How to use

What is Google Analytics? Sheffield Hallam has a staff account for Google analytics which contains the analytics for all WordPress sites at the university.

Google Analytics permissions To access google analytics first you need to get the right permissions from IT. If you request IT to add you / other team members to the SLS Blogs sites within Google analytics.

How do I access Google Analytics First of all make sure you are logged into your Google drive account. Head to google analytics via Google or by going to https://analytics.google.com

Accessing your sites stats Go to Behaviour > Site Content > Content Drilldown Find your site

Changing the date range On the top of the content drilldown pages there is the option to select the date. You can choose the range of days you would like to view stats for.

Understanding data You can now compare the popularity of pages, views, time on pages, bounce rate and %exit.

Finding out more Google Analytics is easy to use however if you wanted to find out more about how to analyse the data there are plenty of tutorials on Lynda.com or YouTube.

To find out more visit the LSSS tech website