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What draws visitors to your website, and what converts them into customers? When you sign up for a website analytics service, you can gather all kinds of statistics, such as how long people stay on each page, which devices they're using, and which geographic regions they're browsing from. We'll teach you some popular tools for measuring visits to your website, including Google Analytics and alternatives, and the most important metrics to track to monitor your site's performance.
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- QuestionMust you be the administrator to do analytics to a website?How.com.vn Staff EditorThis answer was written by one of our trained team of researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
Staff AnswerHow.com.vn Staff EditorStaff AnswerFor trackers like Google Analytics, yes, you need to be the admin with access to the site's code, or at least know the person who can access the code. There are many websites, like the Alexa one, that anyone can use.
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- ↑ https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2795871?hl=en
- ↑ https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2731565?hl=en#zippy=%2Cin-this-article
- ↑ https://developers.google.com/search/docs/beginner/get-started?hl=en&visit_id=637768425185047777-1224427736&rd=1
- ↑ https://sumo.com/stories/website-metrics
- ↑ https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/ta-googleanalytics
- ↑ https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008080#zippy=%2Cin-this-article
- ↑ https://www.wix.com/blog/2020/01/best-website-analytics-tools/
- ↑ https://plausible.io/
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1. Sign up for a website traffic-measuring service.
2. Add the service's tracking code to your webpages.
3. Look at a report(s) for your website's traffic.
4. Use a website traffic counter as an alternative.
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