Add Product Analytics to Pages sites faster

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Problem to solve

As a developer creating a Pages site my users visit, I want to understand what pages they see/things they click, so I can enhance those features/content to provide more value.

As a developer developing a pages site, I want to quickly/easily add the default Product Analytics (behavior, audience) tracking to my site, so I can get insights faster.

Proposal

• When creating a new pages site give users the option to "add analytics"
• Generate the needed ID for the site and update the html for the template with the HTML snippet to record page events without users having to change code.
• Add to the ReadMe a link to the analytics dashboard for increased discoverability.

Intended users

• Sasha (Software Developer) - who wants to get some simple analytics on deployments to GitLab pages without a heavy lift so they can track usage/add value where it counts.
• Parker (Product Manager) - who wants to track users looking at an internal facing "readme" style site.

Feature Usage Metrics

• Clicks on the button - intent to add
• projects with a dashboard view - activation
• projects with a dashboard view after 14 days - retention