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[1dmf]

I feel like an idiot but I've spent ages going round in circles unable to find how I add another domain to my GOAN account?

Your guidance is appreciated.

1DMF.

Edited by 1dmf, 15 May 2012 - 04:54 AM.

[Jill]

Click the admin tab, then hit new account.

[1dmf]

Thanks Jill,

But that makes no sense, I don't want a new account, I want to add a domain to an exisitng account as per the other 6 domains I have under the one account?

When I click add new it only shows the one account the other 6 domains are under?

It's asking for an account name as well as the URL?

.... OK...

found that you need to select the exisiting account and then choose [add property] ? (property, it's not a property?]

also if you click the wrong option and want to go back, you can't by simply clicking the [Admin] again as it does nothing, you have to click on top left [Accounts List] and then click [Admin] to go back to the Admin section.

Oh whoopy, G! has screwed it all up just like the Penguin!

Edited by 1dmf, 15 May 2012 - 05:16 AM.

[Jill]

You simply add your new site the way I said it. It's simple.

[1dmf]

That creates a new account, I didn't want a new account. To add to an exisiting account it's called a property?

[chrishirst]

But it is a "new account" that is linked to the account that you are logged in as, it has to be to get a different id, otherwise all the "reports" would be bundled under a single site ID.

[torka]

Not if its set up as a separate property. Each account can have multiple web properties. Each property is identified by a unique ID, made up of the account number and a property-specific suffix.

Most people don't get into this because either they're only working with a single website (in which case account and property are in essence the same thing) or they're an agency working with multiple clients (in which case, they probably want each client website to be on a separate account). In my case, I'm OCD about creating sites, so I've got a bunch of my own, and my employer has seen fit to launch a slew of them as well. I've got two accounts -- one personal, one business, and each one has about a dozen web properties underneath it.

The business account is (say) 123456. The main website ID is 123456-1. The company blog is 123456-2. The product specific mini-sites are 123456-3, 123456-4 and 123456-5. And so on. Each one has its own separate dashboard and reports.

--Torka

[Michael Martinez]

I am SO glad I have stopped using Google Analytics. What a nightmare it has become.

[chrishirst]

I only have it on one site and occasionally remember to look at it.

[1dmf]

Thanks Torka,

I guess I wasn't explaining it very well.

Michael -> You are so right! , I personally don't use GOAN anymore either, it's just the bods here at my day job that wanted it!

which might all change when the boss decides what he wants to do about the EU cookie directive, probably scap Google altogether rather than annoy users with nagging windows / info bars to accept cookies.

[Jill]

you guys are crazy. Google Analytics is amazing and getting better every day!

[cfreek]

I have to agree with Jill. GoAn rocks.

The semi-recent updates confused me a bit at first with where account administration functions were, but I got used to it.

[1dmf]

Well the EU thinks cookies are evil, so GOAN has to go

Edited by 1dmf, 17 May 2012 - 08:41 AM.

[Michael Martinez]

Jill, Google Analytics cannot tell the difference between a bot and a real user any more. It's not worth the time of day for that reason alone. And then any reporting that would be useful has been buried so deep it's just really annoying to try to get to the data.

[gregorysmith]

@Michael Martinez,

If you no longer use GA, what are you using to track data for yourself and clients?