By the look of the source, it's from an analytics snippet, and the image has failed to load. Probably the fault of the provider, rather than any "sneaky" attemp

By the look of the source, it's from an analytics snippet, and the image has failed to load. Probably the fault of the provider, rather than any "sneaky" attempt on behalf of the webmaster. Unrelated - I didn't realise you were on here (recognise you from Cre8asite forums) :)