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📣 throoow

Facebook Pixel Pros and Cons?


When I'm creating Instagram ads, one of the things Facebook suggests me is to put Facebook Pixel's JS code on my website.

Since Facebook is not really good when it comes to privacy, I wanted to hear your opinions and advice. What's the pros and cons? Thanks in advance.

Sorry, not a native speaker.


  👤 XCSme Accepted Answer ✓
Cons:

* Extra JavaScript to download and execute, slows down site on low-end devices

* Privacy: you know share all the data of your visitors with Facebook

* Blocked by ad-blockers, so the analytics that you get out of it are not accurate


👤 Nextgrid
Pros: more insight in your advertising performance.

Cons:

* Facebook now stalks every visitor of your website, regardless of whether they have an account or arrived from the ad

* Not GDPR compliant unless you ask for opt-in, and nobody in their right mind will actually opt-in

I suggest against using the pixel and instead making your ad point to a dedicated URL (https://example.com/?source=instagram_campaign_id) which will allow you to measure ad performance on your site (through server logs or whatever analytics you already have) without compromising your visitor's privacy.