Www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js what is this link doing on my website?

[raghuvinder]

Hello Expert,

I am using google tag manager and google analytic is already configured in that now i just want to confirm when i do inspect element of my home page in that i can see this link - http://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js where as if i do view source of my page then it is not visible.

so what is this link - www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js  and what role it play? Do we really need this link to be present on website?

Regards,

Raghuvinder

[Andy.Drinkwater]

It's just a .js file that Google loads inline with the page and not a lot we can do about it I'm afraid.

-Andy

[raghuvinder]

@Andy

I am using google tag manager still i have to use the given link?

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Hi,

As the analytics code runs, it asynchronously loads the analytics.js onto the page. So it doesn't actually exist in the site, if that makes sense.

Do we really need this link to be present on website?

Absoluely - well, we have no choice in the matter, not if you want to use analytics

You can read more about it here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/

-Andy