?tag_id= breaking functionality on some sites

[lbenfey]

Heya guys -- looks like the latest version of EasyList (re:

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[Adblock Plus 2.0]
! Version: 201808240818
! Title: EasyList
! Last modified: 24 Aug 2018 08:18 UTC)

Is blocking our legitimate content. The relevant filter appears to be "?tag_id="

The content in question is used for site optimisation, and is covered by T&Cs on relevant sites.

Can you tell me what we need to do in order to hopefully get this filter removed as quickly as possible?
Thanks, and please let me know if you need any additional information!

[LanikSJ]

Can you tell me what we need to do in order to hopefully get this filter removed as quickly as possible?

Please post some examples of sites having issues: rules#participation

[lbenfey]

Heya Lanik! No problem, here are a couple of them:

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https://www.rockettstgeorge.co.uk/
https://www.saucony.com/UK/en_GB/home

Thanks!

[intense]

I see no such elements ( triggering ?tag_id= filter) on the sites above.

Provide specific pages where we can see your issue.

[LanikSJ]

I see no such elements ( triggering ?tag_id= filter) on the sites above.

I don't see anything either. I'm seeing Google Tag manager getting blocked but nothing with

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?tag_id=

[lbenfey]

Hi guys -- Most of our customers use google tag manager, yes. So the tag_id= isn't contained in the source of the page itself, but it IS called when you load the page. For instance, if you use DevTools in Chrome you can see it.

Not sure how to insert a screenshot into this message.

[intense]

If I add

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@@||googletagmanager.com/gtm.js$script,domain=rockettstgeorge.co.uk
@@||paypal.cloud-iq.com/cartrecovery/store.js$script,domain=rockettstgeorge.co.uk
@@||paypal.cloud-iq.com/?tag_id=$script,domain=rockettstgeorge.co.uk

?tag_id= will be whitelisted

The exceptions are regarding easyprivacy filters.

The question is: is the site broken (if yes: what is broken, what functionality ?) or are blocked only the services collecting various (privacy) info about visitors on site ?

[lbenfey]

Well, the purpose of the tag is generally site optimisation stuff, akin to google analytics. So it does thing like keep track of pages browsed within that specific site, number of visitors, shopping carts started and/or abandoned, etc. So the tag being blocked breaks all of that functionality.

[intense]

Yeah, breaks on your side, the visitors have no issue, right ?
In this case I doubt easylist authors will whitelist such server-side-functionality

(or you could rely on php-based statistics)

[LanikSJ]

Not sure how to insert a screenshot into this message.

Upload your image to imgur.com and post a link to it.

[lbenfey]

Yeah, breaks on your side, the visitors have no issue, right ?
In this case I doubt easylist authors will whitelist such server-side-functionality
(or you could rely on php-based statistics)

Well, no, it's not just server-side... It does break client-side functionality, as well. For instance, the filter blocks overlays which allow site visitors to choose to subscribe to newsletters, or to e-mail themselves a copy of their shopping basket contents so they can complete the purchase at a later time, etc. The overlays that allow the customer to do that won't even show up if the filter is in place.

[lbenfey]

Hmm.. Subject line for this post got changed to googletagmanager.com, but that's not really appropriate -- We're not google, we're just falling afoul of a broad filter, for "tag_id=", no matter WHAT site that appears on. Some examples of our customers that are seeing this problem are:

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https://www.rockettstgeorge.co.uk/
https://www.saucony.com/UK/en_GB/home
https://www.goldentours.com

In order to reproduce, just need to go to that site in chrome and in devtools, under the network tab, filter for "tag_id" and you'll see our stuff that's being blocked.

[intense]

I renamed the thread.

You should list here all the sites using your code.

You still didn't tell us if the filters are working on those sites

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@@||googletagmanager.com/gtm.js$script,domain=rockettstgeorge.co.uk|saucony.com|goldentours.com
@@||paypal.cloud-iq.com/cartrecovery/store.js$script,domain=rockettstgeorge.co.uk|saucony.com|goldentours.com
@@||paypal.cloud-iq.com/?tag_id=$script,domain=rockettstgeorge.co.uk|saucony.com|goldentours.com