Setting Up Google Analytics the RIGHT Way for Beginners (Udemy.com)
Learn the basics and best practices for setting up Google Analytics on your website and tracking visitor data.
Created by: Janet Driscoll Miller
Last updated April 2016
What you will learn
- How to properly add the Google Analytics code to your website
- Best practices for setting up Google Analytics, including how to set up your profile hierarchical structure and add users
- How to link your AdWords account to your Google Analytics profile so you can track data from your search advertising
- A-Z terminology to help you understand the main areas and features of Google Analytics
How it compares
Against the other 93 rated Udemy courses in Google Analytics on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 68% of them
- Reviews34#81 of 94 by number of reviews
- Length1.7 hoursshorter than 72% of them
- Last updatedApril 2016earlier than 96% of them
Quality Score
Overall Score : 90 / 100
Course Description
***Updated Content***
Several new guides have been added to the course. After each section, you will find a step-by-step guide to completing important tasks mentioned in the previous videos. Feel free to download these PDFs for later use.
If you have any questions about the guides or set-up process, please post them in the discussion area, where Janet Driscoll Miller, a Google Analytics certified expert, can answer your questions.Who this course is for:
- Do you have a website? Do you want to track your visitors and gather more data about their visits? Google Analytics can help you with this, and this course is definitely for you!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
34 Reviews
Janet Driscoll Miller
Janet Driscoll Miller is the president and CEO of digital marketing agency Marketing Mojo, and has over 20 years of digital marketing experience. She is considered a leading expert in the fields of search marketing and analytics, having spoken at search engine and marketing conferences including SMX Advanced, Search Engine Strategies, MarketingProfs B2B and Pubcon. She has published articles in B2B Magazine, Visibility Magazine and others, and contributes to several blogs, including Marketing Mojo's blog and Search Engine Land. Janet is also a frequent guest lecturer at colleges and universities including the University of Virginia and James Madison University.
Prior to founding Marketing Mojo (then Search Mojo) in 2005, Janet was the Director of Internet Marketing at WebSurveyor Corporation, an online survey company. Prior to WebSurveyor, Janet was the founder of empower marketing, inc., an interactive marketing firm based in Denver, Colo. Before starting her own interactive marketing firm, Janet served as the Sr. Marketing Communications Manager at Software AG, where she coordinated advertising, interactive marketing, events and branding efforts. She has over ten years of technology marketing experience and additionally has held marketing positions at Call Technologies and Telos Corporation.
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Reviews
By Gabriel Martins
Very good so far
By Sylvia Ferentzy
Excellent and informative
By Stephen Tullius
A bit light on content. Not many best practices demonstrated.
By Paul Sweeney
Assumes more knowledge than might be expected of a beginner
By Jeferson Carlos Santos Ferreira
Janet explanations are great and i could understand all the basics of analytics.
By C Hugan
very clear, simple and useful. WIll need additional working training, but this could get you set up.
By Sandra Templeton
I already know Google Analytics but I wanted to make sure I had set things up properly. It was a great class and explained very well, I would highly recommend to anyone getting started with Google Analytics. I learned a lot, I especially liked the adding users. Thanks Janet, great course.
By Peter Karlen
Thank you Janet for providing this course. I've tried other courses on Google Analytics, including the one from Google, but always got confused. This course really makes it easy and quick to set GA up correctly.
By Kristen
Very easy to follow, clear direction and PDF support file was easy to download and continue. Just wish you were able to keep the presentation up to date. Having to dig around todays GA tools and find the tabs made it a little frustrating.
By Terri Barr
Loving the step by step instruction. Wish I had started here....hope I can go back and update.
By Marcus Wilkerson
I got the basics but there was not enough detail explanation or demonstrations of dashboards.
By Bianca Rosenbaum
Such a good course. Straight-forward, fast, and learning a ton.






