Originally Posted by Shaze

the coded php way makes the URL's look better/cleaner and like you said the ratios will be more accurate but there is a downside to it. you don't get the cookie set right away as soon as the surfer hits the gallery. so if the surfer looks at the gallery but doesn't click to the paysite but remembers the paysite name/url and later types it in directly on the browser or searches it in google or gets there some other way you don't get credited with the sale.

using the long URL your automatically credited with the surfer as soon as he hits the gallery so if he decides to not actually go to the site, but then goes back to the site later to buy you get credit.