{"id":22370,"date":"2025-06-12T10:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adenlab.com\/google-analytics-key-configuration-steps\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:11:18","slug":"google-analytics-key-configuration-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adenlab.com\/en\/google-analytics-key-configuration-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Analytics: Key configuration steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22370\" class=\"elementor elementor-22370 elementor-20200\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e1f94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14e1f94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3424a0b noted_content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3424a0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"https:\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n<script type=\"IN\/FollowCompany\" data-id=\"35547327\" data-counter=\"bottom\"><\/script><hr>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-188d658 e-con-full category-data e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"188d658\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4d2e2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4d2e2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Configuring Google Analytics, a key step!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd03200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd03200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Google Analytics provides a wealth of information about your online presence. There&#8217;s just one condition: set up your analytics account properly beforehand. <\/p>\n<p>Who wants to make decisions based on incomplete or inaccurate data? In this article, we take a step-by-step look at how to set up Google Analytics correctly. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the mistakes regularly made when setting up Google Analytics. Even if your business is unique for many reasons, you can start by following these tips, which apply to all sites, even yours \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adenlab.com\/news\/entonnoir-de-conversion-google-analytics\/\">How to set up the Conversion Funnel in Google Analytics<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d1f511 e-con-full category-data e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d1f511\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8df3426 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8df3426\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Check that the tracking code is correct and complete<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca1755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aca1755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The tracking system is at the very top of the list of configurations that need to be set up correctly. Without it, you run the risk of missing out on key data on existing conversion stages on your site. <\/p>\n<h4 id=\"outilsdevrificationdevotreconfiguration\">Tools for checking your configuration<\/h4>\n<p>There are various tools you can use to check your analytics configuration and make sure everything&#8217;s running smoothly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tag Assistant<\/strong>: perfect for checking configuration and resolving detailed problems at &#8220;page&#8221; level.<\/p>\n<p>Tag Assistant is a Chrome extension that can be used to validate and diagnose your Google Analytics data on a page-by-page basis. Once you&#8217;ve solved a problem, you can return to Tag Assistant to check that your tags are working properly. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Screaming Frog SEO Spider<\/strong>: ideal for detecting site bugs across all pages. This tool is perfect for finding out whether your tracking code is correctly installed on all your pages. <\/p>\n<p>There are two versions available: a FREE version, for websites up to 500 URLs, and a paid version, for more than 500 URLs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your tracking code<\/strong><br>At the very least, you should check two things with regard to the tracking code installed<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tracking code version<\/strong>: if you haven&#8217;t already done so,<br>make sure you switch to Universal Analytics. Tag Assistant will display the<br>version you&#8217;re using and whether or not you need to migrate. <\/p>\n<p>**Code location **: where to place your tracking code depends on whether you use Google Tag Manager or not.<\/p>\n<p>It is increasingly recommended to use Google Tag Manager for tracking configuration.<\/p>\n<p>Getting the code implementation right (according to your tagging plan) is a crucial step in getting reliable information from Google Analytics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c697fc7 e-con-full category-data e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c697fc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-282b91f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"282b91f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Setting objectives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80cc3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80cc3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Setting up Google Analytics objectives is a crucial step in data analysis. Without these objectives, you won&#8217;t be able to find out why your site is working or not, and where you can improve. <\/p>\n<p>Objectives are generally based on form validations, downloads or purchase completion.<\/p>\n<p>If your site is primarily dedicated to lead generation, it&#8217;s important to set your objectives on the form validation pages.<\/p>\n<p>For e-commerce, conversions are essentially measured by the validation of a product sale. Tracking is specific to e-commerce. <\/p>\n<p>It is obtained by integrating a few extra lines of code into your site.<\/p>\n<p>In the article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adenlab.com\/news\/entonnoir-de-conversion-google-analytics\/\">&#8220;How to set up your conversion funnel in Google Analytics<\/a>&#8220;, we explain step-by-step how to create your own goals and conversion funnel in your Google Analytics account.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8718f0d e-con-full category-data e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8718f0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66ad22b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66ad22b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. The backup \"view\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c27d1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c27d1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By default, Google Analytics lets you configure up to 100 accounts, 50 properties per account and 25 &#8220;views&#8221; per property. Multiple views are strongly recommended. <\/p>\n<p>You should always configure a raw data view. Read this article if you&#8217;d like to know more about configuring different views in Google Analytics. <\/p>\n<p>No matter how experienced you are, you need to have a backup view in place. 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