Same Google Analytics Cookies Less GA Fat

Most of those that use Google Analytics know about the GA cookie set, and the same is true for GWO users. I also think it is true that all of the aforementioned users know that http cookies are sent on every http request. So we should all know that the total burden of adding Google cookies to one of our web pages is a multiple of the number of the number of static components we have have on the page which will receive the Google cookies. The end result is that our user's experience is a slower one, energy is wasted, and useless data is sent over the wire. This is something I don't think many people have thought about this when they add GA to their site.

The way to resolve the problem mentioned above is to setup a cookie free domain for your site's static components. If you take a look at erikvold.com's source for example, then you will see that I have transferred the css, js, and most images to static.evold.ca.