Google Analytics (GA) now has a new feature – Site Speed data. That help page mentions that your GA tag needs one more line (in red) as follows:

<script type="text/javascript">

var _gaq = _gaq || [];

_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-X']);

_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

_gaq.push(['_trackPageLoadTime']);

(function() {

var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;

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

var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);

})();

</script>

I use the Thesis framework, so I didn’t have to edit the theme php files. There is a handy input window in the Thesis Site Options. It’s as simple as that, but how do you see the data? Continue reading →