Tracking Multiple Domains with Analytics?

[powerteam]

Having trouble figuring out how to set up Analytics or if it is even possible to set it up this way.

Say I have 5 sites that are are the same niche and I want to have 6 reports. I want the reports to be:

Report 1 - Traffic for all 5 sites combined
Report 2 - Traffic for Niche site 1
Report 3 - Traffic for Niche site 2
Report 4 - Traffic for Niche site 3
Report 5 - Traffic for Niche site 4
Report 6 - Traffic for Niche site 5

How do I go about setting this up? I see that they have the tracking code for Multiple Top Level Domains, which is what I am thinking I need to use, but how do I also get it to show each site report individually as well?

 

[CWFire]

If you do a search for "Tracking Multiple Domains with Analytics" and it's the in the top position, it looks like just a change to the analytic code that you add to the website.

 

[Salty]

Google analytics, get 5 different tags? Put them in the header/footer?

I don't quite understand your question, or better yet, why it's an issue

 

[powerteam]

If you do a search for "Tracking Multiple Domains with Analytics" and it's the in the top position, it looks like just a change to the analytic code that you add to the website.

Yeah I have read that a few times. Little confusing, but guess I need to stop reading it when I am so damn tired and just try it.

Google analytics, get 5 different tags? Put them in the header/footer?

I don't quite understand your question, or better yet, why it's an issue

The issue is when you have a few hundred sites and you want to be able to track stats for each domain and also be able to know how each group of niche related sites are doing as a hole as well instead of having to go to each individual report and add the traffic together. Much rather look at a few reports a day then a few hundred and have the option to be able to get certain details on individual domains if needed.

But I found my answer....

Edit the single site code with:

_gaq.push(
  ['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-1'],
  ['_trackPageview'],
  ['b._setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-2'],
  ['b._trackPageview']
);

and it reports to multiple trackers. So this way I can set one for the niche and one for each individual site. Well, at least I hope it's that easy.