diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ae4cce..574054b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -243,6 +243,24 @@ Even better...look what happens when you go to the full posting:
 
 We now have a nice section for author details at the bottom which pulls in a lot of the metadata you created earlier in the site's `config.yml`. Looking good!!
 
+## Google analytics configuration
+
+You can add the Google Analytics script to your posts and pages by defining the `googleAnalytics` variable in your config.yaml file:
+
+```yaml
+---
+baseurl: http://www.bayactive.org
+languageCode: en-us
+title: BayActive
+googleAnalytics: "UA-12345-6"
+params:
+  cover: /img/cover.jpg
+  logo: /img/logo.svg
+  description: Hikes, bikes & rides in the bay
+...
+---
+```
+
 ## Attribution
 
 Hasper was originally [a fork](https://github.com/dencold/hugo-theme-casper) of the [hugo-theme-casper](https://github.com/vjeantet/hugo-theme-casper). However, the original author has not been responding to [pull requests](https://github.com/vjeantet/hugo-theme-casper/pull/41). Hasper now lives as its own separate repository, for a full list of changes from the original theme, consult the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md).
diff --git a/config-example.yaml b/config-example.yaml
index 000dc8c..dd50652 100644
--- a/config-example.yaml
+++ b/config-example.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ params:
   hideHUGOSupport: true                     # by default, hasper puts a nod to hugo in footer, set to true if you wish to hide
   githubName: ""                            # if set, hasper will display github logo with link above site title
   twitterName: "bayactive"                  # if set, hasper will display twitter logo with link above site title
-#  googleAnalyticsUserID: "YOUR_GA_ID_HERE" # TODO: check on this config. I think there is a googleAnalytics in hugo variables that is canonical
 #  RSSLink: "http://feeds.feedburner.com/..." # TODO: how is this different from hugo variable config? Optional RSS-Link, if not provided it defaults to the standard index.xml
 
   # there are sharing links at the bottom of every post. all options are listed below.
diff --git a/layouts/partials/scripts.html b/layouts/partials/scripts.html
index 8fdd59b..f4caeb4 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/scripts.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/scripts.html
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 <script type="text/javascript" src="{{.Site.BaseURL}}js/jquery.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="{{.Site.BaseURL}}js/jquery.fitvids.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="{{.Site.BaseURL}}js/index.js"></script>
+{{ template "_internal/google_analytics.html" . }}