Info

The snippets I’m comparing here aren’t quite the same, but for HTTP-only websites it doesn’t make a difference. See the “Use the protocol check only when it’s needed” section in my article on optimizing the asynchronous Google Analytics snippet for more information.

Preparation code

 
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    var location = window.location;
  };
</script>

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var url = ('https:' == location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';

var url = ('https:' == location.protocol ? 'https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js' : 'http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js');

var url = '//www.google-analytics.com/ga.js';

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Revisions

You can edit these tests or add even more tests to this page by appending /edit to the URL. Here’s a list of current revisions for this page:

• Revision 1: published by Mathias Bynens on 11th April 2010 and last updated on 24th December 2011
• Revision 2: published by John-David Dalton on 24th December 2011
• Revision 3: published on 6th January 2012

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