Laura-Jane Koers

Laura-Jane specializes in web project management, information architecture design and information marketing. In 2011, she was nominated for an RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award for her work with Brightflock. Laura-Jane holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Victoria.

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Posted on Sunday, January 1, 2012 in Technology

Wondering how to find your Google Analytics code so that you can paste it into your website?

  1. Log in to Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/analytics
  2. From the overview page, select the account that has the profile for the tracking code you're looking for. You should now see your regular analytics screen, with stats etc.
  3. Now move your mouse up to the top-right to a little rotor-looking wheely-tab thing (on orange bar at top). Click.
  4. You should now be at your "profile." Look for the word "tracking profile" on a sub-tab. Click.
  5. Scroll down and you should see your Google Analytics code in a box.
  6. Copy the code.

It will look something like this:

 

  1. <script type="text/javascript">
  2.  
  3.   var _gaq = _gaq || [];
  4.   _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-5873648-3']);
  5.   _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
  6.  
  7.   (function() {
  8.     var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
  9.     ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
  10.     var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
  11.   })();
  12.  
  13. </script>

 

Email that to your web developer or paste into your website yourself if you know what you're doing.