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Gordian last edited by

I saw that Google suggests the analytics code be in the , will this effect the page load if it is in here? Also, is it a problem to have it in the body?
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Cyle last edited by

if you are placing the Asynchronous tracking code in the head you will be fine. I would keep the code in the head, I don't really see any good reason for putting the code in the body.
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brycebertola last edited by

If you use the Asynchronous tracking code it shouldn't cause any noticeable lag in page load times

Placing the code inside the body tag won't validate through W3C. There's really no reason I know of to place it anywhere else.
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