Comments on: OpenAds Testing: Help Me Out And Click That Banner

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:45:58 +0000

Lord Matt,

Thanks for stopping by. Do you run your OpenAds on a dedicated server?

I am not sure if OpenAds worth the effort if you run just a few banners on a website. I have also noticed that MySQL tends to “swell” quiet quickly.

By: Lord Matt

Lord Matt — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:31:25 +0000

I use OpenAds as the delivery agent for all my adverts it makes adding adverts to lots of sites much simpler. It also means that if an affiliate partner from DGM stops being active I can drop them at one location and that’s all the work I need to do.

As tools go I have to say it is useful if not especially well coded and by that I mean the code works very well but is no fun at all to edit.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:45:58 +0000

Lord Matt,

Thanks for stopping by. Do you run your OpenAds on a dedicated server?

I am not sure if OpenAds worth the effort if you run just a few banners on a website. I have also noticed that MySQL tends to "swell" quiet quickly.

By: Lord Matt

Lord Matt — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:31:25 +0000

Open Ads does give you very much the raw data without any prettying up that some companies use. I run awstats in addition to the OpenAds server and the two together provide a very nice overview. Awstats gives me a clue as to what is going on as a whole while OpenAds is better at the zone to zone stuff.

I use OpenAds as the delivery agent for all my adverts it makes adding adverts to lots of sites much simpler. It also means that if an affiliate partner from DGM stops being active I can drop them at one location and that's all the work I need to do.

As tools go I have to say it is useful if not especially well coded and by that I mean the code works very well but is no fun at all to edit.

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:52:53 +0000

as if they aren’t filtering many of the bots that are making some clicks.

I’d say that has alot to do with it, but who knows.

I clicked the advert out of curiosity before I even read this post

By: Josh Spaulding

Josh Spaulding — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:52:53 +0000

as if they aren’t filtering many of the bots that are making some clicks.

I'd say that has alot to do with it, but who knows.

I clicked the advert out of curiosity before I even read this post

By: Iantrepreneur

Iantrepreneur — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:59:07 +0000

I had to stop with Open Ads – the queries was messing the display with my banners and stats – not too sure why or what was happening with my sql – but I know SQL filled up real quick 50mbs within 2 weeks!

By: Iantrepreneur

Iantrepreneur — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:59:07 +0000

By: 45n5

45n5 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:18:57 +0000

http://studge.com/hiding-links-with-php-and-counting-clicks-with-mysql/

By: 45n5

45n5 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:11:52 +0000

if you are worried about it do a simple redirect on the link, record EVERY single click, then see how the results match up.

they have basic php/mysql scripts that do it, google it