google analytics in JS file instead?

Question

Instead of putting the code at the head or end of body (i put it at the end of body), is it ok if i stick the code inside of a JS file instead of its own script tag in html?

(i assume it works fine like any other code but i am asking in case)

Answer 1

is it ok if i stick the code inside of a JS file instead of its own script tag in html?

It is perfectly fine, it is basically the same thing; you are importing the javascript in your html page anyway.

Answer 2

Yes, you can just add the google analytics to a external js file. Like this:

function callGA() {
    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);
} 

And after this, you call on every page or put in the same js external file:

callGA();