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More Profiles Means More Control

August 1, 2006

It's official. Google has increased the number of default profiles for a Google Analytics account from 5 to 10. Why does that mean more control?

Well, with more profiles comes the ability to restrict a user to only those sites for which they need access. You can track subdomains and subdirectories separately in a new profile, and if you've filled up the four goals available in your main profile, just create a new one for the same website and set up some new goals. You don't even need to change the tracking script on your webpage.

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Do they allow the migration of profile between accounts?

I believe many people sign up for more than 1 account to get past the 5 profiles limit.

Posted by: Ken at August 2, 2006 4:11 AM

Good question, Ken. Currently, there's no way to migrate profiles from one Google Analytics account to another. This is definitely a feature that would be immensely useful, but with the 1:1 AdWords-to-Analytics account ratio, I'm not sure how feasible it would be.

We'll certainly keep you posted with any updates that we come upon.

Posted by: Michael Harrison at August 2, 2006 9:30 AM

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