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28. Enabling Application Statistics with... > Creating a Google Account for Analyt...
Creating a Google Account for Analytics
To send data to the Google Analytics service and later access the statistics your application gathers on the Google Analytics Dashboard, you need to create a developer account at http://www.google.com/analytics. Much like your Android Market account, your Google Analytics account must be tied to an underlying Google Account. The accounts are free to start.
The account setup is primarily targeted at website statistics tracking, but mobile developers use the same workflow so don’t get confused and think you’re in the wrong place.
As part of the account creation, you’ll be asked to log in with your Google account. Then you’ll be prompted to enter some information. When you are prompted to enter a website for tracking purposes, choose a fake name (ideally including the name of your app and company domain, such as http://simplestats.androidbook.com). You also need to set the territory and time zone you want to normalize statistics to. Next, you enter contact information for the account. Finally, you need to agree to the terms of service.
