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Top Google Analytics Plugins for WordPress
Google Analytics, no doubt is one of the best Web Analytics software. A product of Google, the most reliable and provide almost every aspect of tracking and the best part is, it is free. You don’t have to pay a penny to get it. You just need to install some javascript on your page to get it run within few hours.
There are other free analytics software in the market which provide you with more detail reports. However, each of them have their own limitation. The best part what I like about google analytics is even after years you can still pull out the data of how many visitors you got and from which region and other stuff on the very first day you installed GA. So, it stores all the data which you can export anytime. That’s the beauty of the software. Till the time, you don’t have a shopping portal, you don’t or you make sales online through your website. Google Analytics alone is sufficient for your need.
There are other analytics which are compatible with WordPress which include, Yahoo Analytics, clicktale, onestat etc.
Since, tracking visitors is one of the most important part of every business or website online. Google Analytics have become must. For wordpress, it’s more easy to get your analytics code installed in fraction of seconds. All you need to do is install a plugin and you are good to go.
The top 5 plugin for Google Analytics for wordpress are as follow:
Google Analyticator
This is one of my favourite plugin and I personally recommend it to use. Google Analyticator adds the necessary JavaScript code to enable Google Analytics logging on any WordPress blog.
Some of the features of Google Analyticator are:
- Includes an admin dashboard widget
- Supports outbound link tracking
- Supports download link tracking
- Supports event tracking with outbound links / downloads
- Allows hiding of Administrator visits (This features is provided almost by everyone)
- Supports any advanced tracking code Google
- Supports localization
Ultimate Google Analytics
The plugin is very similar of you can a few extra feature than Google Analyticator. It not only include your javascript, track outgoing links but it also track mailto links and is highly customizable.
With most of the default setting are provided with the installation, it still require some customization to make the plugin work at it optimum level. With the advance tracking you can add seperate tracking codes to your download links, your mailto link and even in your RSS links. However, for people who are bad at coding. It is kind of messy and hard to understand.
Download Utlimate Google Analytics
Google Analytics for WordPress
It has a simple installation through integration with Google Analytics API. The plugin uses the asynchronous tracking code, the fastest and most reliable tracking code Google Analytics offers. Outbound link & downloads tracking is available. It also allow to track just downloads as pageviews.
Easily connect your AdSense and Analytics accounts.
Other features include; Tracking non default search engines and Tracking of login and registration forms
Download Google Analytics for wordpress
Google Analytics Dashboard
Google Analytics Dashboard gives you the ability to view your Google Analytics data in your WordPress dashboard. You can also allow other users to see the same dashboard information when they are logged in or embed parts of the data into posts or as part of your theme.
The plugin does not provide the tracking code for Google Analytics. For that Google Analytics for wordpress has to be installed. The plugin is helpful when you want to share your google analytics stats with other authors online without giving them the access to complete information of your Google analytics account.
Download Google Analytics for dashboard
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