to Start a Blog

A tracking and statistics program is a necessary tool for anyone wishing to build a profitable blog. It will show you useful information about how people found your blog, keywords they used to find it and how long they stayed. There are a number of analytics programs that are available for use with your Blogger (Blogspot) blog. Three popular free options are: Google Analytics (up to five million page views per month) Site Meter (starting at 25K pageviews) Stat Counter (up to 500 pageview log/250K pageviews/monthly) While each of these have certain limitations any of these will give you access to invaluable data about traffic to your Blogger blog. Advantages of Tracking Visitors to Your Site There are a number of advantages of tracking visitors to your site. Firstly you will get a clear understanding of the demographics of your site traffic including information like geographical location and length of visits. This kind of information is useful for targeting content to meet the speci...

If you are new to blogging at Blogger.com you might not be aware that tracking and statistics software can be linked to your site to give you details about your visitors. The process of adding a free tracking program such as Google Analytics is relatively straightforward. By following the simple steps below you will gain access to very useful data about the kind of traffic accessing your site. This will help you grow your site and target your content to meet the needs of your visitors. Steps to Add Google Analytics to Your Blogger Blog 1. Login to Google Analytics Login to Google Analytics at http://google.com/analytics with your Blogger.com login. If for some reason you wish to create a new account you can do so but be aware that you will lose the advantages of accessing other Google services such as Google Webmaster Tools and Google Adsense without having to log out. 2. Sign Up to Google Analytics Click on the Sign Up button and you will be taken to the Analytics - New Account Si...