Patent ID: 8706871

Claim:
A method for managing tags for web pages over a network, wherein at least one network device enables actions to be performed that implement the method, comprising: determining at least one tag to monitor that is associated with at least one web page, wherein the at least one tag is in one of a plurality of states; monitoring the at least one tag based on at least a state of the at least one tag, wherein the monitoring is asynchronous to each request for the at least one web page; determining a latency to monitor the at least one tag; if a determination of the latency and the state of the at least one tag indicates a modification to the state, modifying the state of the at least one tag to another state; and if a determination of a current state of the at least one tag affirmatively indicates deployment and the at least one web page is requested, deploying the at least one tag with the associated at least one web page.