Google analytics tracking

Yesterday we added a smart little feature that allows you to track your publication with Google Analytics (If you don’t have an account you can create on for free). In your account you can set a default google tracker, but also override it on individual publications. All you need is a google analytics account and your tracker ID. It looks something like:

UA-XXXXXXX-X or UA-XXXXXXX-XX

You can find it in your account overview in your analytics account. When you add the tracking to a publication you’ll begin to see stats after 24 hours. You’ll be able to track stuff like the number of people visiting your publication and how often they share, flip and a bunch of other stuff.

So, what to look for

There are two kind of urls to look for. The first is the the basic landing page when people view your publication. It will start with “/p/”. Whenever the publication is flipped, zoomed and shared the action is also recorded. You’ll see these as page views starting with “/statistics/”.

I have kept this post very short, just to get the word out there,  so you can start getting your stats. Google analytics has almost endless possibilities and I’ll blog some more about how to find click numbers for your adds etc.

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 15th, 2009 at 6:54 pm and is filed under Google Analytics, Info, Tips and Tricks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 comments

 No.1 
Juan:

I dont have a URL or web page yet. My question is, do i Need to have a web page in order for the Google analytica to work?

Thanks

January 19th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
 No.2 
Juan:

I will publish some work and need to see if I can get analytics without having a web page. I just need the analytics info of the publications i do with you guys.

Thanks

January 19th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
 No.3 

From my point of view the Google Analytics is quite enough. I think, that some companies are using Google Analytics for their own website anyway. It will depend what kind of all statistics we will be abe lto get from Google Analytics compared to your own module.

February 3rd, 2009 at 10:18 am
 No.4 

Hi Juan

You don’t need a webpage to get Google Analytics up and running. You can just put some “garbage” into the URL field like “mypublication.example.com”.

February 28th, 2009 at 12:21 am
 No.5 
Krisha:

Hi,

I just tried the free download using an old magazine of mine from 2007, just to see what it would look like. How do I cancel my account with you? I would not like to pay for a publication that no longer exists. I am working on a new on so I’ll be back, but need to cancel this old one. Thanks

March 8th, 2009 at 3:35 am

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