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adCenter Analytics - How To Get Started!

posted Tue, Apr 01 2008
 
adCenter Analytics is a free web analytics tool that helps you easily understand web site user engagement and online marketing campaign performance.
 

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You can track audience behaviour from click to conversion, segment data by age and gender or simply run a report to see how many visitors have accessed your site, where they came from and what content they looked at.

You can be up and running with adCenter Analytics is just Four Simple Steps!

Step 1 – Register

adCenter Analytics is in Beta at present and access is by invitation only. To be considered for participation please complete the invitation request at:
 
Step 2 – Sign Up

Once your invitation request has been processed, you will receive an e-mail with an invite code similar to the code below:

“7a9c466e-0f67-4a4a-b9af-029af-02b0ea4e2611”

Follow the prompts in the e-mail, and sign into adCenter. If you do not have an adCenter account, you will be able to create one in a few simple steps. Once you have signed in you will be directed to the Analytics welcome page and prompted to enter the invite code. Enter the code and click “Next.”
 
Step 3 – Create a Profile

Click on the Analytics tab at the top of the page and you will see two icons: Profiles & Users

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Click on the Profiles icon to add the URL of the site you want to track with adCenter analytics. To add a Profile, click on the Add New Profile button.
 

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In the profile name box, type a display name to identify the web site or blog you are tracking, the domain or web site address, and select a time zone. If appropriate, check the “Automatically adjust for daylight savings changes” box and click “Save”. If you are manually inserting the tracking script onto your web pages then check that radio button and click "Save."
 
 

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You can automatically insert the script using our wizard. Check back for a post on that on Thursday...
 
Step 4 – Adding the Tracking Code to your web site

You will be prompted to add a small piece of Javascript code to every page of your website that you want to track. You’ll need to copy and paste the code snippet just before the </body> tag in your site’s HTML.
 

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Once your site goes live with the new analytics code added, Microsoft adCenter Analytics will begin collecting data within a few hours!
 
On Thursday, Olivier Dabrowski from our product team in Dublin will be showing you how to auto-tag your site, making it even easier to get up and running with adCenter Analytics!
 
Cheers
 
Mel - adCenter Community Team

Comments

  • Tue, Apr 01 2008 05:10AM

    Thanks Mel for the intro. Is the beta test limited to the US or will you allow beta testing in other regions (e.g. China as well). I would love trying AdCenter Analytics for some of the Microsoft projects we are working on.

  • Tue, Apr 01 2008 05:37PM

    Hi Florian  -

    Registrations from outside the United States are currently being accepted via the registration form: advertising.microsoft.com/.../adcenter-analytics-registration.

    Please note that support is only available in US English.

    Thanks for your interest in adCenter Analytics!

    -D

  • Tue, Apr 01 2008 05:37PM

    Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web....

  • Wed, Apr 02 2008 06:56PM
    Pau

    Hi! Does adCenter Analytics work with Blogger blogs? I've installed the code in my template but I keep getting a message telling me that I need to confirm that the code is actually implemented. Or maybe should I wait 24hs for the reports to show up?

    Thanks in advance

    Pau

  • Thu, Apr 03 2008 08:27PM

    On Tuesday, Mel wrote about how easy it is to get set up with adCenter Analytics . When creating a new

  • Fri, Apr 04 2008 02:53PM

    Hi Pau

    The code will work with blogs. Is it before the end of the </body> tag? Check the "LED" is green for that profile when you log in. If you still see no data contact support and they will help you out.

    Cheers Mel

  • Fri, Apr 04 2008 11:02PM

    Slight correction. "adCenter Analytics is a free web analytics tool"

    If you don't have an active AddCenter account, it costs you $5 to use Analytics (Google Analytics is free).

  • Sat, Apr 05 2008 08:48AM

    @imorrish - We actually did away with the $5 sign up fee at the last Beta refresh Ian- It's now 100% free!

  • Mon, Apr 07 2008 07:18AM

    Last week we talked about How To Get Started With adCenter Analytics and showed you tools for auto-tagging

  • Tue, Apr 08 2008 02:35PM

    Hi,

    my adcenter ID is manoj989. I am not able to log-in. i was only able to access after registration.when i tried to reset my password it display error message "empty" even i entered all required fields correctly. I tried couple of times and same result. the main problem is there is no option to report this bug.

    Regards,

    Manoj

  • Wed, Jan 21 2009 08:04AM

    Whenever I click on the link advertising.microsoft.com/.../adcenter-analytics-registration, I get a "File Not Found" page (seems to be a handled 404). Can you shed some light on that? Am dying to get MS Web Analytics for my live spaces blog.

  • Sun, Feb 08 2009 08:10PM

    Is it true that nobody can register for new Analytics accounts, without registering for adCenter?

  • Wed, Feb 25 2009 03:52PM
    Shan McArthur

    The registration url is not working.  I have an adCenter account, but I cannot find a way to get started with Analytics.  I was a previous DeepMetrix customer - how can I get in on the beta?

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