Google Analytics is probably one of the most single important must-haves for a website, providing detailed traffic statistics and reports and more! But can the javascript in Google Analytics hurt your websites load times and Google SEO?

Matt Cutts spokesperson for Google, recently addressed this question with a video on Google Webmasters Central Youtube Channel.

This might be a pretty simple question, but I’m sure a lot of people have wondered about the question.

In simple and time-efficient terms, the answer is no. The new asynchronous tracking cookie works after everything on your page has loaded.

If you want to learn more then I recommend checking out Matt’s video below.

If you’re yet to install Google Analytics on your website, then we suggest you hop to it or give us a buzz and we’ll help you out!