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Generally, my site contains javascripts (a couple of freebie counters plus some CPM (pay-per-impression) and CPC (pay-per-click) ads), from four different firms, but they are all suffering from the same problem: every day, they have a 90%+ failure rate, in detecting traffic. My server log keeps reporting that numerous people visit the site, but those javascript companies keep saying otherwise.
I have reason to believe that the server log is accurate and I suspect that something, at my site, is preventing those scripts from fully-functioning.
Recently, I read that some hosts limit the capabilities of free javascript counters and was wondering if that was the case, here, too; was my host's restriction interfering with my other javascripts - which also needed to count.
The host denied limiting anything, yet, theorized that its operating system might not be compatible with the javascript companies' operating systems and, somehow, this might be the cause of my woes.
My host is a Unix shop and one of those javascript businesses (the CPM ad company) employs Linux. According to this CPM firm, however: "Don't forget the problem is only with your account, nobody else has issues so I am sure there is nothing wrong with our server or our code. We have been using the same code for the last 4 years."
Loosely, all the javascripts need to place a cookie on the visitor's hard drive, in order to properly function.
I find it hard to believe that most of my visitors have their cookies turned off, though. Other sites, which employ one of the javascripts, get high visitor counts.
Similarly, according to W3, as of January 2007, 94% of browsers had javascript turned on.
I read the post about popup blockers blocking javascript (http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread601999.html), but, in a way, it did not seem relevant to my situation.
Am I wrong?
I would greatly-appreciate any comments/insight, regarding this issue.
