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Old 2005-05-23, 11:22 AM   #25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Opti
As an affiliate, I'd trust a program running NATS over a program running MPA4, purely based on NATS promoting themselves as unshavable... and the type of program owner that would be attracted to use it 'despite' that feature.

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Not arguing it isn't true... I just can't think of a logical reason how the affiliate managment software could affect the signup ratio that much.
Opti, one of the reasons that people are seeing differences in stats and bad ratios is the fact that NATS tracks only with cookies. How to check this? A simple PHP script can prove this.
Code:
<?php
set_time_limit(0);
for ( $i = 0; $i < 100; $i++ )
  file ('YOUR_NATS_CODE_HERE');
?>
This will track 100 unique hits in your account. If you try this on MPA, it won't work, because it tracks with both cookies and database.

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