This tutorial shows how to add easily the Google Analytics tracking for your Joomla driven website. The easiest and best option is to use Google Analytics Bridge 2009 (GAB 2009), which is probably the best plug-in out there.

Requirements

1. Joomla driven website with super administrator access
2. Google Analytics Account
3. Google Analytics Website Profile
4. Plug-in Google Analytics Bridge 2009

What is the Google Analytics Service

The Google offers an enterprise-class featured statistics service for free. "Enterprise-class" doesn't mean "experts only." Google Analytics has made it easy for non-specialists and specialists alike, across your organization, to practice performance focused marketing. Some of the features of Google Analytics are:

• Free and easy to use for everyone
• Secure. All information is protected from non-authorized people.
• Advertising ROI
• Cross Channel and Multimedia Tracking
• Customized Reporting
• Sharing and Communicating
• Visualizing Data
• Google Integration and Reliability

In order to use Google Analytics service, you have to create an account at Google and then sign up for the Google Analytics service.