In addition to Crystal CMS integrated web statistics built into our control panel, the system also natively supports Google Analytics to enable you to track your website traffic and visitor behaviour. We do this by inserting your unique Google Analytics Web Property ID into the injected Javascript provided by Google Analytics into all pages you have opted to track statistics for. If you already have a Google Adwords account then you can also sign up for a free Google Analytics account to get your unique Web Property ID.

It is not mandatory to run a Google Adwords campaign to use Google Analytics; you can use Google Analytics standalone simply for statistics gathering and reporting. Also it is not mandatory to have a Google Analytics account to use Crystal CMS but you might find this feature useful if you also run a Google Adwords campaign to drive traffic to your website and you would like to learn about the effectiveness of your Adwords campaigns, or perhaps you might just like the Google Analytics user interface for statistics reporting.

To use Google Analytics with Crystal CMS, simple enter your unique Web Property ID into the Google Analytics text box on the website configuration page in the Crystal CMS control panel, enable statistics gathering on specific pages in your website and the rest is automatic.

What Google Analytics code do we use? We use the latest version of Google Analytics Javascript and it looks like this:
<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 type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-XXXXXXX-X");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}
</script>

UA-XXXXXXX-X in the example above is replaced with your unique Web Property ID so that when the webpage is loaded, the page impression is logged on the Google Analytics system against your account.

Please visit Google Analytics to learn more about the enterprise features provided by this system.

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