How do I connect GA to SEOMOZ if I do not have access to a GA account ?
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I am not the owner of the account it is a clients and I need to connect my SEOMOZ to their GA account.. any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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Hi Keri,
Could you clarify what we are discussing with tfbpa about the user privileges required to connect a Google Analytics account to a SEOmoz campaign?
Thanks!
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Thanks for the great (and speedy) answers, Matt and Jesse!
We (along with any other integrator) do need some proof of permission to access an analytics account. Otherwise, I could just go grab the GA account ID off any site I wanted, hook it into a third-party tool, and see all their data; as well as the reverse happening and someone doing that to you. If you explain it that way, it may be a little easier to get permission perhaps.
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Don't give out good answers too quickly...
Also, they could give you access to their Google Analytics account without giving you their password, just adding you as a user in their settings area, under user manager tab..
Branagan is correct in the above.
I don't know if SEOmoz accepts regular users of Analytics accounts (but I don't see any reason why they shouldn't), but even if they did, your client can add you as administrator. But of course this is not ideal and should not be necessary.
Google added the possibility of adding additional users to Analytics accounts especially for the reason you are asking, so it should work perfectly.
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If it's an extreme case, and they are adamant about giving you their Goggle account details, there may be a workaround: you can give them your SEOmoz credentials and a link pointing to the "Connect to my GA account" page, that way they could accept it and after that you could change your SEOmoz password again.
Also, they could give you access to their Google Analytics account without giving you their password, just adding you as a user in their settings area, under the user manager tab..
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1009618?hl=en (bottom of the page)
Hope it helps.
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Thank you very much for your very fast replies, happy I didn't spend the next 2 hours on trying to figure it out!!!
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Sorry!!!
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ask for their permission? Explain that it would behoove them to permit access. Problem is the only way to do this is with their Gmail login info, so they will have to provide you with that. If they do not trust you with that then I would question why they trust you with their SEO work.
edit - oops, matt beat me to it. same idea though.
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Simple answer... You cant.
You should contact your client and ask them for access so you can add yourself as a user on their account. Without this you might struggle. Even looking beyond simply connecting their GA account to your SEOMoz campaign, I would say that working on someone's website without access to their GA might be a little tough... Not impossible but it will make your job much harder.
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