I’m sharing this as much as a reminder to myself regarding problems when adding a user with an @googlemail.com account to a Google Analytics account or profile.
Having been unable to add an @googlemail.com account with the message that it didn’t exist (Despite already having 15+ sites linked to that address in Google Analytics already), it took a kindly prompt from @malcomcoles to remind me of the following:
When you’re adding an @googlemail.com, always use the @gmail version of the account name, as there has been a bug in Google Analytics for ages, which means that the @googlemail.com version often doesn’t work.
There’s some research that writing about a subject aids memory, so hopefully I won’t forget next time – and thankfully there are helpful people on Twitter!