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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.
it's better to offer both solutions to your affiliates if you own a program because some affilaites want long url's and others want the php style urls.
just a thought.
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your sites is actually one of the sites i have linked to recently despite this linking way. Yes you might get credited to the hit to the paysite for gallery views but I'd rather get credit for paysite views only.
I send a TON of hits daily to FHGs and from that only a very little percentage go onto the paysite but i'd rather see ratios from tours to see how it converts not just ratios from every surfer that clicks the gallery
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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.
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if the surfer is at all interested in the site when they are viewing the gallery they will look at the site at that time and then later decide if they want to join based on the tour and other factors.. There is always going to be those that say not doing it this way will lose you sales via direct type ins but i think that number is very low from a fhg
another thing I think is if like you said the surfer goes to fhg of a site and closes it and later decides he likes that site or model i think the average surfer would look for that same fhg in his history to re look at her and click the link from there.. Surfers don't surf tgps all day and remember 10 paysite urls of girls they might like to join based of fhgs.