Does NATS track with cookies? I can't see my code - GoFuckYourself.com

rowan · 01-16-2007, 10:59 PM

Just curious as I'm used to seeing sites with the nats= thing on every page.

http://www.teendreams.com/featured/k...k4Ojk6MQ,0,0,0,

I can't see my NATS code anywhere in the source, and no cookies were set by this page. Seems to be a dead end as far as tracking goes.

The URL comes straight from the NATS affiliate system. Is there a prob or am I missing something?

TMM_John · 01-17-2007, 12:45 AM

NATS does use cookies however we recommend that all programs also pass the NATS variable along each page. NATS uses IPs as well.

However from what I can see on that site the join page that is linked is not the NATS join page. Have you contacted the affiliate program about this?

rowan · 01-17-2007, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PBucksJohn

NATS does use cookies however we recommend that all programs also pass the NATS variable along each page. NATS uses IPs as well.

However from what I can see on that site the join page that is linked is not the NATS join page. Have you contacted the affiliate program about this?

I have now, I just wanted to be sure that it wasn't something else as I do not use many NATS programs. The lack of a cookie and tracking ID looked fairly damning from the start.

FWIW there's 118 of these things with no tracking,

TheDoc · 01-17-2007, 05:41 PM

This doesn't appear to be a NATS Website or Porgram. The Money Orogram is a CCBill program and the join page on Teendreams don't follow the standard NATS format. I would go with your NATS code isn't passing through.

Hope that helps.

Jace · 01-17-2007, 05:46 PM

ThDoc, when I went to the site I got a NATS sign up

http://www.dream-cash.com/signup.php?nats=

TMM_John · 01-17-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

Just curious as I'm used to seeing sites with the nats= thing on every page.

http://www.teendreams.com/featured/k...k4Ojk6MQ,0,0,0,

I can't see my NATS code anywhere in the source, and no cookies were set by this page. Seems to be a dead end as far as tracking goes.

The URL comes straight from the NATS affiliate system. Is there a prob or am I missing something?

Rowan,

The link you provided http://www.teendreams.com/featured/k...k4Ojk6MQ,0,0,0 is not a NATS affiliate link. NATS affiliate links all go through an alias of the NATS installation and through our inbound script. That is just a link to an index.html page on the paysite domain.

TMM_John · 01-17-2007, 05:51 PM

They are running both a NATS and a CCBill program.

http://dream-cash.com/signup.html

Perhaps you're being confused by something Rowan. Hopefully the owner will be able to explain to you what you may or may not be doing wrong.

TheDoc · 01-17-2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by PBucksJohn

They are running both a NATS and a CCBill program.

http://dream-cash.com/signup.html

Perhaps you're being confused by something Rowan. Hopefully the owner will be able to explain to you what you may or may not be doing wrong.

I looked at the paysite signup form

Guess I should have checked the program.

rowan · 01-17-2007, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by PBucksJohn

Rowan,

The link you provided http://www.teendreams.com/featured/k...k4Ojk6MQ,0,0,0 is not a NATS affiliate link. NATS affiliate links all go through an alias of the NATS installation and through our inbound script. That is just a link to an index.html page on the paysite domain.

It's meant to be a FHG, although it's a fairly unusual looking one.

As I said, it came straight out of the NATS affiliate admin FHG generator.

rowan · 01-17-2007, 06:12 PM

The URL came straight from the Hosted Ad Tools dump.

Quickdraw · 01-17-2007, 06:34 PM

Damn Rowan, now you are making me go check all my galleries again

TMM_John · 01-17-2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

It's meant to be a FHG, although it's a fairly unusual looking one.

As I said, it came straight out of the NATS affiliate admin FHG generator.

In that case I'm guessing they have something setup wrong in their site configuration (linkdomain most likely). Have you had any response from the program owner yet?

rowan · 01-17-2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Quickdraw

Damn Rowan, now you are making me go check all my galleries again

I ran a script which checked for the presense of my NATS id in each gal... it's not perfect since it doesn't check syntax but it does show gals which are clearly broken.

All of the /featured/ gals are dead ends so if you have any of those then remove or suspend them.

One other FHG is broken, http://www.sweet-peaches.net/galleri...4Ojk6OA,0,0,0, has broken PHP code so it is not tracked.

I might extend this script to work with all sponsors, you'll probably hear from me again.

01-16-2007, 10:59 PM	#1
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Does NATS track with cookies? I can't see my code Just curious as I'm used to seeing sites with the nats= thing on every page. http://www.teendreams.com/featured/k...k4Ojk6MQ,0,0,0, I can't see my NATS code anywhere in the source, and no cookies were set by this page. Seems to be a dead end as far as tracking goes. The URL comes straight from the NATS affiliate system. Is there a prob or am I missing something?

01-17-2007, 12:45 AM	#2
TMM_John Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6,660	NATS does use cookies however we recommend that all programs also pass the NATS variable along each page. NATS uses IPs as well. However from what I can see on that site the join page that is linked is not the NATS join page. Have you contacted the affiliate program about this? __________________ Skype: JohnA1078 Too Much Media - Makers of the Industry's Leading Payite Management Platform, NATS!

01-17-2007, 05:41 PM	#4
TheDoc Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Currently Incognito Posts: 13,827	This doesn't appear to be a NATS Website or Porgram. The Money Orogram is a CCBill program and the join page on Teendreams don't follow the standard NATS format. I would go with your NATS code isn't passing through. Hope that helps. __________________ ~TheDoc - ICQ7765825 It's all disambiguation

01-17-2007, 05:51 PM	#7
TMM_John Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6,660	They are running both a NATS and a CCBill program. http://dream-cash.com/signup.html Perhaps you're being confused by something Rowan. Hopefully the owner will be able to explain to you what you may or may not be doing wrong. __________________ Skype: JohnA1078 Too Much Media - Makers of the Industry's Leading Payite Management Platform, NATS!

01-17-2007, 05:46 PM	#5
Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562	ThDoc, when I went to the site I got a NATS sign up http://www.dream-cash.com/signup.php?nats=

01-17-2007, 06:12 PM	#10
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	The URL came straight from the Hosted Ad Tools dump.

01-17-2007, 06:34 PM	#11
Quickdraw Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: → → → Posts: 1,717	Damn Rowan, now you are making me go check all my galleries again