Google Analytics Wizard Step 2 of 3

By finishing Step 1, you provided the information required to add the tracking code to your store pages. You can now validate that Google Analytics is seeing the code.

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When using the Analytics Wizard, you will need to switch between the Google site and your ShopSite back office several times. Make sure you keep both windows open as you go through the Wizard.

When you validate, Google Analytics will look at your home page (the page that opens if you do not include a filename in the URL to your store, for example http://www.mydomainname.com/store/) and look for the tracking code on it. If ShopSite generates an index.html file, the code has been added to that file. If ShopSite does not generate your home page, or if your home page is named something other than index.html, you will need to add the tracking code to that page before continuing.

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If ShopSite detects tracking code already included on your index.html file, it will not change the file until you publish your site.

Switch back to the window open to the Google Analytics site and click Continue. You will be taken to your Google Analytics account management screen.

On the account management screen, you will see a table called Website Profiles with a profile for your site. Click the Check Status link in the Status column of your site's profile.

If Google Analytics detects the code on your site, the status of your site profile will be changed to Waiting For Data. After gathering information for about a day, your status will be changed to Recieving Data and you will have reports to view.

If Google Analytics is unable to detect the code, check to make sure the analytics code is on your home page (the page that opens if you do not include a filename in the URL to your store, for example http://www.mydomainname.com/store/), and that Google Analytics is using the correct URL for your store, then Check Status again.

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Even after you have validated your site, if you want to make sure Google Analytics can see the tracking code on your site, you can click on the link on the Google Analytics site to Edit your site profile, and click on the link near the top of the page to Check Status.

Once you have validated your account, switch back to the window open to the ShopSite Analytics Wizard and click Next