Google Analytics script in script tag or link to script

Question

So I want to enable google analytics in a website application, so I have the code in the script tag itself. Is it better to have the code directly in the tag:

<script> 
    (functions(variables)google objects (morevariables), links);
</script>

Or is it better to have it in the form of:

<script src="link to where a js file with the exact same code as above is hosted"></script>

With three things in mind:

Load Time (Normal page load as well as number of calls)
Security (I doubt this is an issue, as people will have easy access to that code either ways, and I don't think its particularly confidential)
google analytics should obviously catch everything properly.

Gonzalo de la Torre · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-17 13:40:06Z

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In my experience y prefer to have the script in a separate file in order to reuse it in all my views. But I don´t think it makes any difference.

answered Feb 17, 2016 at 13:40

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