Stat Tracking?

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  literaryenthusiast · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 6:47 pm

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  Hello everyone;

  I just wanted to ask a quick question to the community about tracking your website stats. I know that there is a built-in functional website stat-tracker. The problem is, that it does not seem to be working. It says that it is unavailable at this time. So, I was wondering if it was possible to use a third-party tracking service. Such as Google Analytics? I am not looking to pay any money for these services, I was just wondering if it was possible to use them on this blogging website?

  Thanks.

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

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 7:35 pm

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  See here please re: Google Analytics

  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

  Yes we can use third party visitor tracking on free hosted WordPress.com blogs, provided it’s not Javacript. Scroll down to Visitor Tracking on this page to locate alternatives htt://onecoolsitebloggingips.com/popular-posts/

  As for your stats not being available at this time I would wait. In fact you appear to have only two published posts and it can take 4 – 6 weeks for them to be indexed and appear in search engines results. Have you verified your blog ownership with the major search engines using this process? http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/ This post sets out 10 factors that may expedite the indexing process > http://www.onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 7:35 pm

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  oops! I forgot to close a blockquote tag — sorry. :(

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  literaryenthusiast · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 7:42 pm

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  Thanks a lot for the reply, I appreciate it. The problem is, that Google and every other service I have used, all use javascript. Any work around?

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 7:47 pm

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  You can’t use tracking that has javascript – there are several tracking methods that use plain html that can be used here. @timethief has several on her onecoolsitebloggingtips at her site above.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 7:47 pm

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  This is a multiuser blogging platform and there is no workaround re: Javascript. See here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/ I have published what we can use. Please click the link above to my Popular Posts page and scroll down to visitor tracking to locate see the options available.

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  literaryenthusiast · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 7:52 pm

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  Thank you for your help. You have been very resourceful.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 7:55 pm

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  @literaryenthusiast
  You’re welcome and best wishes for happy blogging. :)

  ~~auxclass
  g’day to you. :)

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  literaryenthusiast · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 8:01 pm

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  Good-day :).

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  wpgaurav · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 8:55 pm

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  @literaryenthusiast Let me add this. You said that:

  It says that it is unavailable at this time.

  Reason: You may not have enough visitors to be displayed, since your blog is only 1 day old.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 8:58 pm

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  Agreed and that’s what I was pointing out above. There are only 2 published posts and they have not been indexed as yet.

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  wpgaurav · Member · Jul 17, 2011 at 9:42 pm

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  Oh yes. I didn’t look upon your answer.

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  literaryenthusiast · Member · Jul 18, 2011 at 12:07 am

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  I never took that into account. Thanks :).

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  timethief · Member · Jul 18, 2011 at 12:37 am

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  @literaryenthusiast
  Have you verified your blog ownership with the major search engines using this process? http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/ Also note there are 10 factors that may expedite the indexing process in this post > http://www.onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/

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  literaryenthusiast · Member · Jul 18, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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  I didn’t do that yet. Thanks :).

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  literaryenthusiast · Member · Jul 18, 2011 at 12:10 pm

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  I just went through all the processes, and it should now be working fine. Thanks a lot :) ; Resolved.