Pixel tags impact on SEO?
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I was asked by our IT if switching to a tag management company that removes the pixels from our site and is replaced by a javascript would have a negative impact on SEO.
I have not been able to find anything that discusses this:
Does anyone have experience with this? Has it caused any issues?
Has it caused any issues?
How do crawlers see pixel data, and what do they do with it?
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Hutch42 - That was my thought as well, so I really appreciate you confirming my thoughts!
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Pixel tags do not effect your SEO. The only thing that could cause a problem is if they are loading slowing and causing load time issues with your site, otherwise back end code for tracking does not have anything to do with how you are ranked in search.
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