Add Google Analytics to Jekyll documentation site

[vlavrynovych]

Description

Add Google Analytics tracking to the Jekyll documentation site to monitor visitor traffic, popular pages, and user behavior.

Implementation

Jekyll has built-in support for Google Analytics via configuration. Add to docs/_config.yml:

# Google Analytics
google_analytics: UA-XXXXXXXXX-X  # Replace with actual GA tracking ID

Or for Google Analytics 4:

# Google Analytics 4
google_analytics:
  measurement_id: G-XXXXXXXXXX  # Replace with actual GA4 measurement ID

Steps

1. Create Google Analytics account and property for core.msr.lavr.site
2. Get tracking ID (UA-X or G-X measurement ID)
3. Add configuration to docs/_config.yml
4. Build and verify tracking code appears in generated HTML
5. Test with Google Tag Assistant or GA real-time view
6. Update documentation-local-setup.md if needed

Benefits

• Track visitor metrics (page views, sessions, users)
• Identify most popular documentation pages
• Understand user navigation patterns
• Measure documentation effectiveness
• Make data-driven decisions for documentation improvements

References

• Jekyll Google Analytics Plugin
• Google Analytics Setup Guide
• Just the Docs Theme Analytics

[vlavrynovych]

✅ Implemented Google Analytics 4 tracking.

Added GA4 tracking code to docs/_includes/head_custom.html with measurement ID G-1CGCNXH67X.

The gtag.js tracking code is automatically injected into the section of all documentation pages via Jekyll's head_custom include.

This enables tracking of:

• Page views and sessions
• User navigation patterns
• Popular documentation pages
• Visitor metrics and demographics

Verified the tracking code appears correctly in generated HTML. The analytics will be live once deployed to production.