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Tag management is getting messy (and what's coming next)

Original: The Future of Tag Management

May 26, 2025
8 min read
Opinion
Intermediate

Summary

Lessons learned (and predictions) from years of enterprise tag-manager audits.

Who This Is For

Marketing Analysts
Technical Marketers
Developers

Key Takeaways

  • Governance will become critical as tag management systems mature and more people gain admin access
  • Tag bloat is a real problem - most organizations have broken or unused tags cluttering their implementations
  • Documentation and tagging inventories will make a comeback to help manage growing tag libraries
  • Integration with project management tools like JIRA will help improve tag management workflows

Tools & Technologies

Google Tag Manager Adobe Dynamic Tag Manager Tealium Signal TagMan JIRA Trello

Topics Covered

tag-management governance qa scaling