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You can insert Google Analytics code to your page easily using Adobe Contribute. Here comes the first question, how to get the Google Analytics Tracking Code? Register yourself in http://www.google.com/analytics/ .

Please follow the instructions mentioned below to add the tracking code to your page.

Finding your personalized Google Analytics Tracking Code

• Log in to Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/analytics
• From the Overview page, select the account that has the profile for the tracking code you’re looking for, as the code is profile-specific.
• Select the profile from the accounts Overview page.
• From that profile’s Actions column, click Edit
• At the top right of the ‘Main Website Profile Information’ box, click Check Status

Below is an example of what the code snippet will look like.

<script type=”text/javascript”>
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.“);
document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js‘ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”));
</script>
<script>
try{
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-xxxxxx-x”);
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}
</script>

Inserting the code to your page
Once you find the code snippet, then you need to copy and paste it into the bottom of your content, immediately before the </body> tag of each page you are planning to track. This can be achieved using Contribute, through Insertà HTML Snippet menu. For more information on HTML Snippet, refer to http://blogs.adobe.com/contribute/2009/06/are_you_a_power_user_try_using.html . If you use a common include, then you can edit the include file directly in Adobe Contribute CS5 and insert in it. In case you use a common template, you can enter it there using Dreamweaver.