Why isn’t my Google Analytics Tag Not Working?
I've heard this story so many times before. There's a simple fix for this. Most of the times, depending on if your hosted on a linux or windows server, your index page might be index.html, index.php, default.html or default.aspx, or heck, even something unique like web.php.
Google Analytics will usually search for the most common default web strings such as index.html. It sometimes will not recognize any other pages. To fix this issue, follow my simple steps below.
- Login to your Google Analytics Account.
- Locate your website profiles (ie., www.domain.com) on the top right of your dashboard.
- After your dashboard loads with your profile, click edit on the right side.
- You page should refresh with some new information, again, top right, click edit.
- Now you will notice a few fields to enter, which some people forget.
- For the 3rd field area, where it says "Default Page?" enter in your homepage, index or default with your extension.
- Click save changes, your done.
- Go back and select check status to verify your website is transmitting traffic details back to Google Analytics.
Easy right? Goodluck and happy Analytics!