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

Regarding server load, the scripts are pulled from Google's servers, not yours so there will be no noticeable server side impact. Obviously your pages will all be slightly larger than they were without the code to load the JavaScript, but you'll never notice the difference.