Hi there @ourdigitech,
Thanks for reaching out, and great to hear that you’re happy with the plugin. Such feedback is great, in particular from users such as yourself who are relatively new to WordPress.
I’ve checked your site and I can confirm there is no Google Tag Manager container on your site. As Site Kit has placed your Analytics snippet this can easily be confused as a Tag Manager snippet, as it uses a gtag placement as seen in this screenshot from your sites source code.
I’ve also checked your site using tagassistant.google.com and I can confirm there is no Google Tag Manager snippet.
I want a clarification and help. Why the Tag Manager script is loading when I have disabled it. Is the Tag Manager script part of Google Analytics.
The Site Kit placed Analytics snippet includes a gtag script, which is requested from a googletagmanager.com resource. It’s not specially a Google Tag Manager script, it’s just where the gtag resource is requested from.
I hope that answers your query, but do let me if you want further assistance on this!
Hi @jamesosborne.
Thanks for the answer. That’s what I wanted to know. So thanks for clarifying.
I know it’s not part of your work. But can I request two things. These two you can look into or forward it to the respective Google representatives specialised in it.
First is, can the Google Analytics load the script from its own links rather than Tag Manager. If not then somehow redirect the script to appear as coming from Analytics. This would prevent any confusion.
Second is, why are the Tag Manager scripts so heavy. I know Lighthouse Treemap shows only some parts of the scripts are loaded. But even then, it feels too heavy. As per Google’s own Speed rankings it is too heavy. What can one even do to fix that. Is there no way to reduce the size of the scripts. Like, if we have no use for Goals in Analytics then allow us to disable that part in the script from being loaded.
I know all this is not part of this plugin. But if you can send the feedback forward it would be of great help to everyone.
Hi @ourdigitech,
Glad that answered your query. In relation to your other comments see below:
First is, can the Google Analytics load the script from its own links rather than Tag Manager…
I agree it can cause confusion at present. As Google Analytics is commonly added via a Google Tag Manager tag this may be one of the reasons. I’ll certainly pass on your feedback to my own lead. You may wish to submit feedback to the Google Analytics team directly using this resource.
Second is, why are the Tag Manager scripts so heavy. I know Lighthouse Treemap shows only some parts of the scripts are loaded.
When using any JavaScript library, including the Google Analytics or other Google scripts it’s normal that not all lines of each JavaScript file will be executed at the time of a resource usage check. In such cases it’s normal to see such notices within Lighthouse or other performance checks. As the content on your website is mainly text and images you may have a site suitable for AMP, which restricts custom JavaScript and can help boost performance, including the usage of amp-analytics. You’re also using an AMP compatible theme, so it may be worth experimenting with.
Hopefully the above is of use. And I will pass on your feedback to my lead also. Thank you!
I see. Thanks for all the information. Very helpful.
Please do send the feedback above in anyway possible.
About Analytics. I am of view that Analytics should allow disabling individual parts of tracking – if not done already. This would reduce tracking and resource usage.
About AMP, I was told it affects ad revenue – maybe not.
Just one more question. If I apply for Adsense. How long might it take for approval. What are the requirements for its approval. Like do I need to have certain number of visitors for approval. Do I need things like site owner / author information and a good privacy policy for approval. Again sorry if these questions are not part of your assignment there.
Hi @ourdigitech,
In relation to AdSense approvals I believe a review usually takes a few days however there are occasions where it can take weeks. As far as I’m aware account and site approvals are manually processed so there may be busy periods.
In terms of the requirements I don’t think it’s necessary to submit author information, while I’m unsure on the privacy policy aspect. You can ask such questions over on the AdSense Help Center, where the product experts would be able to assist more than we can here.
Hi @jamesosborne.
Thanks for all the information. Really helpful all this.
