What is google-analytics.com?
google-analytics.com is the domain Google Analytics uses to collect visit data for website owners.
AnalyticsOwned by Google (Alphabet), based in Mountain View.
What it does on a page
It records which pages you view, how you got there, how long you stay and what you click, keyed to a first-party cookie (_ga). If the site links Analytics to Google Ads, that data can feed ad targeting.
Should you block it?
Blocking it doesn’t break sites; the owner just doesn’t see your visit in their reports.
Also seen as
region1.google-analytics.com · _ga cookie
In the Browser Monster Index
100
checked websites loaded Google (from google-analytics.com or its other domains).
On 89 it loaded before visitors made any choice, and on 33 it was still seen after we clicked reject.
- Fheraldscotland.comafter reject
- Fbirminghammail.co.ukbefore choice
- Frottentomatoes.comafter reject
- Fdailyrecord.co.ukbefore choice
- Fmanchestereveningnews.co.ukbefore choice
- Ftechradar.comafter reject
- Flookfantastic.combefore choice
- Fbritishgas.co.ukafter reject
- Fspectator.co.ukafter reject
- Ffootball.londonbefore choice
Other domains Google uses: doubleclick.net, googlesyndication.com, googleadservices.com, adservice.google.com, googletagservices.com, pagead2.googlesyndication.com, googletagmanager.com, analytics.google.com, app-measurement.com, ade.googlesyndication.com, 2mdn.net.
See when Google is watching you
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