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How to add Google analytics

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Written by ModelCentro
Updated over a year ago

Modelcentro offers a variety of integrations with external applications to track the performance of your site and the activity of users. One such tool is Google Analytics integration. Google Analytics in itself is a powerful web analytics tool used by website owners to gain insights into their site's performance and user behavior. It allows you to track and measure various aspects of their website, providing valuable data for decision-making and optimization.

Here's how you can set up the Google Analytics integration for your website:

  1. Get your personal Google Analytics 4 Property ID

First, you need to create a Google Analytics 4 (GA4) property in your Google Analytics account and get its measurement ID.

To get your GA4 property ID:

Accessing the Admin section of your Google Analytics account

  • Click + Create Property.

  • Enter a property name.

  • Choose your reporting time zone and currency from the drop-down menus.

  • Click Next.

  • Select your type of business from the Industry category drop-down.

  • Select your business size.

  • Choose the information you want to track under How do you intend to use Google Analytics with your business?.

Selecting your intended uses for your property in Google Analytics.

  • Click Create.

  • Choose Web under Choose a platform.

  • Add your website URL and a stream name under Set up your web stream.

  • Click the Settings icon.

  • Click Show advanced settings under Page Views.

  • Deselect the Page changes based on the browser history events checkbox.

Deselecting tracking changes based on browser history events.

  • Disable the Site search toggle.

  • Click Save.

  • Click Create stream.

  • Copy your Measurement ID.

Copying your measurement ID in Google Analytics

  1. Add your Measurement ID to your Modelcentro site:

  • Open your Modelcentro admin

  • Proceed to My site → Apps

  • In the Extended website analytics, paste the Measurement ID into the Google Analytics field. The ID will be saved automatically and you don’t have to additionally confirm it

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