seems like sponsors arent counting traffic?

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Jim

Any program I was ever part of never miscounted hits on purpose...

Of course, one of them just decided to not show the 1st page hits

Originally Posted by Jim

...But still, the tracking of signups will still be working. Unless you are being paid on hits sent, I really wouldn't worry about it too much. But, that's just my opinion.

That's where I have to disagree, especially if you're basing your ads on ratio's & per-click totals.

Showing only 2nd page hits or "loosing" hits will obviously make the webmaster think the program's sites are converting better than they really are.