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  innerworkstoday · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:16 pm

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  Having some difficulty configuring my blog with my google analytics account. I have the google UA and the script. Can’t figure out how to add the script to the blog.

  Thanks in advance….

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  auxclass · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:19 pm

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  Quite easy actually – you can’t use GA on a WordPress.COM blog – the code gets stripped out for security reasons (script)

  you can use other third party stats programs if they have plain html codes

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  innerworkstoday · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:22 pm

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  I have no idea what you’re talking about….but thanks for the response ;)

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:26 pm

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  The answer is we cannot use Google Analytics on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. Do you understand that?

  Jetpack Stats

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  auxclass · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:27 pm

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  The code for Google Aalytics is stripped out / not allowed for security reasons

  Add Code to Your Site

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:35 pm

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  @auxclass
  What’s not to understand? No means no, right? ;)

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  innerworkstoday · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:37 pm

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  I’ll figure it out. Enjoy the day….

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:40 pm

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  There’s nothing to figure out here – no you can’t use Google Analytics on a free hosted WordPress.com blog means no you can’t use Google Analytics on a free hosted wordpress.com blog … lol :D

  Additional Info
  Can I use Google Analytics?
  No, Google Analytics cannot be used on WordPress.com blogs at this time. http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/#additional-info

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  timethief · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:42 pm

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  You can use only non-JavaScript third party visitor tracking programs. There are free ones like sitemeter or statcounter that you can locate by scrolling down to “Visitor Tracking” here http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/popular-posts/

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  auxclass · Member · Aug 14, 2013 at 5:42 pm

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  @TT – I was looking for the link you gave also – just did not think to look under “stats”

  thanks

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  ptitanups · Member · Sep 17, 2013 at 11:28 pm

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  What about in the premium WordPress accounts, can you use Google Analytics there?

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  timethief · Member · Sep 17, 2013 at 11:32 pm

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  NO!

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  timethief · Member · Sep 17, 2013 at 11:33 pm

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  Additional Info
  Can I use Google Analytics?
  No, Google Analytics cannot be used on WordPress.com blogs at this time. http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/#additional-info

  There is no upgrade aside from your blog being accepted into VIP hosting http://vip.wordpress.com/our-services/ that allows you to run Google Analytics.

  Plugins are available only for VIP bloggers http://vip.wordpress.com/our-services/ or for those with WordPress.ORG installs.