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  1. davespics
    Member

    Morning,

    I am less than a week into WP and am making good progress but I get stuck as well even after searching the forums. Can I add Google Analytics to my site? I had this pretty easily over at blogger.com for obvious reasons and I also found this links for help but it is over 3 years old. Is there something more current or an easy yes or no to this topic?

    http://mycvs.org/archives/2005/11/14/google-analytics-wordpress-plugin

    I like the WP Stats but it doesn't have the geographical feature of Google Analytics which I liked so much.

    Thanks.

    The blog I need help with is davidgisme.com.

  2. airodyssey
    Member

    Hi! No, we can't. Please see here for details and alternatives:
    http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-add-google-analytics-tracking-code-in-wordpresscom?replies=11

    Also, please note that the article you are quoting does not apply to WordPress.com, because we don't use plugins here:
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  3. auxclass
    Member

    @davespics - are you sure you are in the right Forum? You have no links to anything hosted here.

    http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/7-things-to-know-before-posting-in-wordpresscom-forums

  4. airodyssey
    Member

    @auxclass: davespics gave their URLs (hosted by WP.com) on their very first post on these forums, so I just assumed they were still referring to them.

    @davespics: It would be a good idea to link your username to your blog. When you have a minute, follow step 1 of the link auxclass gave you.

  5. airodyssey
    Member

    Correction... follow step 2.

  6. jessiethought
    Member

    @davespics

    If it is the geographical feature you want, you don't have to use Google Analytics. You could use flagcounter, or similar.

  7. timethief
    Member

    @jessiethought
    You are correct we can use other free third party non-Javacript stats programs. If its only geographical data that's desired then we can use flafgounter, whosamungus, feedjit or clustrmaps. If more data is required we can use other programs:

    1. Visitor tracking on WordPress.com blogs
    2. Real time visitor tracking (non-JavaScript) for blogs
    3. getclicky real time stats for wordpress.com blogs

  8. timethief
    Member

    **headesk** I meant flagcounter

  9. davespics
    Member

    Hey Everyone. Thanks so much. I don't want to over-question to these forums...I can't believe I wasn't even linking to my new site. Thanks again.

  10. timethief
    Member

    @davespics
    There is no such thing as asking too many questions. If you can't find answers in the (1) tutorial Staff have prepared for new bloggers http://learn.wordpress.com/ and you cannot find answers by (2) using the seachbox in the support documentation which provides results from both the docs and forum threads http://en.support.wordpress.com, then post to the forum and ask your questions here.

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