Ok. I received questions on how to track your blog statistic.
This feature might seems as something not important but actually it is,especially if you want to track some penyangak in your blog.
Here is how you can track your blog statistics.
For free wordpress users
You don’t have to install anything; you can track your stat from your dashboard [My Dashboard, not Global dashboard]. It is located below your “Recent Comment” and “Incoming Links”.
For premium wordpress users [or those install wordpress in their own server]
Oh WordPress premium is a mighty tools [I will blog about it in some other entry], if you are using one, you should know this by now :P . There so many plugin to be used including this stat tracking plugin, WordPress.com Stats . All you need to do is install the plugin, activate it.
You will be required to nter your API Key [can be found on your Global Dashboard - to find this thing on wp premium can be tricky though! Just click "Get your key here"]
And you are done!
The stat page location is also similar to the free version, below the “Recent Comment” and ”Incoming Link” at your dashboard page.
Blogger [blogspot] users
This also applies to the other blogging platform that allows user to edit their blog main template or should I say their part.
Now there are many types of stat counter available, just google it and you will find it. The most common is Statcounter.com. The service they offer is quite extensive; here are some of their screenshots.
Anyway, you could find more from their website.
I never used stat counter from statcounter.com before, instead I used Ritecounter from Ritecounter.com because back then, not many offered invisible stat counter and Ritecounter provide that feature.
So how’s Ritecounter? Overall I am satisfied.
Features that I love the most:
- Referral
- Visitors route
- Keyphrases
Just to name a few.
Oh screenshots.
Siapala yang search “romen dengan emak” ni? Sick sungguh!
Why am I using two stat counter you asked? Oh I love to see the details of the visitors to my blog and wordpress stats does not provide the tiny mini details like ritecounter or other independent counters. So, even if you host a wordpress blog on your server, you can also install these counters1
Anyway, how lah to embed it into the blog?
Usually, the counter/tracker will generate a code for you and ask you to put in somewhere in the coding, normally between the and part.
First, log in to your blog and the blogger dashboard will load. Choose which blog you want to install the code and click “Layout”
Sila abaikan nama aku yang poyo tu ye, zaman budak-budakla katakan [haha ->gelak kaver malu]
Upon clicking “Layout”, you will be directed to the layout page where you can see 4 tabs which are Page Elements, Fonts and Colours, Edit HTML and Pick New Template. Choose “Edit HTML”
Look for <body> part and paste the code between the <body> and </body>
Click save and that’s it.
But beware this thing is addictive! Especially if you are a loser who got nothing to do like me hehe.
Happy tracking!
- Free wordpress users are not allowed to acess or change any files ↩
