Smart Traffic SEO Tip #67 – Time Saving Analytics Verification

Google Analytics is very useful for tracking your website traffic and Google just made it easier for us, from setting up to ownership verification saving time and effort. Prior to verifying ownership, you need to add a Javascript tracking code first to your web pages specifically in the head section ““.

Now, if you already have Google Analytics set up, you can use the Google Analytics JavaScript snippet to verify ownership and simply click the button.

GA snippet

Once you have verified ownership you can also add other verified owners quickly and easily through the Verification Details page without the need of manual verification from the added owners.

Add Owners

The new verification page also provides more information for each verification method including detailed instruction on how to complete verification with your specific domain provider.

DNS verification

*image taken from the Google Webmaster Central Blog

Good news right? But take note that this only works with the newer asynchronous Analytics JavaScript.