Let's talk about cookies

MadCat · 2009-10-06, 10:40 PM

Let me state one thing - the cookie checker is "as-is", for all you know I fucked it up and it'll start returning 0 for everything at some point, please use it as a tool just to check things quicky, and don't let it be the sole reason for promoting (or not promoting) a sponsor. As Dunc said, if a tour converts, you don't need a 365 day cookie because someone will sign up the minute they land on the tour page.

Also, cookies can (and do) get overwritten - in general if I send a surfer to a sponsor and the surfer already has a cookie from that sponsor for another affiliate, that cookie gets overwritten with mine (the honest thing really). The nasty thing is that most sponsors will delete any cookies that were set if you go straight to a website.

2009-10-06, 10:40 PM	#29
MadCat If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 247	Let me state one thing - the cookie checker is "as-is", for all you know I fucked it up and it'll start returning 0 for everything at some point, please use it as a tool just to check things quicky, and don't let it be the sole reason for promoting (or not promoting) a sponsor. As Dunc said, if a tour converts, you don't need a 365 day cookie because someone will sign up the minute they land on the tour page. Also, cookies can (and do) get overwritten - in general if I send a surfer to a sponsor and the surfer already has a cookie from that sponsor for another affiliate, that cookie gets overwritten with mine (the honest thing really). The nasty thing is that most sponsors will delete any cookies that were set if you go straight to a website. __________________ What's blue and not heavy?