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Will an html image tag execute in the head tag

rated 0 times [ 80] [ 7] / answers: 1 / hits: 15400 / 14 Years ago, thu, august 12, 2010, 12:00:00

So a lead tracking company needs a link to fire and it was in the head tag...will it fire.

<head>

    <img width=1 height=1 src='http://track.searchignite.com/si/CM/Tracking/TransactionTracking.aspx?siclientid=4426&DetailDescription=935626&transactionamount=1&SICustTransType=19172&jscript=0&x10=goog&x9=1&x8=935626&x7=777+665-9999&x6=jones&x5=matt&x4=&x3=Camarillo&x2=Oxnard%2C+CA+Metro+Area&x1=Hidden+Springs&n1=Austin--Bedroom--austin_1_bedroom_apartments-P'>

</head>

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answered 14 Years ago haylie · Accepted Answer

It shouldn't. The spec says:

User agents do not generally render
elements that appear in the HEAD as
content.

See the spec

But browsers can do anything they want to.

Added:

It's a loose area in the spec. Eg a browser could:

Render the element

Ignore the element

Load the image from its server but not render it

Or something else

... and the browser would be compliant.

So see what your favorite browsers do and then use the info as you wish...