Google Analytics Now Open!
I’m so excited. I just found out that Google Analytics is now open to the public, without a waiting list! How awesome is that?
Now to access Google Analytics all you have to do is go to http://www.google.com/analytics, click the Sign up now link and sign in with your Google account. If you don’t happen to have a Google account, getting on is simple. Just click the link provided and follow the instructions.
So, why am I so excited about this? Well, mostly because it means there’s no waiting to set up your Analytics account. Setting up the account takes just a few minutes, but it takes a couple days for enough data to be collected to be useful, so the sooner you set the account up, the sooner you’ll have information that you can use.
Once you have the data, analytics information can tell you far more about your site than you could get just by looking at visitor logs (if you even do that). And what’s more, Google Analytics puts the data into a context that’s valuable. You can find out how many visitors your site had, but you can also find out how many of those visitor left as soon as they entered or site, or if they stayed, how long.
There’s just so much you can do with Google Analytics. I’m thrilled it’s now immediately available. So, go sign up. And set up your account. Don’t worry about all of the details right now, just get the setup process started. Then we’ll show you have to make the best of the information that Google collects for you.
