Google Analytics

Apart from the nice comments my blog has received so far (thanks again, everyone!), I've been wondering how many visitors my blog receives. That is, how can I add a hit counter to my blog?

So, I did something radical -- I clicked the help button!

To Google's credit, I was able to get this far into the blogging experience without using help. Google has done an excellent job of making everything "intuitive".

Inside the help structure, I was able to find options for hit counters very quickly. Among the options, I chose Google Analytics. Why choose one of the other options when Google keeps hitting home runs? :^)

Speaking of home runs, Google Analytics didn't just provide me with a hit counter; it delivered a professional, thorough, easy-to-follow report structure! It's as if I paid money for this! Yet it's free! (At least for now.) For example, the analytics includes info on new and returning visitors. Nice.

Since I just set this up, my hit counter shows zero. So, the jury's still out on the delivery part. I'll write a follow up post on this after I receive at least 1 comment. That comment should show up as a stat somewhere in Google's analytics.