Google Analytics

Dreamhost offers an easy way to track your visitors with the excellent Google Analytics - without modifying any code on your site

Steps:

1. Register for Google Analytics

2. Create an analytics account for your website (for an explanation of analytics accounts have a look at jumplittlepixel.com)

3. Find the Google Analytics Account ID. It's in the form of UA-XXXXX-YY. You need the whole thing for this (Google technically calls the XXXXX in the middle your account ID)

4. Go to your DreamHost Panel

5. Navigate over to [Domains -> Manage Domains]

6. Click the "Edit" button to the right of the corresponding domain name.

7. Scroll down and tick the box next to Google Analytics (note this requires 'Page Speed Optimisation?' to be ticked, otherwise the box will be greyed out)

8. A text entry field will appear, paste in your Google Analytics Account ID (UA-XXXXX-YY)

9. Hit save and be a little patient, changes do take 5-10mins to take effect.

10. Enjoy great web stats! You now do not need to do anything to your website code. This means you can upgrade, downgrade, sidegrade or completely change web software and you don't have to remember to fiddle around with stats tracking codes!