Google doesn't penalize sites in any way if you're using their products (like GA or embedding a YouTube video). This is just silly and flat out wrong to say tha

Google doesn't penalize sites in any way if you're using their products (like GA or embedding a YouTube video). This is just silly and flat out wrong to say that Google penalizes you for using Google Analytics. It's flat-out wrong and untrue. It's kind of like saying that buying Google Ads will boost your website's organic search engine rankings. I really suggest that SimpleAnalytics.com update the title tag on this, as it's just wrong. Period. That doesn't mean that using Google Analytics doesn't slow down your site (a bit) and Google should speed it up. I've had that complaint for years now, and Google just hasn't done anything about it that we can noticeably see.