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:

  1. 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".

  2. 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.

  3. 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.