does Google analytics make a major effect on time to download a static web page?

Question

I understand that by simply adding a script to the end of the body tag of a html document one makes it processable by Google analytics. My question is, is this likely to hav

Answer 1

Yes it does have a performance hit see http://dotnetperls.com/Content/Google-Analytics-Speed.aspx . To speed up its recomended that you download the ga.js file locally and call that instead,Explained here http://www.askapache.com/javascript/google-analytics-speed-tips.html.