Connecting Google AdWords to Analytics

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

…in short, is a Giant Pain in the Ass.

I’m a pretty sharp guy, and not a lot of things confuse me for too long because I either figure them out or stop caring about them.

This one though, has me utterly perplexed.

Google Analytics and Google AdWords are Two MAJOR features and I think I’ve been able to successfully hook in a new AdWords account to an existing Analytics account about 1 out of 5 times.

20% Googs.  That sucks and I’m not happy.

The latest attempt was made while I was logged in as the client even and not just using My Client Centre.  I logged in, made sure that Analytics was all set up, went into AdWords, made sure that was all set up, and then went to connect the two.  Every profile on that account was available but the main one I wanted.

So I went into the User Manager, to see if there were any other pimps in there trying to ho it up.  With client approval, I deleted them, and then went back in to try and connect Analytics through the AdWords interface.  Nup, no go.

WTF Google?

This isn’t meant to be a cry for help, it’s just a rant.

Though help would earn a beer, for certain.

Have a good website.

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