WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Adding Google Analytics http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5 WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Adding Google Analytics en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 marcusspeh on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5/page/2#post-959957 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:28:29 +0000 marcusspeh 959957@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have recently gone back from WordPress.org (self hosted WordPress software) to WordPress.com (http://marcusspeh.com), after self hosting for years. In all this time I've had Google analytics and I very rarely apart from the ego boost, did anything with that wealth of data. In my view, WordPress is well advised to stick with their decision, and I don't think it's bad marketing at all: folks who have commercial interests have no reason not to self host—the degrees of freedom available (and the work to be done accordingly) are simply immeasurably higher. In order to make the step from SiteMeter, StatCounter and other small-scale data aggregators traffic to the behemoth Google, you'll need to want to invest a lot more time than the average blogger is willing to do. And every minute that you poke through the data haystack is a minute that you're not spending on creating content: which arguably is why people come to you at all. And of lecture!

]]> littlerubberpellets on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5/page/2#post-945761 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:49:51 +0000 littlerubberpellets 945761@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There are Tumblr themes that allow you to just add the tracking code, and then the actual javascript isn't handled by the end user. Is it possible wp.com could slip in similar functionality?

I haven't been able to transfer from wp.com to my own hosted install yet because my theme here isn't available for hosted installs. But simple things like this are really making the service a pain to use.

]]> davidcoallier on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5/page/2#post-941082 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:14:17 +0000 davidcoallier 941082@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I use cloudflare.com for my DNS hosting and they allow me to add a Google Analytics App (With my UA-XXXXXX) code.

Works fine with hosted wordpress.com sites.

]]> yodaman5556 on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5/page/2#post-938278 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:07:53 +0000 yodaman5556 938278@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I now use Sitemeter, which provides free stats and information with just putting a widget on your WordPress.com blog.

]]> yodaman5556 on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5/page/2#post-937479 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:29:17 +0000 yodaman5556 937479@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Go here:
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/10/02/visitor-tracking-on-wordpress-com-blogs/

]]> timethief on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5/page/2#post-931481 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:17 +0000 timethief 931481@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Scroll down to "Vistor tracking" on this page http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/popular-posts/

]]> hakanertr on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5/page/2#post-931470 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:43:35 +0000 hakanertr 931470@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Do you know any other solution to get professionnal analysis without javascript?

You can use Statcounter stats in free wordpress.com blog. Also, it's one of the best statistics site.

]]> raincoaster on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5/page/2#post-917516 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:17:44 +0000 raincoaster 917516@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As I said right above, you can get Google Analytics on a blog here.

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/you-can-run-google-analytics-on-a-wordpresscom-blog-heres-how?replies=1

]]> feartheseeds on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-917478 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:28:51 +0000 feartheseeds 917478@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Go to http://sitemeter.com and follow the very easy steps to making an account... it'll give you some more numbers and stats to stare at. If you need more, upgrade to a paid account and there are literally dozens more stats and graphs you can stare at -- Site Meter easily has as many stats and graphs as Google does that you can stare at.

If you need even more numbers to stare at, try http://getclicky.com/ and http://www.quantcast.com/ which should give you enough numbers to stare at that you'll never have time to blog ever again. Yay.

]]> yodaman5556 on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-917460 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:51:40 +0000 yodaman5556 917460@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The WordPress.com Stats page has hardly any information on it. I have heard that Google Analytics is great and has LOADS of info, so i was wondering whether i could do it on a WordPress.com blog. But obviously you can't.
Either WordPress should put more info on their Stats page or allow us to use Google Analytics on our blogs.

]]> raincoaster on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-908962 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:28:43 +0000 raincoaster 908962@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can't. Only staff and moderators can delete posts here.

]]> omgrishi on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-908956 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:20:13 +0000 omgrishi 908956@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @feartheseeds oh yup! I thought it was .org forum, how should I delete that reply ?

]]> raincoaster on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-908951 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:07:16 +0000 raincoaster 908951@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/you-can-run-google-analytics-on-a-wordpresscom-blog-heres-how?replies=1

jonathonbalogh is correct. You CAN get Google analytics on a WordPress.com blog.

]]> feartheseeds on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-908949 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:59:28 +0000 feartheseeds 908949@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @designaskew... this is the WP.com forum, your link means nothing for people with a WP.com blog. Maybe you should go spam the WP.org forum instead.

I'm sensing a lot of sock puppetry going on... there's the stench of Blogger in this thread.

]]> omgrishi on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-908944 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:48:59 +0000 omgrishi 908944@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See This : http://www.designskew.com/blog/adding-google-analytics-code-wordpress/

]]> jonathonbalogh on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-899992 Thu, 31 May 2012 15:57:04 +0000 jonathonbalogh 899992@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi sjfischer77, you actually can get Google Analytics working at wordpress.com but the solution is a little technical and requires that you have your own domain. It's been mentioned before on the forums so I won't go into detail here but if you're interested you can read about how I got it working on my blog.

]]> thesacredpath on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-898444 Wed, 30 May 2012 07:48:17 +0000 thesacredpath 898444@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Talk with the people on the wordpress.ORG forums about the failing import, or do some searching over there for what happens. Most likely they have a solution for you.

]]> sjfischer77 on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-898441 Wed, 30 May 2012 07:40:56 +0000 sjfischer77 898441@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ yup i can tell i made a big mistake using wordpress.com instead of .org, it’s so limiting. I tried to switch to .org, got the hosting all setup, used the export tool for all my .com blog posts and then the import tool failed every time on the .org side pulling in the data. I switched from blogger to wordpress.com, kinda regretting it.

]]> marketingdeguerrilha on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-895851 Sun, 27 May 2012 19:01:38 +0000 marketingdeguerrilha 895851@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Really, there´s no excuse wordpress staff could give us to explain this.

Horrible marketing decision. I wonder who´s responsible for this lack of marketing vision.

]]> jtlapp on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-875881 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:05:42 +0000 jtlapp 875881@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Heck. It's even easier. It need only be a widget that shows nothing and takes one input: the google analytics ID. A programmer could write AND test this in an hour. The GA code can go anywhere on the page, including the sidebar.

I wonder why WordPress thinks they are more valuable disallowing GA?

]]> jtlapp on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-875872 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:58:18 +0000 jtlapp 875872@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oh yeah. I just remembered that WordPress code emits endless warning notices to the PHP log file -- the developers thought it okay to allow warnings for things they can live with. Messes up all my other development, because I value the warnings and strive to eliminate them. So it's WordPress.com or no WordPress at all for me. Poo.

]]> jtlapp on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-875855 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:37:58 +0000 jtlapp 875855@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks! I just found that too.

Looks like a decision not to allow Google Analytics. Gosh I was hoping to get up and running fast, but I hate having my hands tied for no good reason.

]]> timethief on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-875848 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:28:36 +0000 timethief 875848@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ site stats page: http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/#additional-info

Can I use Google Analytics?
No, Google Analytics cannot be used on WordPress.com blogs at this time.

Here is the last 5 years worth of threads > http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/google-analytics

Read also > WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: The Differences

]]> jtlapp on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-875838 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:21:22 +0000 jtlapp 875838@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am a programmer and web developer and can tell you that it would be EXTREMELY easy for WordPress.com to add support for google analytics, even without giving users the ability to edit templates, and even with the broad variety of 3rd party themes.

All they have to do is replace the "</body>" endtag with the analytics code followed by "</body>" in any theme at publication time. WordPress.com can supply the code themselves, as sites such as RedBubble.com do, requiring only that the user enter the google analytics ID into a web form.

I'm all of a sudden having second thought about launching with WordPress.com. Dang it. More work to do.

]]> timethief on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-872338 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:44:30 +0000 timethief 872338@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Best wishes to you on your move.

]]> fatkidspecial on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-872336 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:43:59 +0000 fatkidspecial 872336@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ i appreciate the ease of use hosting w/ you all, and the yearly fee is nominal, but probably going to transfer one or two of my sites to a real host simply b/c of the analytics issue. simply stupid to not allow integration.

]]> timethief on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-869905 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:15:40 +0000 timethief 869905@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No I don't. As I pointed out above there is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and we cannot install individual plugins into them.

]]> vincentdrouin on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-869902 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:13:10 +0000 vincentdrouin 869902@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Do you know any other solution to get professionnal analysis without javascript?

]]> andersonmacky on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-842313 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:52:58 +0000 andersonmacky 842313@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Why is that? Is that because Google analytics Aka Blogger is a competitor? That's why it's
not possible.

]]> timethief on "Adding Google Analytics" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/adding-google-analytics-5#post-842260 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:47:01 +0000 timethief 842260@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Agreed...it's time to get with the program.

The give all your personal information in every form it exists to Google program is available to you. Feel free about hiting a web host and setting up a self hosted WordPress.org install to participate. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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