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Set up Google Analytics (site statistics)

You are able to set up Google Analytics for your Sporty website to be able to view site traffic.

  1. Go to Google Analytics
  2. Click Sign In (top right), and select Google Analytics. You will need to have a Google Account to set up Google Analytics (Create a Google Account) 
  3. Follow the instructions outlined in this support article to set up your Google Analytics
  4. In Google Analytics, click Admin from the menu at the top of the page
  5. Set up your Google Analytics 4 (GA4). 
  6. Copy this code (highlight it and right-click > Copy)
  7. Log in to your Sporty website, go to Site Settings > under the heading Browser Settings click SEO & Analysis
  8. Under the area Google Measurement ID, add the GA4 measurement ID G-XXXXXXXX

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Paste the codes in the Google Tracking code text field and click Save.

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For additional help, please see https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9304153?hl=en 

Note, from 1 July 2023 Google replaced Universal Analytics (UA codes) with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) codes. See this Google support article. At that time, you were required to move to a GA4 code to continue to track analytics from your website. See this Google support article for steps on how to do this.

 

Advanced custom tracking

Google Analytics also lets you perform custom tracking for individual campaigns by creating custom URLs with "utm" parameters. By adding utm parameters to the URLs you use in your website links or ad campaigns, you can view which campaigns refer which traffic. 

When a person clicks your referral link, the URL parameters are sent to Google Analytics, and the parameter values become visible in your Google Analytics traffic reports. Please note that this functionality is part of Google Analytics (not Sporty) so if you require any support or guidance, please refer to Support articles from Google Analytics or a digital marketer that has expertise with Google Analytics. 

Here are links to introductory Support articles from Google Analytics:

IMPORTANT: All Google Analytics campaign reporting and traffic statistics are visible via your Google Analytics account (not via Sporty).

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