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Welcome to the wonderful world of affiliate marketing, adtech, and tag management. In that world, third party ‘tags’ that are included in a page are generally
by jameshart 2y ago
Welcome to the wonderful world of affiliate marketing, adtech, and tag management.
In that world, third party ‘tags’ that are included in a page are generally referred to as ‘pixels’. Sometimes they are single pixel img tags. Frequently they are scripts. But the industry calls them ‘pixels’ anyway.
It is, surprisingly, not a terribly honest industry.
- rahimnathwani 2y agoYeah semantic drift haha... https://chatgpt.com/share/3331fdec-c69c-46b0-9ffe-c48848fb2949 https://chatgpt.com/share/3331fdec-c69c-46b0-9ffe-c48848fb29...
- CyberDildonics 2y agoI don't know why you're being downvoted, calling full access javascript embedded into a page a 'tracking pixel' is a total lie. Then again 'serverless' is where you use a server, so the track record isn't great.
- rahimnathwani 2y agoI guess most people reading this already knew that the term 'tracking pixel' has evolved beyond its original meaning, and is now commonly understood to include all sorts of tracking code. I did not, but now I know :) (And although serverless doesn't mean 'no server', we know what the word means and it doesn't cause confusion.)
- ziml77 2y agoI also didn't know and I definitely don't like how it underplays the capabilities of the tracking.
- everybodyknows 2y ago>serverless Doesn't the term confuse anyone hearing it for the first time? It sure did me.