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[HTML5 Boilerplate homepage](https://html5boilerplate.com/) | [Documentation
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table of contents](TOC.md)
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# Frequently asked questions
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* [Why is the Google Analytics code at the bottom? Google recommends it be
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placed in the
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`<head>`.](#why-is-the-google-analytics-code-at-the-bottom-google-recommends-it-be-placed-in-the-head)
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* [Do I need to upgrade my site each time a new version of HTML5 Boilerplate is
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released?](#do-i-need-to-upgrade-my-site-each-time-a-new-version-of-html5-boilerplate-is-released)
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* [Where can I get help with support
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questions?](#where-can-i-get-help-with-support-questions)
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---
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## Why is the Google Analytics code at the bottom? Google recommends it be placed in the `<head>`.
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The main advantage of placing it in the `<head>` is that you will track the
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user's `pageview` even if they leave the page before it has been fully loaded.
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Here's a handy quote from [Mathias
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Bynens](https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/async-analytics-snippet#comment-50) about
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our placement choice.
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>I should point out that it’s Google — not me — recommending to place this
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script before all other scripts in the document. The only real advantage is to
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catch a pageView call if your page fails to load completely (for example, if the
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user aborts loading, or quickly closes the page, etc.). Personally, I wouldn’t
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count that as a page view, so I actually prefer to place this script at the
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bottom, after all other scripts. This keeps all the scripts together and
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reinforces that scripts at the bottom are the right move. (Usually I concatenate
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and minify all my scripts into one .js file — the GA snippet being the suffix.)
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## Do I need to upgrade my site each time a new version of HTML5 Boilerplate is released?
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No, just as you don't normally replace the foundation of a house once it was
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built. However, there is nothing stopping you from trying to work in the latest
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changes, but you'll have to assess the costs/benefits of doing so.
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## Where can I get help with support questions?
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Please ask for help on
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[StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/html5boilerplate).
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