Aug 10 2026 | By: PhotoBiz Knowledge Base
Overview
Google Analytics helps you understand how people find and use your website. You can review visitor activity, popular pages, traffic sources, and interactions with your content. This guide explains how to create or use an existing Google Analytics 4 (GA4) property, add its Google tag to your PhotoBiz website, and confirm that data is being collected. If you already use Analytics for this website, you can connect your existing property.
Before you begin, you need:
Before you begin, you need:
A Google account.
Access to your PhotoBiz account.
Your primary website domain.
Permission to manage your Google Analytics property. Creating a property or managing its data streams requires the appropriate Editor or Administrator access.
Check whether your website already uses Google Analytics. If PhotoBiz’s SEO team or another provider set up Analytics for you, confirm which property and installation method your website uses before adding code.
You can install Analytics with the Google tag directly or through Google Tag Manager. Adding a second installation for the same property can cause duplicate tracking and inaccurate reports.
PhotoBiz Support can help you locate the tracking area in your Website Builder. Google manages the Analytics platform, account permissions, and reporting. For help with those features, visit Google Analytics Help.
Sign in to Google Analytics with the Google account you want to use to manage your website’s tracking.
If you are creating a new Google Analytics account, click + Create and select Account.
Enter the account name you want to use and continue through Google's account setup options.
Enter the Account Name you want to use for your Google Analytics account, then continue to the property setup.
Enter your Property Name, Reporting Time Zone, and Currency.
Your property represents the website you want Google Analytics to track.
Enter your business information, including your Industry Category and Business Size, then continue.
Choose the business objectives that best describe how you plan to use Google Analytics.
You may see options such as generating leads, driving sales, understanding website traffic, or viewing user engagement. Select the options that apply to your business, then click Create.
When Google asks you to choose a platform for your data stream, click Web.
A Web data stream connects your PhotoBiz website with your Google Analytics property.
Enter your PhotoBiz website information.
Make sure https:// is selected and enter the www version of your domain, such as www.yourdomain.com. PhotoBiz uses the www version as the canonical version of your website, so we recommend using the same version when setting up Google Analytics.
Enter a Stream Name that will help you identify your website inside Google Analytics, then create the Web data stream.
After your Web data stream is created, open the installation instructions for your Google tag.
Click View tag instructions, choose the manual installation option, and copy the complete Google tag provided by Google Analytics.
Log in to your PhotoBiz account and click WEBSITE in the left-side menu to open the Website Builder.
Click TRACKING at the top of the Website Builder.
This opens the area where you can add tracking codes and other scripts to your website.
Paste the complete Google Analytics code into the Head section, then click Save.
If you already have other tracking code in the Head section, place the Google Analytics code above or below the existing code rather than replacing it.
Return to Google Analytics and verify that your Google tag is installed.
If Google displays Test installation, use it to check your website. When Google detects the tag correctly, follow the prompts to confirm the installation and finish the setup.
You can also open the Realtime report in Google Analytics and visit your website in another browser tab. Once Google Analytics begins receiving activity from your website, you should see that activity appear in the Realtime report.
After Google Analytics is connected, Google will begin collecting information about activity on your PhotoBiz website. Some information may appear quickly, while other reports can take longer to populate as Google processes your website traffic.
You can use Google Analytics to learn more about:
If you want to learn more about the information available after Analytics begins collecting data, see Understanding Google Analytics and How to Use It.
You can also use Google Search Console alongside Google Analytics to learn more about how your website performs in Google Search.
If you would prefer to have the setup handled for you, PhotoBiz SEO Go and SEO Go Plus include Google Analytics and Google Search Console setup as part of the SEO optimization process.
Our SEO experts can help configure these Google tools, submit your sitemap, and optimize your PhotoBiz website for search visibility.
Learn more about SEO Go and SEO Go Plus.