Hello,

I just picked up the ASP.NET search engine optimization book. I am looking to implement the practices in the book in the next weeks but I have a more pressing issue that I couldn't find in the index or intro.

The site that I am looking to optimize will be using a Master Page and I want to use a Google Analytic tag on all the content pages. Some places I have seen online say to put it in the head tag of the Master Page, but I am told to put it in the body tag from Google. I tried both of these approaches but neither seems to provide any data to Google Analytics, which is vital to presenting the search engine data.

What is the best way to implement this tag so that all content pages can be tracked?

Thanks!

Hello!

As Jamie and Cristian said in chapter 2:

Google Analytics is a free and robust web service that performs web analytics. It is located at http://www.google.com/analytics/. The service is complex enough to merit its own book; feel free to check out Google Analytics (Mary E. Tyler and Jerri L. Ledford, Wiley, 2006). Figure 2-2 shows one of the many reports Google Analytics can deliver.

With that said, they do not go into any great depth about Google Analytics but you can find detialed instructions on how setup google analytics on both simple and complex websites at: http://www.google.com/adwords/learni...ext/29523.html

You no doubt have seen that page but, as you said in your post, Google has told you where to put the necessary code and being that it is their tool, I am inclined to set it up as they suggest.

Hope that helps and that you enjoy the book!

-Doug

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Ok, I guess I wasn't waiting long enough for the data, it works as Google mentioned.

Thanks

Glad you got it all figured out! =]

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