Michael Martinez: Your example implies it`s an image link, which does not pass PageRank-like value.
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Michael Martinez: We discussed this privately. The link is embedded in a Javascript function, although the function is embedded in the BODY (not the HEAD) section of the page.
I don`t recall testing this exact circumstance. Although Google says it can crawl links rendered through Javascript (see the link below), there are limits to how they can find links in Javascript.
I recommend testing the function embedding method with unique anchor text to see if Google can pass the link`s anchor text to a destination. If it can do that, then the PageRank-like value can probably be passed as well.
The UTM= parameter will be ignored (or, rather, the link`s destination will be canonicalized to something, hopefully the base URL).
DEVELOPERS.GOOGLE.COMFrequently asked questions about JavaScript and links  | Google Search Central Blog  | Google DevelopersFrequently asked questions about JavaScript and links  | Google Search Central Blog  | Google Developers
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Ryan Jones: yes links with querystrings are just links, "pagerank" would flow through them but only to that specific link with the querystring if you don`t have a canonical tag or something.
Also, some people saying it`s in an image that doesn`t matter - but Matt Cutts said image links DO pass pagerank. https://youtu.be/wTKzlhWeaDw
I`m not aware of google saying anything to contradict that.
YOUTUBE.COMDoes PageRank flow through image links?Does PageRank flow through image links?
Do Backlinks with query strings pass link juice?
https: website dot com/?via=image
