(Entry was posted by Mike Stetzer on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 01/15/2014).

Can too much tracking code on one page affect page load times?

Is it possible to track too many events in Google Analytics? We`re rolling out new forms and there are a ton of events that I would like to track, but I`m curious if too much tracking code on one page can affect page load times? ?

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Mike Stetzer: Is it possible to track too many events in Google Analytics? We're rolling out new forms and there are a ton of events that I would like to track, but I'm curious if too much tracking code on one page can affect page load times? ;
M Hookem: More means more time. I guess it's a test ground to see how badly it can affect your site, desktop &/or mobile?
This is about the amount of requests from the servers and the response times. Perhaps treat it in a similar way to image requests for example?
SEO and Social Media for Attorneys: I suggest looking into the Google Tag feature. It provides a lot of the same benefits as tracking, but the way it loads does not cause a site to run slowly. It is my understanding that placing a lot of tracking codes does affect the performance of websites negatively and this is why Google introduced Tags.
W.E. Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 00:31:22 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/can_too_much_tracking_code_on_one_page_affect_page_load_times