Can a Statcounter counter and Google Analytics co-exist?

livemusic · 05-31-2010, 09:54 AM

I have Statcounter on some pages, I like it. But I keep reading about Google Analytics. I want to be able to tell if a person who hits my page is from Adwords PPC or organic search.

On my Godaddy Website Tonight, the only place I see to add the Google script code is in the javascript input box. Which puts it just above the ending </body> tag. Which is where my Statcounter script code resides. Google told me to install their script just after the opening <body> tag but Godaddy instructed me to put it in the javascript part, which is, as I said, right before the ending </body> tag.

So, if I put Google's script at the end there, right before the Statcounter code, will it work?

PhilipSEO · 05-31-2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by livemusic

I have Statcounter on some pages, I like it. But I keep reading about Google Analytics. I want to be able to tell if a person who hits my page is from Adwords PPC or organic search.

On my Godaddy Website Tonight, the only place I see to add the Google script code is in the javascript input box. Which puts it just above the ending </body> tag. Which is where my Statcounter script code resides. Google told me to install their script just after the opening <body> tag but Godaddy instructed me to put it in the javascript part, which is, as I said, right before the ending </body> tag.

So, if I put Google's script at the end there, right before the Statcounter code, will it work?

The truth is, it doesn't matter all that much where these scripts sit on the page, so longs as you place them between other scripts, not within them. It's preferable for them to sit low on the page, and before the ending </body> tag is actually ideal. Plenty of peopl use Stat Counter and Analytics together, they are not incompatible. Just check and see that the data is coming in. If there is no data, something is broken. But it should work fine!

(By the way, Website Tonight is an archaic thingie. I believe it uses frames and is therefore not SEO friendly. My own host, equally cheap if not cheaper, provides RVSiteBuilder for free, which also has lots of templates and is very easy to use. I sometimes need to build quickie sites, but I also SEO them, which is why I don't use Godaddy's hosting.)

livemusic · 05-31-2010, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilipSEO

(By the way, Website Tonight is an archaic thingie. I believe it uses frames and is therefore not SEO friendly. My own host, equally cheap if not cheaper, provides RVSiteBuilder for free, which also has lots of templates and is very easy to use. I sometimes need to build quickie sites, but I also SEO them, which is why I don't use Godaddy's hosting.)

Thanks for the info, what is your host?

PhilipSEO · 05-31-2010, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by livemusic

Thanks for the info, what is your host?

Can you skype me? I'll dig it up for you.

05-31-2010, 09:54 AM	#1
livemusic HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 161 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Can a Statcounter counter and Google Analytics co-exist? I have Statcounter on some pages, I like it. But I keep reading about Google Analytics. I want to be able to tell if a person who hits my page is from Adwords PPC or organic search. On my Godaddy Website Tonight, the only place I see to add the Google script code is in the javascript input box. Which puts it just above the ending </body> tag. Which is where my Statcounter script code resides. Google told me to install their script just after the opening <body> tag but Godaddy instructed me to put it in the javascript part, which is, as I said, right before the ending </body> tag. So, if I put Google's script at the end there, right before the Statcounter code, will it work?
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