Understanding user behavior on your website is important for your sites success. Google Analytics, a powerful and widely-used web analytics service, provides invaluable insights into how visitors interact with your site.
At the heart of this data collection lies the Google Analytics Tracking Code and ID, two essential components that work in tandem to track and analyze your website’s traffic.
If you want to track the performance of your website, analyze how visitor’s interact with your site installing Google analytics tracking code is a must.
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Find your Google Analytics tracking code and ID
:: Before we proceed further, I assume that you already have a Google Analytics account and not a Google Analytics 360 account (your Gmail account is sufficient).
:: Secondly, I assume that you have already submitted your site as a property ( see below) in the Google webmasters tool/ Analytics. As this is necessary which allows you to generate a tracking code and ID.
To get your tracking ID and global site tag Log in to your Google Analytics account. (this link will open in a new tab)
On this page on the bottom left click on Admin
In the Admin page on the left under All Accounts select an account from the dropdown menu (if you have more then one site)
In Property settings (in the middle column) click on “Tracking Info” this will expand, and you will see the Tracking code link click on it.
Google Analytics Tracking ID
This will open the page containing your site’s tracking ID and Global site tag.
On top of this page, you will find your site’s Tracking ID, displayed as UA-xxxxxxxx-1
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If you need your site’s Global site tag, just below that Google analytics will provide your site’s Global Site Tag code under Website tracking. This is the Global Site Tag (gtag.js) tracking code for your selected property. You will need to Copy and paste this code in the <head> tag of every webpage you want to track.
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