Tracking Pixel URL is included in the hit counts on articles

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One site reported massively distorted hit counts within the article view, where the hit counter for the sharing URL was orders of magnitude higher than the hit counts for third-party URLs where the tracking image was embedded.

• is this a problem with the reporting code that runs when the pixel URL is hit?
• is this a problem with the table that displays results?
• is this hit reflected in GA numbers? (see Port GA hit docs to Helpscout #79)