Whether you're showcasing a portfolio, launching a product, or building a landing page, Carrd offers a streamlined solution- and Google Analytics can help you understand traffic and optimize your project's performance. Here is how you can add GA to your Carrd website, step by step.
Let's dive in!
- Set Up Google Analytics
- Integrate Google Analytics with Your Carrd Site
- Verify the Integration
- Final Thoughts
Before we dig in I want to show you something. I promise it's worth it...
Google Analytics is great, but also complex and a bit clunky. If you just want a straightforward dashboard with the insights you need, GA is not a great place to start. Additionally, Google doesn't care about privacy and GA requires an annoying cookie banner.
That's why I built Simple Analytics, a privacy-friendly and simple analytics tool - no personal data, no cookies, just the insights you need in a straightforward dashboard.
Here is how it looks vs GA. Feel free to check our live analytics to get an idea for your project. (It is free btw)
All right, enough about us. Now let's answer your question!
Set Up Google Analytics
Before integrating Google Analytics with Carrd, you need to set up a GA property for your site. Here's how:
- Go to the Google Analytics website and log in with your Google account. If you don't have an account, you'll need to create one.
- Follow the steps to create a new property, ensuring you select "Web" as the platform.
- Enter the details for your Carrd site. After completing the setup, you will receive a Measurement ID (starting with "G-"). Note this ID down, as it will be crucial for the integration process.
Integrate Google Analytics with Your Carrd Site
Carrd makes it easy to add custom code, including the Google Analytics tracking code, to your site. Here's what you need to do:
- Log into your Carrd account and open the site you wish to track.
- Click on Settings (the gear icon), and then select the Embeds tab.
- In the Head Code section, paste the entire Google Analytics tracking code. This code is provided by GA when you set up your property and typically starts with a script tag
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-XXXXX"></script>followed by a configuration script. - Ensure the code is placed correctly and save your changes. This action will start sending data from your Carrd site to Google Analytics, allowing you to track page views, user interactions, and more.
- If you want to track multiple websites, create new properties and use the a different tracking code for each website. This allows GA to track websites individually.
Verify the Integration
After adding the Google Analytics tracking code to your Carrd site, it's good practice to ensure that the integration is working correctly:
- Visit your Carrd website.
- Open Google Analytics and navigate to the Realtime report to see if your visit is registered. This immediate feedback confirms that GA is successfully tracking your site.
Final Thoughts
Adding Google Analytics to your website can give you great insights. However, ask yourself: is Google Analytics the right tool for you?
GA is an overpowered solution for straightforward analytics. If you're looking for a simple and intuitive dashboard with the insights you need, there are better alternatives. Yes, I’m talking about my own product (Simple Analytics), but there are others out there as well.
I hated using Google Analytics for my projects. It's clunky, there are hundreds of dashboards and it doesn't look appealing. Also Google doesn't care about privacy or ethics. That's why I decided to build my own and more intuitive web analytics tool.
If this resonates with you, feel free to give Simple Analytics a spin. You just need to add the script to your website and off you go. This takes about one minute- and there is a free version as well!
Enjoy!