10 key components to build a successful online business

10. Learn More About Visitors to Your Website

After you have launched your new website, you will want to know:

  • how many people visited your site
  • how they reached your site
  • what they looked at on your website
  • Search keywords they were looking for
  • How long they stayed on your site

While many web hosting platforms provide some traffic and hit reporting via their hosting control panels, Google provides a free service called Google Analytics that provides a dashboard with detailed website traffic analysis. It's very easy to get started -- just setup a free Google account, generate a unique tracking code for your website, and place that code on all your pages.

STEP 1 - CREATE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT if you don't already have one:
https://accounts.google.com/SignUp
You will need your own personal Google account in order to use or view Google Analytics.

STEP 2 - OBTAIN UNIQUE TRACKING CODE for the website:
http://www.google.com/analytics/

STEP 3 - PLACE THIS UNIQUE CODE ON ALL THE PAGES
We can quickly place the tracking code on all the pages for you, and within 24 hours you will have access to detailed information about persons visiting your website.

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