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Jsevillamol
Jsevillamol

Reputation: 2543

How can I check that Google Analytics is working?

I have a webpage built using Jekyll and hosted in GitHub pages (repo).

I recently tried to set up my account of Google Analytics using this tutorial and this helpful answer.

I've checked that when I go to my page the source code actually includes the Analytics script.

However how do I know that Analytics is really working? My visit to the live site has not made the visit count go up to 1, and I expected it to.

Maybe I am just being impatient and the report will be generated soon?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2195

Answers (2)

Steven V
Steven V

Reputation: 16595

A couple of ways are spelled out on the Analytics debugging documentation page.

One of the best ways I've found is using the Google Analytics Debugger Chrome Extension which replaces the production Analytics Javascript with the debug version when enabled. The debug version of the Javascript asset outputs a lot of useful information to the Javascript console. This allows you to check the data being sent to Google without needing access to the Analytics console (i.e. if marketing/parent company doesn't want to delegate access)

Upvotes: 2

marcanuy
marcanuy

Reputation: 23972

  1. Check that your analytics code is being generated when you visit the live version of your site
  2. Go to your analytics view and choose the Report tab
  3. Select Real-Time > Overview.
  4. visit your site in another browser tab
  5. You should see yourself visiting your site in the Real-Time report.

Upvotes: 3

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