Deployment
Efficiently Adding Google Analytics
Maintaining search engine rankings is often crucial for content-rich applications. Prezet provides excellent on-page SEO by adding meta tags to the header and responsively optimizing images.
These steps combine to give high PageSpeed scores and lightning-fast page loads, especially when paired with Cloudflare's Edge Cache.
However, when you add heavy third-party tools like Google Analytics, it can negatively impact your site's PageSpeed score. Thankfully, Cloudflare Zaraz offers an elegant solution.
#What is Cloudflare Zaraz?
Zaraz is a Cloudflare service that allows you to load third-party tools, including Google Analytics, without impacting your PageSpeed scores. It offers a generous free tier and is available to both free and paid Cloudflare accounts.
The Zaraz free tier includes 1,000,000 Zaraz events / month and is priced at $5.00 for each 1,000,000 events above the included amount.
What's more, setting up Google Analytics with Zaraz doesn't require any changes to your application's code.
#Setting Up Google Analytics with Cloudflare Zaraz
Here's a step-by-step guide to set up Google Analytics using Cloudflare Zaraz:
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Access Zaraz in the Cloudflare Dashboard
- Log into your Cloudflare account and select your website.
- In the left sidebar, scroll down and click on "Zaraz".
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Add Google Analytics as a New Tool
- On the Zaraz page, click the "Add new tool" button.
- Select "Google Analytics 4" from the list of available tools.
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Configure Google Analytics
- You'll be presented with a setup wizard. Fill out the information on each screen.
- Note that you'll need to enter your Google Analytics 4 Measurement ID (it should start with "G-").
That's it! Cloudflare will now load the Google Analytics script away from your user's browser, allowing you to track your site's analytics without impacting your page load times or PageSpeed scores.