Issues reported by members with Firefox on PC...

Hi All

I have had an issue reported to me from a Mod on my forum via PM - I use AuctionAds, and this is the content of the PM...

John - I have a problem - and it's doing my head in!

Every time I open a page in tMP, another tab gets open in Firefox with the contents of the AuctionAds in it as pure text. eg:

* Francis Ho * Kevin Hinds * * Copyright (c) 2007 Auction Ads, LLC. * */ require_once("/home/websites/auctionads/html/ad_init.inc"); require_once("/home/websites/auctionads/html/pagead/errors.php"); require_once("/home/websites/auctionads/html/pagead/common.inc"); /** * Use GeoIP security only if in production */ if (!$inTesting) { require_once("/home/websites/auctionads/html/geoip/geoip.inc"); } $debug_speed = 0; $cache_debug = 0; if (!isset($_COOKIE['aatid']) || empty($_COOKIE['aatid'])) { $cookie_id = rand(1111, 9999) . time() . rand(111, 999); setcookie("aatid", $cookie_id, time() + (86400*30), "/", ".auctionads.com"); } $requester_ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; /** * Use GeoIP security only if in production * else default to US */ if (!$inTesting) { $gi = geoip_open("/usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat", GEOIP_STANDARD); $country = geoip_country_code_by_addr($gi, "$requester_ip"); geoip_close($gi); } else { $country = "US"; } if(!empty($_REQUEST['geo'])) { $country = $_REQUEST['geo']; } $request_rand = rand(1000,9999); list($width, $height) = explode("x", $_REQUEST['format']); global $border_color, $width, $height, $format, $ad_kw, $kw, $bg_color, $heading_color, $desc_color, $link_color, $client_id, $ad_campaign, $cHowever, on the Portal, the AuctionAds appear ok.

HELP!

Anyone else experiencing similar issues?

I am on a Mac using firefox and haven't experienced any issues, neither has this been reported by any other users on tMP.

Any advice?

I just looked at a thread on FF under Ubuntu and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Perhaps she's running an adblocker or something.

Yeah - I dont think its you, firefox or auctionads John

OK, thanks guys. Looks like his FF install is possibly screwed.

John, if you're looking to help them have them delete their Firefox profile.

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile

This will start them over without having to reinstall Firefox. When they restart Firefox, a new profile will automatically be created and all settings will be back at their defaults.

Also if they want to keep their bookmarks have them copy bookmarks.html from their current profile folder to the desktop. After they restart firefox, close the browser then copy bookmarks.html to the new folder and allow it to be over wrote.

Hope it helps.

John,

This is an AuctionAds issue - they are having some problems securing their code, just take a look at this blog post...

http://adclustr.com/sideblog/434

Auction ads is a nice idea. But anyone could put take them out of the middle IMO with a little code.

Ebay has an API.

A similar issue was reported here: http://adclustr.com/sideblog/434

Though, that one is actually the rendering code. The problem has been fixed on AA's side to the best of my knowledge.

solution, ditch AA.....

Auction ads is a nice idea. But anyone could put take them out of the middle IMO with a little code.

Ebay has an API.

solution, ditch AA.....

I am starting that effort.

The difference is simple.

Most people will make 75% commission with auctionads and 50% with CJ.

The difference is simple.

Most people will make 75% commission with auction ads and 50% with CJ.

Show me how AA can pay more than EBay themselves? I have argued about percentages in the past. What is this 75% of? Can I see the breakdown?

Tell me if AA will survive? Seems many on the net are posting they don't think so.

Tell me why it's a bad idea to do the same as them, for ourselves?

If they negotiated a deal, I bet anyone can. If it's better code, maybe we can even get a better deal?

Or better yet, I'll just quit since you told me it's a bad idea. haha :no:

First, I didnt say its a bad idea for you to create something.

Second, the reason AA can do better then any one individual is simple. Volume. Becuase of AA's volume, they are in the higher tier. I doubt 95% of forum owners will surpass $5,000 a month in revenue generation so they will be stuck at the 55% level and many will stay at the 50% level, whereas AA is at the 75% level. You have to have $3 million a month in revenue to get to the 75% tier. So you cant just take AA out as the middleman as an individual forum owner and earn the same money.

http://affiliates.ebay.com/ns/Payout.htm

However, I do agree that AA needs to get its act together. I think they are on the path to doing this, but have some way to go yet.

Third, my understanding is that ebay has an exclusive contract with CJ and others, including AA, cannot negotiate a special deal with ebay at this time.

I cant say if AA will survive or not. Mediawhiz is a successful company with many customers. They have alot to draw on and have made a substantial investment in this. I dont see them just walking away from this.

So, they give away their whole cut? What's in it for them then?

The FAQ is vague at best. I just don't see how they can pay out "a minimum of 100% of eBay commission revenue" and you can say it's different then if I do it myself with my own application though.

They link to Ebays commission rates for payout. It just don't sound right.

I don't get the math yet.

They are a super affiliate - they get credit for the cumulative total of all their publishers so they get pushed to the higher payout tier.

They havent taken a cut of the commissions yet, instead passing the commissions straight to the publishers. Shoemoney originally did this to build his publisher base, then sold to medawhiz - and mediawhiz is still new with it so they havent started to take a cut yet either. I imagine they'll take a small cut at some point, but right now they are too busy trying to fix problems and rebuld the publisher base.

Some of my members are being prompted to download an 'ads' file (firefox users as far as I can tell) from auctionads.com but I can't duplicate the issue on my computer.