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enable link preconnect for google analytics plugin #392

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thescientist13 opened this issue Jul 19, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #393
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enable link preconnect for google analytics plugin #392

thescientist13 opened this issue Jul 19, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #393
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thescientist13 commented Jul 19, 2020 •
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While working #354 I saw this recommendation for improving performance from Lighthouse to use preconnect.

preconnect-to-required-origins

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The recommendation is to use preconnect to improve performance when loading assets from other domains.

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://www.google-analytics.com">

It's supported in almost all major browsers so those that understand it should get a +1 Lighthouse score boost for free, from what I could see testing locally.
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Hmm, looks like the article actually favors preload instead?

In general, try to use <link rel="preload">, as it's a more comprehensive performance tweak, but do keep <link rel="preconnect"> in your toolbelt for the edge cases like:

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