I figured out how to add Google Analytics to my Web site, thanks [see Add Google Analytics to your Web Site Today] but now my colleague wants access to the Analytics reports and I really don't want to share my entire Google account information with her. Can I add people just to an Analytics account without them getting to my Gmail, Google Plus or other Google accounts?

I've been using Google Analytics to track what's going on with my main Web site and now have a second site. Is there some easy way to have Analytics track both, or do I need to sign up for a second account?

I've been using Google Analytics for a while and a client just asked me about the traffic on a specific page. I logged into the Analytics site and dug around everywhere, but can't see anywhere I can actually just type in a URL and find the stats for that specific page. Is it possible, or is that just not how Google Analytics works?

I don't have a blog, I don't have a fancy Web site and I don't have a profile on MySpace or Facebook, but I do get people coming to my simple little four-page Web site and I'd like to learn more about them. My sister says I want to run some "analytics" program, but I'm clueless. I can edit HTML, but what do I add?

A friend of mine told me that by including Google Analytics code on my site I am leaving open doors for hackers to break into my site and deface my pages or hijack the server entirely. Now I'm kinda freaked out. Is this true?

Like many people, I use Google Analytics to keep track of visitors and usage of my Web site. Very helpful, but I don't like having to remember to log in and check it every week. Is there some way to have the reports emailed to me automatically?

I'd like to connect up my Google AdSense account and my Google Analytics stats account. I understand that if you do this, you can identify the most profitable pages on your site and - obviously - write more pages like that to earn more money through AdSense. Seems smart. How do I link them together?

I keep hearing from you and others that I really need to be tracking how people use my Web site and that I should be collecting "aggregate traffic statistics" and such. I've heard that Google Analytics is good - and the price, free, is great - but I'm not really clear how to use it and add it to my site. Can you please step me through the process, Dave? Thanks!

My firm is debating a redesign of our site after we got two email messages saying it's hard to read on smaller Windows PC screens. My suspicion, however, is that the vast majority of our site visitors have big screens and are Mac users. How can I tell?

I was curious as to why my banner ad reports don't match up with my google analytics visitors. For instance, my recent report shows 1200 clicks on banner ads, but the referring visits from the banners on GA only shows 500 visits.

I am a bit frustrated that my ISP lets me do whatever I want to the software in my account, but doesn't make my actual log files available from my server. This effectively means I can't track my traffic. Or can I? Are there solutions for tracking site traffic without being able to install software on my server?

I've heard that one of the best ways to improve my Google search ranking is to fix anything that's marked as incorrect in Google's Webmaster Tools service. Problem is, when I did go to Webmaster Central it says my site's not verified. How do I verify my Web site with Google Tools?

I just learned about Google Webmaster Tools and am psyched to learn how to use them. My first puzzle, however, is how to "verify" my site with the tools. Can you explain that, please?

Have you bought Google AdWords Video [actually it's called "YouTube Promoted Videos" -dt] before? I'm confused about whether the CPM bid for 1000 "plays" or 1000 "opportunities to play" the video on YouTube? Thx for any help! Their explanations are both automated and opaque.

I'm new to Google AdSense my website is a social networking. My page views of a single day is about 10000, but my Google AdSense impression shows only 4000-5000 impressions. Could you tell me why?

I wanted to reach out to a local movie theater to see if they woud pay me a small fee to keep a banner ad for their films/theaters on my movie reviews site. Even if it's a few pennies I'd be ok with it ... better than nada. I have their pr contact for the ad divsion ... any tips on proceeding?

I'm freaking out. I went and logged in to Google Analytics this morning and it reported this: "No pages from your site are currently included in Google's index due to violations of the webmaster guidelines. Please review our webmaster guidelines and modify your site so that it meets those guidelines." Ohmygod! What guidelines? How can I figure out what caused me to get the boot and how do I get my site re-included?

We changed our website recently and also changed the menus on it so some of our pages have a different path now. For about 2-3 weeks after the switch we noticed our Google Analytics fell off, then we checked mypagerank.net and out page ranks had gone from 3, 4, or 5 to 0 on some of the pages. Our web designer is being somewhat cryptic about why this happened. Can you explain what would cause this and if our page rank will go back up or do we need to do something?

I've been trying to figure out whether there's a way that I can automate digging through the "referrals" on my site so I can see what searches people did to end up on one of my Web site pages. I'm running a Linux server and have Apache installed, so I get a huge log file with tons of info. But what I'd love is a simple script that will let me get email once a week with a sorted list of what searches people did to get to me. Doable?

I'm becoming a Twitter power user and find it a pretty simple way to broadcast information about my upcoming product sales and related. Problem is, I'm also curious about what information can be gleaned from the shortened URLs I have to use, including ideally some Google Analytics-like geographic data. Is that even possible?

What gives? In the past couple of weeks when I Google my site using my computer and my best keyword -- lace curtains -- my web site always comes up on the first page anywhere from 3rd place to 10th place. Maybe once a week it will go to 11th or 12th on the 2nd page. When my neighbor does the same my web site is listed as 31st. When I use the "Google Dance Tool" most of the time I don't see my web site on the first page so I click "next". I don't see it there either but if I click on "previous" to get back to the first page my web site now shows up on the first page on all three servers. Occasionally it actually does show up on the 2nd page. Am I really on the first page for most people or what? How can I really tell one way or another?

This is a guest post by Klaus Holzapfel of conceptbakery, a social media marketing company with offices in Germany and the United States.

The Facebook Like button is now at the forefront of privacy rights conversations in Germany, following much discussion of Google Analytics and pixelated homes on Google's Streetview and Microsoft's Streetside. A post on Mashable from August 19 mentioned that a German data protection commissioner is planning to ban the Facebook Like button. Since then, commissioners in three other German states have taken the same position.

[This is a guest submission...]

Perhaps the biggest compliment a blogger can receive is more traffic (an increase in the number of visitors) to their site. It creates a feeling of accomplishment and high credibility. Any blogger would enjoy the reputation of having their opinions and information spread across the Internet, reaching thousands, if not millions of people.

This question (more like a desire) consumes the minds of most bloggers and it's quite legit. In fact, every time I talk to someone who blogs, the first thing they ask me is "How can I improve my SEO" once they find out I'm an SEO guy.