I’d like to introduce a great new tool I found today on the WordPress website. It allows you to add Google Analytics within your blog and track it through the Google Analytics website.

Steps:

1. Download the plugin here
2. Unzip and upload into your wordpress directory (wp-content/plugins) folder
3. Activate the plugin – login to your wordpress account (usually site.com/wp-admin/)
4. Go to Plugins, locate Ultimate Google Analyitcs, select activate
5. Now click Settings on the left sidebar, you should see Ultimate GA link, click it
6. You’ll now be presented with a few fields, account ID and 2 check boxes
7. Be sure to leave the 2 checkboxes checked, do not uncheck or no data will be passed through your account
8. For the first field, enter in your Google Analytics account #, this can be found going to your site profile at google.com/analytics/

Wait 24 hours to validate your account so data passes through back to Google. You are now setup to receive statistics on your website.