Create Your Google Analytics Account
Whether you have just followed these instructions to create a new Google account or you already had one, you can log in to your Google Analytics account at https://analytics.google.com/
But this time, instead of clicking on Create New Account, enter the email address of your Google account and click Next.
Enter your email address and click Next.
The next screen will ask for the password you set up for your Google account.
Enter your password and click Next.
You should then see the Welcome to Google Analytics screen. Now you are going to start measuring what’s happening on your website.
Click the Start Measuring button.
The next screen is the start of your Google Analytics account. You start by giving your account a name.
Enter a name for your Google Analytics account. It’s probably best not to use your website’s name, as you may end up with more than one website on this account.
Using your own name is fine.
Then click the Next button to set up your first property (this will be your website).
This will be what’s called a Google Analytics 4 property. This replaced the older GA property, which you can still create (for backwards compatibility) by clicking Show Advanced Options. You will not be doing this.
Give the property a name. It makes sense to use its website name here.
Set up your reporting time zone and currency and click Next.
You will enter your business information into the next screen.
Note that this information has no effect on your Google Analytics. It’s just stuff Google collects for statistical purposes.
Fill it in as best you can and click the Create button.
This will bring up Google’s Terms of Service for Analytics, which you must accept to proceed.
Click the I Accept button.
In the next screen, you control how much emailed information you wish to receive from Google. Again, note that this has nothing to do with your site’s analytics. It just allows you to specify what kind of emails you would like to receive from Google.
Tick the checkbox against the ones you want to receive (if any) and click the Save button.
Now to start collecting data!
A little question to you, the older version of GA has stopped working for me somehow,so I can just delete it now, right?
That will not put GA4 in any danger or my website tracking?
I still need to figure out the details though, of the new version, I don't really like it all this far. It is hard to see the traffic coming exactly from each social media channel, etc. I dislike the change haha! So I'm not sure, I just might hold on to it a bit longer and try to put my tracking code for the original one back on my website, or is that too much and impossible?
A little bit confused here, thanks!
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What is thrive suite? Few month a go I have invested Google Analytics code on Ad Inserter Plugin but it never work the plugin was giving problem to my site so site support team has asked me to delete it. Can I insert in all-in-one webmaster tool or not.
Thank you
You saved the day for me and so many others, I'm sure.
I had already converted all my properties to the GA4 property tags, but was not sure how to get the new coding to be inserted into the Header Section.
I did this a few years back, but could not remember all the details. And as you pointed out, Google has made a lot of changes on their analytics instructions.
Without your concise training, I would have never been able to get this done in a timely manner.
Thanks Phil!
Eric aka RVsRock
Out of curiosity, In order to convert over to the new A4, would you have to go through this from scratch or is there a simpler way?
Great job!
Susan
Thanks though for explaining this to the people who are confused;-)
