Update Your Google Analytics Tracking Code To The New Version
Google just announced that the new asynchronous tracking tag is ready for prime time.
It doesn’t take much to change the code, as you may or may not know, however, they have provided a guide to do so here.
Benefits of the new snippet of code:
The latest version of the Analytics tracking code offers an improved way to track website visitors with Google Analytics. It takes advantage of browser support for asynchronous JavaScript to enhance the speed in which the tracking code is loaded. With this version of the tracking code, you can also place the Analytics snippet higher in the page without delaying subsequent content from rendering. (info from Google Analytics team)
As always, establishing a baseline and measuring against it is key for Internet marketing. Knowledge truly is power in this respect. Google Analytics is a great, free, resource to help you in this regard.
