Pay per click

[sheldonlg]

I asked before and didn't really get a response, so I will ask another way.

If anyone has some experience in writing a site that collects from other
sites on a pay per click basis, then what software package out there
would you recommend using or buying to include this feature?

When I need a shopping cart, I don't write my own. I take one that is
already written. I think I want to do that with pay per click as well.

So, any recommendations?

[sheldonlg]

sheldonlg wrote:

I asked before and didn't really get a response, so I will ask another way.

If anyone has some experience in writing a site that collects from other
sites on a pay per click basis, then what software package out there
would you recommend using or buying to include this feature?

When I need a shopping cart, I don't write my own. I take one that is
already written. I think I want to do that with pay per click as well.

So, any recommendations?

Let me qualify this a bit. This is not a keyword bidding thing. This
is a site (A) that will contract with other sites (B-Z) such that when a
user clicks from A to go to B-Z, it will count towards paying A. A is
not a "search engine". It is a "listing engine".

[sheldonlg]

sheldonlg wrote:

sheldonlg wrote:

>I asked before and didn't really get a response, so I will ask another
way.

If anyone has some experience in writing a site that collects from
other sites on a pay per click basis, then what software package out
there would you recommend using or buying to include this feature?

When I need a shopping cart, I don't write my own. I take one that is
already written. I think I want to do that with pay per click as well.

So, any recommendations?

Let me qualify this a bit. This is not a keyword bidding thing. This
is a site (A) that will contract with other sites (B-Z) such that when a
user clicks from A to go to B-Z, it will count towards paying A. A is
not a "search engine". It is a "listing engine".

I just found out what this is called. It is called a "click-through
affiliate" program. So, with that said, are there any recommendations
for good ones?

[Jerry Stuckle]

sheldonlg wrote:

sheldonlg wrote:

>sheldonlg wrote:

>>I asked before and didn't really get a response, so I will ask
another way.

If anyone has some experience in writing a site that collects from
other sites on a pay per click basis, then what software package out
there would you recommend using or buying to include this feature?

When I need a shopping cart, I don't write my own. I take one that
is already written. I think I want to do that with pay per click as
well.

So, any recommendations?

Let me qualify this a bit. This is not a keyword bidding thing. This
is a site (A) that will contract with other sites (B-Z) such that when
a user clicks from A to go to B-Z, it will count towards paying A. A
is not a "search engine". It is a "listing engine".

I just found out what this is called. It is called a "click-through
affiliate" program. So, with that said, are there any recommendations
for good ones?

Most affiliate programs have their own scripts they supply.

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[sheldonlg]

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

sheldonlg wrote:

>sheldonlg wrote:

>>sheldonlg wrote:
I asked before and didn't really get a response, so I will ask
another way.

If anyone has some experience in writing a site that collects from
other sites on a pay per click basis, then what software package out
there would you recommend using or buying to include this feature?

When I need a shopping cart, I don't write my own. I take one that
is already written. I think I want to do that with pay per click as
well.

So, any recommendations?

Let me qualify this a bit. This is not a keyword bidding thing.
This is a site (A) that will contract with other sites (B-Z) such
that when a user clicks from A to go to B-Z, it will count towards
paying A. A is not a "search engine". It is a "listing engine".

I just found out what this is called. It is called a "click-through
affiliate" program. So, with that said, are there any recommendations
for good ones?

Most affiliate programs have their own scripts they supply.

They write their own? There must be some companies out there that have
written the software so that a site that wants to direct others to
target sites can buy their software to implement. My research has found
one that seems to do it - bannerclick.shtml -- but what I am doing here
is looking for recommendations from developers.

[Jerry Stuckle]

sheldonlg wrote:

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

>sheldonlg wrote:

>>sheldonlg wrote:
sheldonlg wrote:
I asked before and didn't really get a response, so I will ask
another way.
>
If anyone has some experience in writing a site that collects from
other sites on a pay per click basis, then what software package
out there would you recommend using or buying to include this feature?
>
When I need a shopping cart, I don't write my own. I take one that
is already written. I think I want to do that with pay per click
as well.
>
So, any recommendations?

Let me qualify this a bit. This is not a keyword bidding thing.
This is a site (A) that will contract with other sites (B-Z) such
that when a user clicks from A to go to B-Z, it will count towards
paying A. A is not a "search engine". It is a "listing engine".

I just found out what this is called. It is called a "click-through
affiliate" program. So, with that said, are there any
recommendations for good ones?

Most affiliate programs have their own scripts they supply.

They write their own? There must be some companies out there that have
written the software so that a site that wants to direct others to
target sites can buy their software to implement. My research has found
one that seems to do it - bannerclick.shtml -- but what I am doing here
is looking for recommendations from developers.

Not really. It's not that much code, and each program has their own
needs. Much less than a shopping cart, for instance.

If I were to have a need for it, I'd just write my own. It would take
less time than trying to find something which already exists, and it
would meet my needs without having to rewrite the code.

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[sheldonlg]

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

sheldonlg wrote:

>Jerry Stuckle wrote:

>>sheldonlg wrote:
sheldonlg wrote:
sheldonlg wrote:
>I asked before and didn't really get a response, so I will ask
>another way.
>>
>If anyone has some experience in writing a site that collects from
>other sites on a pay per click basis, then what software package
>out there would you recommend using or buying to include this
>feature?
>>
>When I need a shopping cart, I don't write my own. I take one
>that is already written. I think I want to do that with pay per
>click as well.
>>
>So, any recommendations?
>
Let me qualify this a bit. This is not a keyword bidding thing.
This is a site (A) that will contract with other sites (B-Z) such
that when a user clicks from A to go to B-Z, it will count towards
paying A. A is not a "search engine". It is a "listing engine".

I just found out what this is called. It is called a "click-through
affiliate" program. So, with that said, are there any
recommendations for good ones?

Most affiliate programs have their own scripts they supply.

They write their own? There must be some companies out there that
have written the software so that a site that wants to direct others
to target sites can buy their software to implement. My research has
found one that seems to do it - bannerclick.shtml -- but what I am
doing here is looking for recommendations from developers.

Not really. It's not that much code, and each program has their own
needs. Much less than a shopping cart, for instance.

If I were to have a need for it, I'd just write my own. It would take
less time than trying to find something which already exists, and it
would meet my needs without having to rewrite the code.

I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the user's ip
and record it, the timestamp, and the target before redirecting to that
site. Then simply have some admin program to periodically report the
statistics.

[Jerry Stuckle]

sheldonlg wrote:

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

>sheldonlg wrote:

>>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
sheldonlg wrote:
sheldonlg wrote:
>sheldonlg wrote:
>>I asked before and didn't really get a response, so I will ask
>>another way.
>>>
>>If anyone has some experience in writing a site that collects
>>from other sites on a pay per click basis, then what software
>>package out there would you recommend using or buying to include
>>this feature?
>>>
>>When I need a shopping cart, I don't write my own. I take one
>>that is already written. I think I want to do that with pay per
>>click as well.
>>>
>>So, any recommendations?
>>
>Let me qualify this a bit. This is not a keyword bidding thing.
>This is a site (A) that will contract with other sites (B-Z) such
>that when a user clicks from A to go to B-Z, it will count
>towards paying A. A is not a "search engine". It is a "listing
>engine".
>
I just found out what this is called. It is called a
"click-through affiliate" program. So, with that said, are there
any recommendations for good ones?

Most affiliate programs have their own scripts they supply.

They write their own? There must be some companies out there that
have written the software so that a site that wants to direct others
to target sites can buy their software to implement. My research has
found one that seems to do it - bannerclick.shtml -- but what I am
doing here is looking for recommendations from developers.

Not really. It's not that much code, and each program has their own
needs. Much less than a shopping cart, for instance.

If I were to have a need for it, I'd just write my own. It would take
less time than trying to find something which already exists, and it
would meet my needs without having to rewrite the code.

I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the user's ip
and record it, the timestamp, and the target before redirecting to that
site. Then simply have some admin program to periodically report the
statistics.

Yep, it's a simple process to add that to some kind of database (often
times SQL, but not necessarily).

I think the easiest way would be to use an intermediate page which
updates the database then redirect to the "true" page.

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[Paul Lautman]

sheldonlg wrote:

>
I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the user's
ip and record it, the timestamp, and the target before redirecting to
that site.

Why would you want to record the ip address?

[Rik Wasmus]

Paul Lautman wrote:

sheldonlg wrote:

>I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the user's
ip and record it, the timestamp, and the target before redirecting to
that site.

Why would you want to record the ip address?

For possible verification purposes in case of a conflict with the party
paying for clicks? Not totally reliable, but it might be a weapon in
your arsenal when comparing access logs. Of course, don't group by IP
address, every click from the same IP address might be a totally
different user indeed.
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[Jerry Stuckle]

Rik Wasmus wrote:

Paul Lautman wrote:

>sheldonlg wrote:

>>I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the user's
ip and record it, the timestamp, and the target before redirecting to
that site.

Why would you want to record the ip address?

For possible verification purposes in case of a conflict with the party
paying for clicks? Not totally reliable, but it might be a weapon in
your arsenal when comparing access logs. Of course, don't group by IP
address, every click from the same IP address might be a totally
different user indeed.

Also for fraud identification.

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[sheldonlg]

Paul Lautman wrote:

sheldonlg wrote:

>I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the user's
ip and record it, the timestamp, and the target before redirecting to
that site.

Why would you want to record the ip address?

Because the target site might want to know what we are charging him for.

[Paul Lautman]

sheldonlg wrote:

Paul Lautman wrote:

>sheldonlg wrote:

>>I guess you're right. On a click to a site, first collect the
user's ip and record it, the timestamp, and the target before
redirecting to that site.

Why would you want to record the ip address?

Because the target site might want to know what we are charging him
for.

It's just that so many people share ip addresses, I wondered what you
expected to prove by it.