title: Google Analytics and the __utm.gif file
body: <p>When using Google Analytics and using the newer ga.js file, is the __utm.gif file needed in your root directory of your web site?</p>
  
  <p>I do see a call being made from my browswer to the file on google-analytics.com (<a href="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?.." rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?..</a>.), but in the past I was told that it needed to exist in the root of the site.</p>
  
  <p>Does this still hold true?</p>
  
  <p>Could you please provide a reference?</p>