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And in a world where Google isn't malicious: Marketers: We need you to add these 623 tracking pixels from these 300 ad networks to the page. Developers: Get b

by a1369209993 7y ago

And in a world where Google isn't malicious: Marketers: We need you to add these 623 tracking pixels from these 300 ad networks to the page. Developers: Get bent. If we add tracking pixels our SEO positioning will tank. Marketers: Oh, OK.

thephyber 7y ago
This is a wishful thinking counterfactual. No major search engine ever weighed obscene numbers of tracking pixels or heavy page weight very high in their SEO algo. I'm not saying Google doesn't have perverse incentives (and with AMP, they do). But it wasn't fixed before Google and AMP is one of the counterweights to web ads + tracking beacon overload.
- a1369209993 7y ago
  > This is a wishful thinking counterfactual. Well, yes, I did say that. > in a world