I had better luck cutting third‑party scripts that stalled rendering and loading GA through a lightweight tag manager. Server‑side tagging helped too, since it kept frontend delays from messing with metrics. I also chipped away at off‑page signals, and Q&A platform link building gave me a small but steady boost in visibility while I sorted out the performance quirks.
I’ve seen slow scripts drag pages down, so I usually load analytics after the main content. I also set it to fire only after user interaction to keep speed solid.