be visible at Google analytics account.
Keep your cool, as it takes about a day to track the first data. Following these steps, you will easily add Google analytics on your blog.
Use Heatmaps on Your Website
What is a heatmap?
A web analytics heatmap overlays a map of clicks onto your website. Heatmaps provide a valuable insight into how your users interact with your website.
Why Should I Use Heatmaps?
General analytics will give you an idea of how many people view your website, but heatmaps will tell you how effective a design, ad placement or signup form really is. With a heatmap you can see exactly where people are clicking on your website.
Why a Heatmap
A heatmap will show you what areas of your site are “hot” and which are “cold”. This will give you a very clear indication of what needs to be changed on your site.
What Should I use Heatmaps to Test
You can test new designs, ad placments, link structures, navigation menus and more.
How do I use Heatmaps
Crazyegg is free provider of website heatmaps. It also works great in conjunction with Clicky
After registering with Crazyegg, its simply a matter of copy and pasting some javascript code onto the page you want to track to begin testing.
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