Solve Media CAPTCHA - Protect & Monetize your Forum

[solvemedia]

Please remember to click Mark as Installed if you use this modification.

Description
Secure and monetize your vBulletin forum with Solve Media's free CAPTCHA replacement. Use Solve Media's free CAPTCHA solution and earn money from CAPTCHA. Solve Media has created a patent-pending technology that turns CAPTCHA into a branded TYPE-INs?. Every time a visitor to your site enters a CAPTCHA brand message, we share the revenue with you. Users are easily frustrated by traditional CAPTCHA. Solve Media CAPTCHA TYPE-IN? ads are easy to read, easy to complete and reinforce messages that are easy to remember. For visually impaired users, the Solve Media CAPTCHA widget offers an audio CAPTCHA puzzle.

Read about Solve Media in the Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/09/21/an-online-ad-that%E2%80%99s-tough-to-ignore/).

Installation

Download and unzip the vB-solvemedia4_x.zip archive.
Upload solvemedialib.php and class_humanverify_solvemedia.php to your /includes/ directory.
Import product-solvemedia.xml via the Product Manager.
Register for a Solve Media account at http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/public/signup and obtain a set of API keys
Change the Human Verification Library to Solve Media via AdminCP > Human Verification Manager.
Set your API keys and make any desired configuration changes via the Solve Media Options.


Version History

1.0.6 - Bugfix
1.0.5 - Bugfix
1.0.4 - Uses vBulletin's template system. Bugfixes.
1.0.3 - Added language option and support for HTTPS sites
1.0.2 - Initial Release

[davidg]

what method is used for payments ? paypal ? check? or is like google adsense ?

[solvemedia]

what method is used for payments ? paypal ? check? or is like google adsense ?

US publishers are paid by check or through PayPal. Foreign publishers are paid through PayPal

[Alibass]

Will give this a try, thanks!

[Alibass]

I am getting a domain / ckey mismatch on my registration page. :confused:

[solvemedia]

I am getting a domain / ckey mismatch on my registration page. :confused:

This is a common issue for new publishers. It means you either incorrectly entered your API keys in the plugin configurations or the website address you entered in our system does not exactly match your website's address. In this particular case, it looks like you did not include the subdomain, www, with the rest of your site's address. For security purposes, API keys are tied to a specific website, and you must enter your website's address exactly.

[ProFifaLeagues]

Looks good will try this tonight and see how we go!
Thanks mate.

[Alibass]

This is a common issue for new publishers. It means you either incorrectly entered your API keys in the plugin configurations or the website address you entered in our system does not exactly match your website's address. In this particular case, it looks like you did not include the subdomain, www, with the rest of your site's address. For security purposes, API keys are tied to a specific website, and you must enter your website's address exactly.
That was it, I left off the www :erm: Thanks :up:

Will this version play the movie recaptcha also or is that something different you offer?

[solvemedia]

Will this version play the movie recaptcha also or is that something different you offer?

We offer our advertisers a wide range of creative types, including video.

[robdawg]

Are the payouts based on CPM? CPC? Can you give us an idea of what payouts would look like?

[solvemedia]

Are the payouts based on CPM? CPC? Can you give us an idea of what payouts would look like?

Payouts are difficult to predict.

The way that we compensate our Publishers is based on a rev share (60/40 ~ Solve Media/Publisher). The rev share is applicable when a correctly completed or solved type-in is submitted for an ad unit/revenue puzzle ONLY. Our standard CAPTCHA-like puzzles do not contribute to your payout as they are meant to better secure a site while filling non-advertisement inventory. Payout is also based on the CPT (cost per type-in) rates that we secure with our Advertiser partners. These vary based on Insertion Order agreements and can change frequently. We have algorithms in place that perform all of these calculations and then distribute amongst our Publisher partners. Other factors in your payout include the amount of traffic you get to your site, the amount of times that revenue puzzles are displayed and the places where you place our widget. We've found that places like password resets encourage higher engagement than others.

Typical eCPMs can be anywhere from $1 - $20 depending on your implementation and revenue.

[OldSchoolDSL]

Make money on new users and keep spam out... Win, win

tagged.

(Will be adding this when I upgrade to 4.1.1)

[GamerPerfection]

Tagged.

I'd like to see some posts from those that have installed it and I'd like to see what people say in regards to...

1 - reduction/increase/no change in spam levels
2 - money!!!!!

:)

[Antidepresiv]

This is ok, but i think it won't take long for bots to "learn" those words, so spam levels will increase over time, but the security is still more immportant to me than money.. Tagged for now, will give it a try later.. Thanks..

Regards,
Antidepresiv

[rob01]

you are able to see ads and no ads captcha right?

im unable to see the ones with ads

[solvemedia]

you are able to see ads and no ads captcha right?

im unable to see the ones with ads

Some of the revenue-bearing creatives look like standard CAPTCHAs.

Also, we offer our advertisers a variety of targeting options. It is possible that you do not fall into their target group.

[Taurus1]

Whenever I go to the Registration page now, I get the 'email is already in use' warning, and I have some strange email and username already filled in. No image for verification. Went back to reCaptcha, and all is fine again.

[CoZmicShReddeR]

Doesn't this fall under the fact the spammers already broke CAPTCHA code? Because I was using CAPTCHA and had tons of spammer BOTS! And can we chose what ads we want because I do not want to advertise Toyota?

[2SQ.ORG]

Okay having a problem with sign up, it suggest that I check boxes of interest yet I do not see these boxes, I have tried this on 3 different browsers

Lastly I do not understand their payment terms

For example are they considering the payee the publisher? and if the advertiser doesn't pay then they make the payee or publisher pay?

Can you explain please because this makes no sense to me. I will past what is on their website and then you tell me ..

# 6. FEES, PAYMENT AND PRICING.

1. 6.1 Payment Terms. Each Party’s share of Net Revenue shall be determined on a calendar monthly basis. Solve Media shall pay Publisher within thirty (30) days after the close of each calendar month for the Inventory Solve Media sold during the previous calendar month; provided that Solve Media may, in its sole discretion, holdback fifteen percent (15%) of such Net Revenue (the “Holdback”). If Solve Media elects to employ the Holdback, Solve Media shall release each such Holdback within thirty (30) days after Solve Media’s receipt of complete payment from the advertisers for the Inventory that was the subject of the Holdback. In the event Solve Media has not received complete payment from advertisers within one (1) year after the month in which such Inventory was sold, future amounts due to Publisher hereunder shall be subject to a setoff, reduction, and/or recoupment by Solve Media in the amount of such shortfall. For Inventory sold by Publisher, Publisher shall pay Solve Media within thirty (30) days of Publisher’s receipt of payment from the advertiser. Publisher shall pay Solve Media the fees associated with any House Ads within thirty (30) days after receiving Solve Media’s invoice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if a Party’s earned balance is less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200), no payment shall be made until the amounts owed by the other Party exceed such amount. If a Party disputes any payment made hereunder, it must notify the other Party in writing within thirty (30) days of any such payment. Failure to so notify the other Party shall result in the waiver by the Party of any claims related to such disputed payment. Payments shall be calculated solely based on records maintained by the Parties. To ensure proper payments, each Party is responsible for providing and maintaining accurate contact and payment information with the other Party regarding its account.
2. 6.2 Exclusions. Solve Media shall not be liable for any payments based on (i) any fraudulent impressions, fraudulent clicks, or fraudulent type-ins or completions of puzzles, or the like, generated by any person, robot, automated program, or similar device, all as reasonably determined by Solve Media; (ii) impressions commingled with a significant number of any of the fraudulent occurrences described in (i) above; or (iii) any breach of this Agreement by Publisher. In addition, for the sake of clarity, if a Party does not receive the applicable payment in full from any advertiser, its liability or responsibility to the other Party shall be reduced by the pro rata amount not collected from the advertiser (and the other Party hereby releases the selling Party) with respect to such uncollected amount. Each Party shall exert commercially reasonable efforts to minimize bad debt and to collect all amounts due to the Parties.

[murekhalir]

WOW this is CREATIVE and win.

[Gnoll]

I hope this helps :/ ... Thx installed

[onehost]

I do not mind showing ads for money...In fact this is a very good idea just to create my own ads and show to my own
members, and i keep all the money..and captcha is crap...you need to allow members to setup their own random
questions....any computer can figure out letters on the screen, but how many can figure out what the color of the
sun is, or the color of the grass? I have had the same questions on my forum for months now, and not one bot
that I am aware of has gotten past the actual random questions...captcha is useless....

[Eduardo Leon]

haha nice thnks !

[MasJ]

I installed this a few hours ago and it worked fine. Even my solve media control panel showed me that I received 30 type ins (made $0 though..). However, it suddenly stopped working for no reason and now my users are unable to sign up. I had to disable this because of that.

Any idea why this would happen ? I do have HTTP-X-FORWARDED-IP set through my reverse proxy so I doubt that's the issue.. Any ideas ?

Alright, I've managed to fix it, here's what I did:

Replace in class_humanverify_solvemedia.php (Line 30):
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']
with:
$_SERVER['HTTP_X_REAL_IP']

Maybe you should include a check for $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REAL_IP'] or $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] in your script.. ?

[GamerPerfection]

I installed this a few hours ago and it worked fine. Even my solve media control panel showed me that I received 30 type ins (made $0 though..).Me too. :down:

[rafiul]

Where is the paypal option? I only see the Billing Contact Emai, where should i enter the paypal email ?

[GamerPerfection]

Where is the paypal option? I only see the Billing Contact Emai, where should i enter the paypal email ?You telling me you actually got some money?

[Gnoll]

It works, i dont care money or stuff , just keep ur words updated :D using for 2 days 0 spam member :D

[final kaoss]

good stuff, installed.

[irishblacknight]

Has anyone made any money from this?

[GamerPerfection]

Ok, I understand it now. You only get commission if it is a "brand message". So why do I only get non brand?

[solvemedia]

Whenever I go to the Registration page now, I get the 'email is already in use' warning, and I have some strange email and username already filled in. No image for verification. Went back to reCaptcha, and all is fine again.

Please submit a trouble ticket (http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case) and we will look into the issue.

[solvemedia]

Doesn't this fall under the fact the spammers already broke CAPTCHA code? Because I was using CAPTCHA and had tons of spammer BOTS!

There are different CAPTCHA implementations. Breaking one type of CAPTCHA does not necessarily mean that you can break other CAPTCHAs.
Our CAPTCHA is only the first layer of security. We have other security mechanisms in place that will detect and deter spammers.

And can we chose what ads we want because I do not want to advertise Toyota?

While you cannot opt-out of specific advertisements, the categories you choose when classifying your website will determine whether certain advertisers target your site.

[solvemedia]

Okay having a problem with sign up, it suggest that I check boxes of interest yet I do not see these boxes, I have tried this on 3 different browsers

Please submit a trouble ticket (http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case) and we will help you sign up.

Lastly I do not understand their payment terms

For example are they considering the payee the publisher? and if the advertiser doesn't pay then they make the payee or publisher pay?

The publisher is always the payee. The publisher never pays for anything.

[solvemedia]

I installed this a few hours ago and it worked fine. Even my solve media control panel showed me that I received 30 type ins (made $0 though..). However, it suddenly stopped working for no reason and now my users are unable to sign up. I had to disable this because of that.

Any idea why this would happen ? I do have HTTP-X-FORWARDED-IP set through my reverse proxy so I doubt that's the issue.. Any ideas ?

Alright, I've managed to fix it, here's what I did:

Replace in class_humanverify_solvemedia.php (Line 30):
$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']
with:
$_SERVER['HTTP_X_REAL_IP']

Maybe you should include a check for $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REAL_IP'] or $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] in your script.. ?

I am glad to see you worked this out. This is another issue we have seen before, and it is documented here (http://solvemedia.zendesk.com/entries/386713-why-am-i-unable-to-complete-the-puzzles-and-see-a-banned-ip-error).

Unfortunately, we have seen the issue on a variety of different reverse proxy, CDN, and load balancing setups. They all reported the true user IP in a different manner. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to account for all the different ways a server may present the true user IP.

[solvemedia]

Where is the paypal option? I only see the Billing Contact Emai, where should i enter the paypal email ?

You can read about our payment system here (http://solvemedia.zendesk.com/entries/308002-how-do-i-get-paid).

[solvemedia]

Has anyone made any money from this?

Ok, I understand it now. You only get commission if it is a "brand message". So why do I only get non brand?

You can read about expected payouts here (http://solvemedia.zendesk.com/entries/303463-what-sort-of-payout-should-i-expect).

[final kaoss]

Edit your links & remove the double http://

[rafiul]

200dollar is too much high for pay outs. So forget about earnings. If any one need alternate of recaptcha can use it.

[GamerPerfection]

You can read about expected payouts here (http://solvemedia.zendesk.com/entries/303463-what-sort-of-payout-should-i-expect).Thank you for that very insightful link, but it didn't answer my question as to why i only ever get non-brand puzzles?

[Digital Jedi]

Thank you for that very insightful link, but it didn't answer my question as to why i only ever get non-brand puzzles?
It says in that post that the number of revenue puzzles that get displayed is based on the amount of traffic that you get to your website, along with a number of other calculations

[solvemedia]

Thank you for that very insightful link, but it didn't answer my question as to why i only ever get non-brand puzzles?

Some of our revenue-bearing creatives may look like standard CAPTCHA puzzles. It is also possible that you have triggered our fraud system, or your site's category does not fall into any of our advertisers' targets, or that you don't fall into any of our advertisers' demographic targets.

[Antidepresiv]

So to be more clear, for 100 brand puzzles filled corectly, how much money do we get ? And, is there any chance to lower the payout standard to 50$, because i think a lot of users will agree, that 200$ is way too much, it would take us 2 years to get a decent payout.

Regards,
Antidepresiv

[TNCclubman]

So to be more clear, for 100 brand puzzles filled corectly, how much money do we get ?

Yes, a nice breakdown like that would make it easier for us.

Id estimate based on their website 100 puzzles filled out in the captcha = <$1

If Im incorrect, please correct it for us.

[GamerPerfection]

6 solved type-ins, and 0$ what crap.

[solvemedia]

So to be more clear, for 100 brand puzzles filled corectly, how much money do we get ? And, is there any chance to lower the payout standard to 50$, because i think a lot of users will agree, that 200$ is way too much, it would take us 2 years to get a decent payout.

Regards,
Antidepresiv

Our current policy is a $200 threshold for payouts. We pay out every month on the date of your sign-up. If you did not reach the threshold, the money in your account is rolled over to the next month. We may revisit this policy in the future to make it more accessible for smaller publishers.

[Digital Jedi]

6 solved type-ins, and 0$ what crap.
You expected to get paid for six type-ins? You had way higher expectations then me. I was expecting it in the 100s. I could understand if you were loosing revenue, or making less money because of trying this, but it's really costing you nothing to try this out. You shouldn't expect to make revenue if you don't have that many signups a day.

[solvemedia]

So to be more clear, for 100 brand puzzles filled corectly, how much money do we get ? And, is there any chance to lower the payout standard to 50$, because i think a lot of users will agree, that 200$ is way too much, it would take us 2 years to get a decent payout.

Regards,
Antidepresiv

Yes, a nice breakdown like that would make it easier for us.

Id estimate based on their website 100 puzzles filled out in the captcha = <$1

If Im incorrect, please correct it for us.

6 solved type-ins, and 0$ what crap.

It is very difficult to give any sort of estimate on how many correctly solved type-ins are required to make a certain amount of money. The number of revenue-bearing creatives that your account will see and the value of those creatives vary significantly based on your traffic and the preferences of our advertisers. There will be periods in which you make $1 for every 10 solved type-ins and other times in which you don't make $1 with a 100.

Our program is a revenue sharing partnership. If you are not making any money, then we are not making any money. Furthermore, as Digital Jedi has mentioned, the program is completely free. You are never charged for any services, nor do you lose revenue for any reason.

[GamerPerfection]

Furthermore, as Digital Jedi has mentioned, the program is completely free. You are never charged for any services, nor do you lose revenue for any reason.Yet we have no evidence anyone has gotten any revenue at all from this. That could easily be assumed as false advertising if no-one actually gets any money. Not saying that's what you are doing because i doubt you are. But there's been no person here saying they have accrued revenue.

[TNCclubman]

There will be periods in which you make $1 for every 10 solved type-ins.

Can you explain in exact terms when this happens? Like actual numbers. Im sure some people here will have those kinds of numbers and can test this out for us.

(The other threshhold of $1 for 100 signups equates to a $200 payout after 20,000 people successfully fill out the captcha)

Let me tell you, something is adding up. If Toyota is advertising to 20,000 people directly like this, they're under paying you. Im in advertising and I make thousands of dollars for that kind of advertising from a client like Toyota

[Alibass]

Yet we have no evidence anyone has gotten any revenue at all from this. That could easily be assumed as false advertising if no-one actually gets any money. Not saying that's what you are doing because i doubt you are. But there's been no person here saying they have accrued revenue.
Damn dude, the mod was just released 4 days ago, do you really expect to see someone posting about how much money they made already?

[GamerPerfection]

Damn dude, the mod was just released 4 days ago, do you really expect to see someone posting about how much money they made already?Nope, i just find it odd how this suddenly gets released when reCAPTCHA becomes broken.

[solvemedia]

Nope, i just find it odd how this suddenly gets released when reCAPTCHA becomes broken.

Solve Media launched in September after a year in private beta. You can read about us in the Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/09/21/an-online-ad-that?s-tough-to-ignore/). The vBulletin mod has also been around for a while. We have several large forum networks that are using it. We are just now revamping our efforts for plugins for various applications, like vBulletin.

[TNCclubman]

In the wall street article, you guys say

"Solve charges a fee of about 25 cents to 50 cents for each form that is filled out using a Type-In ad, Mr. Jacoby said. He said the company splits its fees 50-50 with the websites where the ads are placed."

That sounds alot different than what we're hearing here. On the low end, we should be getting 12 cents per click, or $12 / 100 clicks. That sounds alot better.

[GamerPerfection]

In the wall street article, you guys say

"Solve charges a fee of about 25 cents to 50 cents for each form that is filled out using a Type-In ad, Mr. Jacoby said. He said the company splits its fees 50-50 with the websites where the ads are placed."

That sounds alot different than what we're hearing here. On the low end, we should be getting 12 cents per click, or $12 / 100 clicks. That sounds alot better.Don't believe everything you read in papers and magazines. What the rep here says is basically from the horses mouth. :)

[Digital Jedi]

I was going to wait a few months before I reported if I had gotten any revenue or not. I did make three cents in three days on six impressions, but then, my forum is slower than frozen molasses. I don't think the measure is that simple anyway.

Nope, i just find it odd how this suddenly gets released when reCAPTCHA becomes broken.
Wouldn't you? Even though they've been around since way before that report, if this is something you were developing, just what would be stopping you from making enhanced effort at under these circumstances?

[Gnoll]

i have 5 solved 0.01$ so i need 80k to get pay-out (well it be better if it was 100$)

but still if there is money in a job there is always protection we are getting money for every solved puzzle ... And this force developers makes stuff better and better everyday :D - i'm happy as much as it protects my forum

[final kaoss]

0.01$ from 36 solved type ins

i have 5 solved 0.01$ so i need 80k to get pay-out (well it be better if it was 100$)

but still if there is money in a job there is always protection we are getting money for every solved puzzle ... And this force developers makes stuff better and better everyday :D - i'm happy as much as it protects my forum

[TNCclubman]

0.01$ from 36 solved type ins

You should be at $4.50-$9 according to the wallstreet interview with the creator. lol

[GamerPerfection]

9 solved type-ins 0$

[ShawnV]

Thanks for the software, its working well. Appreciate it.

[Digital Jedi]

Maybe we should all come back in a couple of months, at least, before we compare notes. Too early to tell. Though each of us comparing the amount of cents we've each made in four days is kinda amusing.

[GamerPerfection]

I'll give it a month and then i'll tell you all what i've earned.

[Digital Jedi]

I'll probably wait two at the very least. Just doesn't seem like it was ever intended to be quick.

[OldSchoolDSL]

A good way to see if this thing really works is to add it to a very, very busy community....

Example.... Offopic.com

Some place were they are likely to get 250 new members in about 1 hour and has status like this:
Threads: 4,692,203, Posts: 137,663,733, Members: 225,899

[Digital Jedi]

A good way to see if this thing really works is to add it to a very, very busy community....

Example.... Offopic.com

Some place were they are likely to get 250 new members in about 1 hour and has status like this:
Threads: 4,692,203, Posts: 137,663,733, Members: 225,899
Yes, I'd like to see a big board owner chime in on this after a time. Maybe not reveal what he made, but give us an idea how traffic and registrations or recovered passwords impacted his revenue.

[solvemedia]

9 solved type-ins 0$

Please remember that your account will only earn money for revenue-bearing creatives. Not all of our creatives provide revenue. Our systems constantly monitor for various forms of abuse, insuring that an optimal amount of revenue and security is provided.

[vauge]

Please remember that your account will only earn money for revenue-bearing creatives. Not all of our creatives provide revenue. Our systems constantly monitor for various forms of abuse, insuring that an optimal amount of revenue and security is provided.

Where do we sign up for paypal etc... I see nothing in http://portal.solvemedia.com

Also, the system is very slow - is this being addressed?

[Digital Jedi]

Where do we sign up for paypal etc... I see nothing in http://portal.solvemedia.com

Also, the system is very slow - is this being addressed?
They use your email address.

[solvemedia]

Where do we sign up for paypal etc... I see nothing in http://portal.solvemedia.com

You can read more about our payment methods here (http://solvemedia.zendesk.com/entries/308002-how-do-i-get-paid).

Also, the system is very slow - is this being addressed?

We are constantly looking to improve our system. Currently, we are not experiencing any problems. Can you please elaborate on the issue in a trouble ticket (http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case)?

[final kaoss]

43 solved type ins.
21 cents made.
105 impressions.

So it seems quite a few people (or bots) failed the new captcha

[fly]

A good way to see if this thing really works is to add it to a very, very busy community....

Example.... Offopic.com

Some place were they are likely to get 250 new members in about 1 hour and has status like this:
Threads: 4,692,203, Posts: 137,663,733, Members: 225,899

That still around? Thought fazle ran it into the ground. Interesting.

[solvemedia]

43 solved type ins.
21 cents made.
105 impressions.

So it seems quite a few people (or bots) failed the new captcha

Failures do not account for the entire difference between impressions and solves. In fact, your account only saw 1 failure. The rest of the impressions were either cancelled or expired puzzles. Puzzles that are refreshed are marked as "cancelled", and puzzles that are not answered in a given timeframe are marked as "expired".

[vauge]

You can read more about our payment methods here (http://solvemedia.zendesk.com/entries/308002-how-do-i-get-paid).



We are constantly looking to improve our system. Currently, we are not experiencing any problems. Can you please elaborate on the issue in a trouble ticket (http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case)?

So I need to signup with another account to create tickets? I'll pass and post here about the slow issue. Slow means ... slow. Initial load or clicking the refresh icon takes about 3 seconds.

$200 is a very large payout. With 96 type-ins, the value is at $.70 cents - wooohoo? That is muliple days. I make more off 10 infolinks hits in a day. And, that is mouse over not a typein.

There is something amis with this. Unsure if your company is being honest. Your ads require participation, this is very high value ads and should be much more than your current payout rate. I'll eat my shoe if you are paying out the ratio you claim.

[OldSchoolDSL]

That still around? Thought fazle ran it into the ground. Interesting.

I'm not a fan of that community. I think it's a breading ground for trolls and illegal activity. But it is oddly enough one of the top 10 on Big Boards and thus, something to compare & be competitive with.

[Digital Jedi]

So I need to signup with another account to create tickets? I'll pass and post here about the slow issue. Slow means ... slow. Initial load or clicking the refresh icon takes about 3 seconds.

$200 is a very large payout. With 96 type-ins, the value is at $.70 cents - wooohoo? That is muliple days. I make more off 10 infolinks hits in a day. And, that is mouse over not a typein.

There is something amis with this. Unsure if your company is being honest. Your ads require participation, this is very high value ads and should be much more than your current payout rate. I'll eat my shoe if you are paying out the ratio you claim.
You just need to be signed into your existing account to create a ticket.

What's with everyone's suspicions on this thing? Nobody has to give up anything other than trying a new CAPTCHA out. It don't work, you go back to the old one. It really isn't much more complicated than that.

[ShawnV]

What's with everyone's suspicions on this thing? Nobody has to give up anything other than trying a new CAPTCHA out. It don't work, you go back to the old one. It really isn't much more complicated than that.

No kidding, I'm just happy to have a working non cracked CAPTCHA..

[vauge]

What's with everyone's suspicions on this thing? Nobody has to give up anything other than trying a new CAPTCHA out. It don't work, you go back to the old one. It really isn't much more complicated than that.
My suspicion started while I was testing it. It showed 6 typed-ins when I had done nothing of the sort. But, positive on my behalf I guess. I did try it once for verification of it working and using the same IP I signed up with.

This is an advertising. Which means that we might not be able to double up ads while this is active on that same page. If other ad systems are paying much higher for the user doing much less, it means something isn't quite right. If a user participates in an advertisement it becomes a premium ad. The participation required here is about as high as one can get yet they are paying peanuts.

About the CAPTCHA thing, there only seems to be like 5 real ads in rotation which any bot can view the pic and type-in. Each ad has the same picture. I've only seen two CAPTCHA words and they are identical. Unsure security is the biggest feature here.

Edit: Whoever posted on my "contact us" - thank you!!

[TNCclubman]

Verizon
How would you describe this brand?

what the heck are people supposed to enter here?

[Digital Jedi]

My suspicion started while I was testing it. It showed 6 typed-ins when I had done nothing of the sort. But, positive on my behalf I guess. I did try it once for verification of it working and using the same IP I signed up with.

This is an advertising. Which means that we might not be able to double up ads while this is active on that same page. If other ad systems are paying much higher for the user doing much less, it means something isn't quite right. If a user participates in an advertisement it becomes a premium ad. The participation required here is about as high as one can get yet they are paying peanuts.
You've lost me. Suspicious about what, now? I get that you don't think it's paying out enough. I get that you think you might not be able to use other ads on the same page (though I don't know why, other than in those ads TOS). What I don't get is why that's something to be worried about. Concern, suspicion all imply danger. What are you in danger of? What are you missing out on? What scam do you think they're trying to purport?


About the CAPTCHA thing, there only seems to be like 5 real ads in rotation which any bot can view the pic and type-in. Each ad has the same picture. I've only seen two CAPTCHA words and they are identical. Unsure security is the biggest feature here.
I noticed that, too. But then, I did pick revenue over security in my setup options. Which did you pick?

[OldSchoolDSL]

Installed

4.1.1

And seemingly working (thus far).

[Internetcafe]

392 Solved TYPE-INs = $19
Going to take me over 2 years to reach the $500 payout level.
Guess this 'aint gonna make me rich !?

EDIT

24hrs later 340 Solved TYPE-INs = $17

WTF .. isn't it supposed to get better not worse ?

[GamerPerfection]

As I promised i'd give an update.

Solved Type-Ins = 17
eCPM = $0.89
Revenue = $0.09
Impressions = 101

Roll on $200.........

[fusionpot]

never mind

[Digital Jedi]

392 Solved TYPE-INs = $19
Going to take me over 2 years to reach the $500 payout level.
Guess this 'aint gonna make me rich !?

EDIT

24hrs later 340 Solved TYPE-INs = $17

WTF .. isn't it supposed to get better not worse ?
Did you check to see if that was two different stats for different time periods? It sounds like you made $19 for 392 and then $17 for 340. That seems like it stayed the same to me. And isn't it $200?


As I promised i'd give an update.

Solved Type-Ins = 17
eCPM = $0.89
Revenue = $0.09
Impressions = 101

Roll on $200.........
Your both doing better than me. But then, I should probably advertise my site more. It's not really going to pay out fast for people only doing around one hundred impressions a week. But, hey, it's still free.

[OldSchoolDSL]

Anyone know what the difference between eCPM & Revenue?

My eCPM is good... My Revenue is pathetic

[final kaoss]

How did you wind up with $17 from 340 solved type ins?

From 102 solved, I wound up with 49 cents..

392 Solved TYPE-INs = $19
Going to take me over 2 years to reach the $500 payout level.
Guess this 'aint gonna make me rich !?

EDIT

24hrs later 340 Solved TYPE-INs = $17

WTF .. isn't it supposed to get better not worse ?

[GamerPerfection]

Your both doing better than me. But then, I should probably advertise my site more. It's not really going to pay out fast for people only doing around one hundred impressions a week. But, hey, it's still free.I need to advertise my site more too. But the fact that it earns you something with little to no effort is pretty good. I just need more people coming to my site. :D

[Internetcafe]

Been away for a while and was pleasantly surprised with the latest results.

[GamerPerfection]

Good for you, i'm still on $0.09.

[garyopa]

I run a very busy forum, with around 100,000 members and about 200 to 300 new ones per day.

Since installing this, at first I was making between $6 to $7 right off the bat.

But sadly, the "search" function got broken, I like having it on the search as it cut down stupid bots or kiddies doing dumb searchs.

But normal useful members complaint that certain "search" functions like "search this thread" disappeared, when it was enable, even the "drop-down" menu on the vbulletin navbar disappears and just gets replaced with search.

If somehow the templates for vbulletin could be improved so "quick search" and "search this thread" would stay working, it would be great, or at least trade-off, display on "advanced search" but DON'T BREAK the "search this thread" function.

Anyhow, I disable the display for search and now using it for my daily 200 to 300 signups, and that is bringing in about $1 to $2 per day.

If they fix the "search" then it would be nice, as I could reach the $200 easy within a month.

[Internetcafe]

Anyone got this working on 4.1.2 ?

[deverill2010]

I have this installed on 4.1.2 and seems to be working so far.

[deverill2010]

Is there anyway to see how many partners you have per catergory? It would just be nice to know that it is worthwhile installing this mod. Obviously if my site is aimed at all the catergories where you have no partnerships then its pretty pointless isnt it?

Also is there anyway to filter out specific types of ads? e.g. it is very important to my site that NO formlua afverts are shown.

[solvemedia]

Is there anyway to see how many partners you have per catergory? It would just be nice to know that it is worthwhile installing this mod. Obviously if my site is aimed at all the catergories where you have no partnerships then its pretty pointless isnt it?

Also is there anyway to filter out specific types of ads? e.g. it is very important to my site that NO formlua afverts are shown.

There is currently no way for publishers to see which categories our advertisers are targeting. Our sales team is constantly working on securing new advertisers for all publisher categories.

There is also currently no way to filter out specific ads. Selecting the proper publisher categories will reduce the likelihood of you getting an unwanted advertisement type.

[deverill2010]

Can you confirm for me if you have formula companies as partners or not? As this will sway whether I use the modification or not, sorry to be a pain!

[solvemedia]

Can you confirm for me if you have formula companies as partners or not? As this will sway whether I use the modification or not, sorry to be a pain!

I am not sure what you mean by "formula company".

Since our advertising inventory is constantly changing, there is no guarantee that a formula company will not work with us in the future.

[OldSchoolDSL]

Verizon
How would you describe this brand?

what the heck are people supposed to enter here?

I 2nd the question.

Mine was for Dish Network though. All you saw was their logo and it asking, "How would your describe this brand?"

[OldSchoolDSL]

eCPM = $50.89
Revenue = $0.34

WTF?

[solvemedia]

I 2nd the question.

Mine was for Dish Network though. All you saw was their logo and it asking, "How would your describe this brand?"

That is a market research question that we run as part of our distribution for advertising partners. Any answer other than a blank is accepted. They are served very rarely and only if our system determines that the possibility of abuse is extremely low.

[taffy056]

Oh well that ends that, your server is down!

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.solvemedia.com

Google Chrome cannot reach the website. This is typically caused by network issues, but can also be the result of a misconfigured firewall or proxy server.

[taffy056]

Okay server is working now, but can't select Solvemedia because its not there, running 4.1.2

5. Open the "Human Verification Manager" menu under the "vBulletin Options" panel ("Settings" panel in v4.0)
6. Select "SolveMedia" and save

[deverill2010]

I am not sure what you mean by "formula company".

Since our advertising inventory is constantly changing, there is no guarantee that a formula company will not work with us in the future.

Formula companies are the people who sell baby milk. You should have some sort of filter in place realistically.

Nice mod though.

[solvemedia]

Oh well that ends that, your server is down!

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.solvemedia.com

Google Chrome cannot reach the website. This is typically caused by network issues, but can also be the result of a misconfigured firewall or proxy server.

We closely monitor all of our servers and we did not experience downtime at any point yesterday.

Okay server is working now, but can't select Solvemedia because its not there, running 4.1.2

5. Open the "Human Verification Manager" menu under the "vBulletin Options" panel ("Settings" panel in v4.0)
6. Select "SolveMedia" and save

Please submit a trouble ticket (http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case) and we will do our best to help you resolve the issue quickly.

[SEW810]

Ok, here we go.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/01/11.gif Intsalled
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/01/11.gif Signed up at www.solvemedia.com (http://www.solvemedia.com) / http://portal.solvemedia.com
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/01/11.gif I picked diferent categories that applies to my site.

Now the question: Why the product only showes puzzles with simple text?, I mean, not images nor "Enter quote words" or something like solve media examples.
Everything is configured (API keys, AdminCP->Human verification-> Solvemedia)

By default at solvemedia portal says: "I prefer revenue", instead "I prefer security", do I have to change something there or whats going on?.

Regards

[Phaedrus]

Good for you, i'm still on $0.09.

Dood. Does it work? Seriously, I made nada from my previous CAPTCHA, and likely won't make much from this one (from the posts I've seen here), but it will still be more than nothing and from a CAPTCHA that appears to actually work. I have the 3.8 system installed and so far it appears to work very well as CAPTCHA.

[SEW810]

Could you tell me please what does eCPM mean?
And why it goes down when my Solved type ins go up???

Example.

When installed it said:

Solved: 120
eCPM: 0.45
Revenue: 0.15
Impressions: 180

and now it says

Solved: 180
eCPM: 0.25 <<<
Revenue: 0.15
Impressions: 593

Thanks.

Regards

______________________________________ Edited

knock knock, somebody there???

3rd day: eCPM is descending more and more. NOw it says 0.17 wtf does this mean???

[solvemedia]

Ok, here we go.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/01/11.gif Intsalled
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/01/11.gif Signed up at www.solvemedia.com (http://www.solvemedia.com) / http://portal.solvemedia.com
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/01/11.gif I picked diferent categories that applies to my site.

Now the question: Why the product only showes puzzles with simple text?, I mean, not images nor "Enter quote words" or something like solve media examples.
Everything is configured (API keys, AdminCP->Human verification-> Solvemedia)

By default at solvemedia portal says: "I prefer revenue", instead "I prefer security", do I have to change something there or whats going on?.

Regards

Some of our revenue-bearing creatives may look like standard CAPTCHA puzzles. It is also possible that you have triggered our fraud system, or your site's category does not fall into any of our advertisers' targets, or that you don't fall into any of our advertisers' demographic targets.

[solvemedia]

Could you tell me please what does eCPM mean?
And why it goes down when my Solved type ins go up???

Example.

When installed it said:

Solved: 120
eCPM: 0.45
Revenue: 0.15
Impressions: 180

and now it says

Solved: 180
eCPM: 0.25 <<<
Revenue: 0.15
Impressions: 593

Thanks.

Regards

______________________________________ Edited

knock knock, somebody there???

3rd day: eCPM is descending more and more. NOw it says 0.17 wtf does this mean???

eCPM stands for "effective Cost Per Mille". In the publisher context, it is your current revenue rate per 1000 puzzle impressions.

[SEW810]

eCPM stands for "effective Cost Per Mille". In the publisher context, it is your current revenue rate per 1000 puzzle impressions.

Ok, got it. Thank you very much for your quick support :up::up::up::up::up:
I'll test it for a month, after than I'll post my comments and experiences.

Regards

[ZERO <ibis>]

I am definitely going to keep tabs on this mod. I just wish the payout was smaller to help out us little sites.

[SEW810]

Yeah, me too :(

If the point is "Both win", it would be great if they earn 50 bucks and so do we

++++++++++++++++ EDITED +++++++++++++++++++

what the hellll????!!!!......... I have more than 4000 solved puzzles and just one freacking bucK!!!

How come this guy has earned 80 bucks with 1549 solved puzzles ???!!!!.

Link->https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2161741&postcount=89
He has used this hack for almost a month.

Solved puzzles: 1549
Revenue: $80

I'VE BEEN USING THIS MOD FOR EXACTLY A MONTH AND MY NUMBERS ARE:
Solved puzzles: 4101
Revenue: $1 <--------- Insane, isn't it???
Could you explain me please solvemedia guy?

I can assure you that I'm not cheating or committing any fraud. I'm using only ONE API KEY for my site.


Regards

[SEW810]

Bumping my post......

As you can see. It is allowed to do it after 24 hrs and no more than 2 times a week.
This is my first time that I do it since I joined this community.


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/info.php?do=rules
Point 7. : No "Bumping" (Your threads/posts): Please do not repeatedly bump your threads to try and get attention. Most members of the site are not online 24 hours a day and so will not see your post the instant it is made. Do not bump a thread within 24 hours, and not more than twice a week.


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ EDITED +++++++++++++++++++++++
UNINSTALLED

My board is not visited by US citizens so I'll never get the revenue.

Thanx for the email SolveMedia staff ;)

[final kaoss]

Yeah, we all know the rules. Too bad it didn't work out for you though.

[final kaoss]

So how are everyone's earnings looking from this?

[SGCH]

On 4.1.4, the solve media option was available in the human verification manager options, but nothing would show on the registration page. I upgraded to 4.1.5 and now I can't get solve media to even be an option in the human verification manager (I can change the keys in the options section though).

Any ideas?

edit: Completely reinstalled everything and I'm back to where I was. I can select solve media in the human verification manager, but when I go to the registration page, nothing shows up.

[solvemedia]

On 4.1.4, the solve media option was available in the human verification manager options, but nothing would show on the registration page. I upgraded to 4.1.5 and now I can't get solve media to even be an option in the human verification manager (I can change the keys in the options section though).

Any ideas?

edit: Completely reinstalled everything and I'm back to where I was. I can select solve media in the human verification manager, but when I go to the registration page, nothing shows up.


Please submit a trouble ticket (http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case) and we will do our best to help you resolve the issue quickly.

[SGCH]

Your support staff informed me that it does not work with HTTPS. Hopefully an update will come soon to support this!

[solvemedia]

Your support staff informed me that it does not work with HTTPS. Hopefully an update will come soon to support this!

The mod has been updated to version 1.0.3. This version adds a language option and support for HTTPS sites.

[SGCH]

Seems like the wrong files were uploaded. They appear mostly unchanged and it still doesn't work. Only change I was able to find was in product-solvemedia.xml with the version check URL (line 8)

[solvemedia]

Seems like the wrong files were uploaded. They appear mostly unchanged and it still doesn't work. Only change I was able to find was in product-solvemedia.xml with the version check URL (line 8)

I apologize. The correct archive is now available.

[SGCH]

Working! Thanks!

[final kaoss]

Hmm... $2.97 for 605 solved type ins, something seems a bit fishy here.

[Digital Jedi]

Hmm... $2.97 for 605 solved type ins, something seems a bit fishy here.
Why is that fishy? I thought we only got money if they clicked the ad, not solved the type-in.

[solvemedia]

Hmm... $2.97 for 605 solved type ins, something seems a bit fishy here.

Please remember that your account will only earn money for revenue-bearing creatives. Not all of our creatives provide revenue. In addition to any demographic restrictions from our advertisers, our systems constantly monitor for various forms of abuse, insuring that an optimal amount of revenue and security is provided.

[SBlueman]

I tried to uninstall this modification and now when someone goes to register on my site we are getting a white screen with this error message:

To use solvemedia you must get an API key from http://api.solvemedia.com/public/signupYou get this screen after agreeing to the forum rules. New members can't register all all now on my site.

[solvemedia]

I tried to uninstall this modification and now when someone goes to register on my site we are getting a white screen with this error message:

You get this screen after agreeing to the forum rules. New members can't register all all now on my site.

In order to completely remove the modification, you must follow the installation instructions in reverse order. Selecting "uninstall" in the Product Manager only removes the configuration page and any settings you have set. You must also select a different human verification library to use in your forum, otherwise, vBulletin continues to look for the Solve Media settings, which you already removed. Finally, remove the two file you added to you includes directory, class_humanverify_solvemedia.php and solvemedialib.php.

[mgcom]

never found it in the installation instructions but when you install you need to go to settings and human verification manager and then select solve media

Great Mod

Cheers :up:

[Digital Jedi]

never found it in the installation instructions but when you install you need to go to settings and human verification manager and then select solve media

Great Mod

Cheers :up:
It's step 6.

[mgcom]

It's step 6.

just punched myself in the eyes.....that will teach them

[Digital Jedi]

just punched myself in the eyes.....that will teach them
Pesky eyes.

[Sal Collaziano]

I had this installed on two busy domains and haven't made a cent in the past 30 days. It's a nice idea but it won't work for everyone...

[Seductor]

Only for your information:

189 Solved TYPE-INs?
US$ 0 eCPM
US$ 0 Revenue
471 Impressions

I'm concerned about the small percentage of solved type-ins.

I wish there were more revenue-bearing creatives. I think the system is not really profitable now, but it is a good project.

MOTM, after all.:up:

[Seductor]

991 Solved TYPE-INs™
US$ 0,09 eCPM
US$ 0,21 Revenue
2.406 Impressions

[JesterP]

Just like someone else said, it won't work for everyone, but I can say it does work. I've received 2 payments from them in approx 3-4 months time. It certainly doesn't make as much as Adsense but it's a nice addition in a place that isn't normally monetized.

JM2C

[ofir24]

"we share the revenue with you", how much precent to me and how much to you, and how much i will earn per 1 text entered?

[solvemedia]

"we share the revenue with you", how much precent to me and how much to you, and how much i will earn per 1 text entered?

The way that we compensate our Publishers is based on a rev share (60/40 ~ Solve Media/Publisher). The rev share is applicable when a correctly completed or solved type-in is submitted for an ad unit/revenue puzzle. Our standard CAPTCHA-like puzzles do not contribute to your payout as they are meant to better secure a site while filling non-advertisement inventory. Payout is also based on the CPT (cost per type-in) rates that we secure with our Advertiser partners. These vary based on Insertion Order agreements and can change frequently.

[clutchthese]

Nice mod. Installed.

[nacaruncr]

Installed + tagged + motm + 5 stars :D

thanks :D

[woffie]

The code that we are supposed to edit on the files is not in our 4.1 files. It says that code is for 3.6

[solvemedia]

The code that we are supposed to edit on the files is not in our 4.1 files. It says that code is for 3.6

You do not have to edit any code in order to apply this mod to vBulletin 3.7, 3.8 or 4.x.

[woffie]

Got it working finally. Great mod. Won't get rich with it, but some income is better than no income right. Even if it takes a year to get a check I am still ahead.

[Breakpoint]

For some reason this does not show up in Human Verification Manager menu with all files and xml uploaded.

It was working fine for the last few months and then all of a sudden around 12/4 it just stopped!

[Seductor]

Solved TYPE-INs™ 6.733
eCPM US$ 0,10
Revenue US$ 1,50
Impressions 14.873

[taffy056]

This doesn't appear to work with an ssl certificate installed, which is a shame. Any plans to get it work with it?

[Breakpoint]

Did this company go bankrupt? Hello no one is answering our questions. How do I also recieve a payment?

[spipo]

I wonder if the company is till active . as no one reply ..

[solvemedia]

This doesn't appear to work with an ssl certificate installed, which is a shame. Any plans to get it work with it?

Please submit a trouble ticket here: http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case

[solvemedia]

Did this company go bankrupt? Hello no one is answering our questions. How do I also recieve a payment?

You can find out about our payment policy here: http://solvemedia.zendesk.com/entries/308002-how-do-i-get-paid

[GeorgeB85]

Installed. Will see if this works as well or better then my old setup.

So far it is working, will find out soon enough.

Nice idea by the way..

1 question so far...how will we know when we have earnings?

[solvemedia]

Installed. Will see if this works as well or better then my old setup.

So far it is working, will find out soon enough.

Nice idea by the way..

1 question so far...how will we know when we have earnings?

When you log in to the Solve Media portal, you will see your account dashboard. The dashboard contains the number of puzzles correctly solved on your site(s), your account eCPM (effective cost per mille), revenue earned, and the number of puzzle impressions on your site(s).

[GeorgeB85]

When you log in to the Solve Media portal, you will see your account dashboard. The dashboard contains the number of puzzles correctly solved on your site(s), your account eCPM (effective cost per mille), revenue earned, and the number of puzzle impressions on your site(s).


Thanks...will bookmark the site.

[GhostHunter2010]

installed this now and works perfect cheers m8

[Jakub03]

A++ ;)

[scottct1]

I am not sure whats up but I installed it and made almost $5 in my first day, and since then I have almost 700 solved Type Ins and I haven't made an extra cent since the first day.

I am doing about 80 a day...

[solvemedia]

I am not sure whats up but I installed it and made almost $5 in my first day, and since then I have almost 700 solved Type Ins and I haven't made an extra cent since the first day.

I am doing about 80 a day...

New advertising inventory is constantly being added, while existing orders are expiring; reflecting the constant budget variations and adjustments of advertisers and agencies. This results in a natural fluctuation in revenue earned, for both you and us.

I took a look at your account, and although the amount has fluctuated, you have earned at least some revenue every day since you signed up. As quarterly / yearly advertising budgets resume you will see a stabilization in your earnings.

[Seductor]

9.468 Solved TYPE-INs™
US$ 0,07 eCPM
US$ 1,50 Revenue
20.229 Impressions

solvemedia, could you give me any advise to improve my revenue?

[Jakub03]

you only got paid $1.5 for 9.4k typeins?

[Seductor]

you only got paid $1.5 for 9.4k typeins?

Yeah. I think most of them are not revenue-bearing creatives. I wish I could get more revenue-bearings, I have not a small community :(

[OldSchoolDSL]

Will need to be updated

Step 6 is not possible in 4.1.10 Beta 1 (expect it to also fail in final build).

Issue: Option to pick solve media, not there after upgrade

[Seductor]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/01/31.png

[Dominic K]

Received my second cheque today in the post for $207 (month). You need scale to pull anything away significant away from this but it adds a nice new revenue stream to forum network owners such as myself.

[Devil_Dog]

Looking to add this to my site. Can anyone confirm that this is working in 4.1.10?

Thanks

[solvemedia]

Looking to add this to my site. Can anyone confirm that this is working in 4.1.10?

Thanks

The mod is compatible with every release version of vBulletin v3.7 and newer

[OldSchoolDSL]

Looking to add this to my site. Can anyone confirm that this is working in 4.1.10?

Thanks

No. This is not working on 4.1.10

Even upon a fresh, clean, test install

[solvemedia]

No. This is not working on 4.1.10

Even upon a fresh, clean, test install

If you are having problems installing or using the mod on your forum, please submit a trouble ticket here: http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case

[tpearl5]

You guys should really consider updating this plugin. I was looking at the how it work and it's doing some really silly things, like connecting to the database and running a query on every page the captcha is used on just to determine what version of vbulletin is being used. I modified class_humanverify_solvemedia.php so it doesn't do this.

You should also consider putting any html into a template so it is easily editable.

At the very least make separate versions for vbulletin 3 and 4 to eliminate that database connection & query.

[scottct1]

We have upgraded to 4.1.10 and SolveMedia is no longer available as a selection so we have gone back to regular Captcha.

Marked as Uninstalled.

[c.c.]

So does this work with 4.1.10 or what? Can someone Solve Media confirm?

[solvemedia]

We have upgraded to 4.1.10 and SolveMedia is no longer available as a selection so we have gone back to regular Captcha.

Marked as Uninstalled.

So does this work with 4.1.10 or what? Can someone Solve Media confirm?

The Solve Media mod is compatible with all versions of vBulletin starting with 3.7. In order to display the "Solve Media" option in the Human Verification Manager, the Solve Media mod makes certain database changes. The changes are overwritten by vBulletin during an upgrade. The mod will continue to work after an upgrade, only the option will disappears from the Human Verification Manager.

If you want to restore the option to the Human Verification Manager, follow these steps:
1. Switch to a different Human Verification Library.
2. Uninstall the mod using the vBulletin Product Manager.
3. import product-solvemedia.xml using the vBulletin Product Manager.
4. Set your API keys and make any desired configuration changes via AdminCP > Settings > Options > SolveMedia Options
5. Set the Human Verification Library back to Solve Media using the Human Verification Manager.

[Papa Bear]

confirmed working in 4.1.10 using these steps.

[scottct1]

Ok then... reinstalled. :)

I do hope you will lower the minimum payout. I could see it being that high if you were serving more paid ads, but it appears the majority are not paid ads and we would love to be paid for the paid ads that we have served. :)

That might get more people to install as well.

[osix]

i installed . and is testing it

but after entering 5-6 time
i keep getting this

"The string you entered for the image verification did not match what was displayed."

when we are very sure what we type is correct

[OldSchoolDSL]

uninstalled

Can't even reach their website solvemedia.com

[solvemedia]

i installed . and is testing it

but after entering 5-6 time
i keep getting this

"The string you entered for the image verification did not match what was displayed."

when we are very sure what we type is correct

If you are having problems installing or using the mod on your forum, please submit a trouble ticket here: http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case

[ibwt]

good idea, but is this worthwhile in terms of revenue ? or are you just promoting them like - for free (0.1$ per 1000 solves?)

[JesterP]

good idea, but is this worthwhile in terms of revenue ? or are you just promoting them like - for free (0.1$ per 1000 solves?)

I've been earning very decently with this. It's a super way to add a bit more income...as long as you have the traffic.

[solvemedia]

Version 1.0.4 of the mod is now available.

[daviet]

I just implemented the mod recently. It's working fine except I just noticed on a CMS comment page, when the Verizon FIOS ad shows up, the text box for the comment is non-functional. Other ads seem ok. Is this a known issue?

Edit - I found the place to open a ticket on the Solve Media support site.

[tpearl5]

Thanks for the update! That makes much more sense :)

[JesterP]

Thanks for the update! That makes much more sense :)

Care to share?


Thanks

[tpearl5]

Care to share?


Thanks

They updated the plugin... see my post above.

[artscripts]

Once installed in the Human Verification Manager configuration error appeared.
Warning: mysql_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be resource, object given in [path]/apanel/verify.php(70) : eval()'d code on line 12
How to fix the problem?
vb 4.1.9-4.1.10

[solvemedia]

Once installed in the Human Verification Manager configuration error appeared.
Warning: mysql_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be resource, object given in [path]/apanel/verify.php(70) : eval()'d code on line 12
How to fix the problem?
vb 4.1.9-4.1.10

Version 1.0.5 of the mod is now available. It resolves the issue artscripts was experiencing.

[cungchuctanxuan]

1. Hi, this works for international traffic too?

2. Can I edit the template to translate the line:
"In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic"
into my own language?

[solvemedia]

1. Hi, this works for international traffic too?

2. Can I edit the template to translate the line:
"In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic"
into my own language?

Currently, our advertising partners are only targeting US traffic. Non-US user will see our security creatives.

You can absolutely make any changes you wish to the template. The default instructions are simply what some of our vBulletin-based publisher partners has suggested in the past.

[kalle801]

I cant register there:

The code was willing,
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak.

[solvemedia]

I cant register there:

Please submit a trouble ticket here http://portal.solvemedia.com/portal/help/pub/case, and we will help you create an account.

[howarde]

I installed this, and now my registrations have doubled since installing... I went from using a challenge question (a stupidly easy one) to this, and now I'm getting all sorts of bogus bot registrations. Anyone else noticing this?

[cungchuctanxuan]

I installed this, and now my registrations have doubled since installing... I went from using a challenge question (a stupidly easy one) to this, and now I'm getting all sorts of bogus bot registrations. Anyone else noticing this?

I have been dealing with all kinds of bots and so far none have been able to pass Solve Media

[cungchuctanxuan]

Is it possible to make Solve Media appear in newthread also? rather than just registration

[cungchuctanxuan]

what's going on here? no one is talking anymore

[solvemedia]

Is it possible to make Solve Media appear in newthread also? rather than just registration

You can require human verification on guest posts in the "Human Verification Options" settings. This will only apply to posts and new threads by unregistered users.

[ru55ian]

what's going on here? no one is talking anymore

maybe it's because mod seems to be working just fine for everyone?

I have installed it on two boards both 4.2 and no issues so far.

p.s. bot registration down by 99%

[LinChang]

So can Solve Media appear when users make new thread or make new post?

[solvemedia]

So can Solve Media appear when users make new thread or make new post?

You can use the Solve Media widget just like any other Human Verification Library on registration, new thread / post, advanced search, contact us, and recover lost password. You can select which of these actions trigger human verification in the "Human Verification Options" settings group. You can configure which usergroups (unregistered, moderators, administrators, etc.) are required to complete human verification by changing those usergroups' forum permissions.

[imported_dfmafia]

installed, keyed, no ads display

[solvemedia]

installed, keyed, no ads display

Some of our revenue-bearing creatives may look like standard CAPTCHA puzzles. It is also possible that you have triggered our fraud system, or your site's categories does not fall into any of our advertisers' targets, or that you don't fall into any of our advertisers' demographic targets.

[shadz]

installed

[thedvs]

awesome mod, many thanks

[jchaney]

A little bummed.. 1000 impressions, over 400 Solved Type-Ins and 0.00 revenue. I was hoping for like .01 even on my site since I installed in on Oct. 15th.

[webrats]

this thing is a scam I have 100k impression and .02 screw this

[Naijasite]

Nice mode.... am not after the revenue..i just want to stop the crazy spammers registration with random figures and Numbers.

I i chose i prefer security those that mean it will stop spam bot?

[string13]

Just installed yesterday. At first I thought it wasn't working since it showed text that looked like an easy to read captcha so I disabled it and then reenabled it today and it's working fine. I guess there must be delay before it begins working. I think it's a great idea just for the difficulty that it will cause to spam bots, and yet it's relatively easy for someone who's first language is the same as the one used in the advert. It might be a little difficult for a speaker of another language.

[ru55ian]

Had it up and running for a while now, completely forgot that it was set for revenue, checked and surprised to see this:

http://www.storepic.com/out.php/i6478_solve-media-jpg

[Lpspider]

Installed, but on contact us and registration page I get this error:

Warning: require_once([path]/includes/class_humanverify_solvemedia.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_humanverify.php on line 59

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/admin1/public_html/includes/class_humanverify_solvemedia.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/admin1/public_html/includes/class_humanverify.php on line 59

Edit: sorry guys, fixed. Uploaded to the wrong directory. Doh!

However, it doesn't show up on the contact us page. Does it need a template edit for that?

[solvemedia]

Contact Us may not be currently selected as an action that requires human verification in your forum settings. You can select which actions on your forum require human verification by going to Setting > Options > Human Verification Options in the admin panel.

Installed, but on contact us and registration page I get this error:

Warning: require_once([path]/includes/class_humanverify_solvemedia.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_humanverify.php on line 59

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/admin1/public_html/includes/class_humanverify_solvemedia.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/admin1/public_html/includes/class_humanverify.php on line 59

Edit: sorry guys, fixed. Uploaded to the wrong directory. Doh!

However, it doesn't show up on the contact us page. Does it need a template edit for that?

[tpearl5]

Has there been an update for this to work with the mobile style?

[Budget101]

Been away for a while and was pleasantly surprised with the latest results.


$18.36 eCPM? How did you manage that, the BEST I've seen with this company is $3.65


Biggest issue with this mod so far is having people email me because they can't figure out where to get the answer from. Window lickers.

[datoneer]

This is great mod, thank you, installed and nominated

[Budget101]

Ok, you want an honest review of how this works, here goes: I have several different sites with several different versions of solvemedia running including the following:

vb 4.0.6
vb 4.2
Wordpress
Drupal

Both VB versions completely blocked members & guests from participating on the site by returning a code mismatch error in all browsers tested (firefox, internet explorer, chrome, opera)

I contacted them directly for support as we used the mod directly from their site and they're "working on it". In the meantime, I watched the revenue from "Solved" type ins Drop from $4.85 eCPM down to $2.71 eCPM so although I made MORE last week, this week the income that I "made" has dropped to little to nothing. I'm sure by the time I reach ru55ians level of several thousand, the eCPM will plummet as his clearly did.
As you can see from the post above ru55ian's eCPM dropped to $0.07 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2407363&postcount=205)- frankly, the chances of ever getting paid are slim to none since you have to reach a $200 threshold and the high numbers of complaints for the difficulty on the form cannot be ignored in favor of (non-existent) revenue. I have a hard time accepting .07 eCPM for ads from companies like Toyota/ Swiffer/ etc

I don't think the frustration of members is worth the $1 a week "earnings".


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
UPDATE
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I left this junk running on a couple of my sites and the eCPM has dropped to .01 - if you think this crap is a MoneyMaker, you'd better hope for BILLIONS of impressions, lol. SolveMedia is junk.

[Lutece]

I left this junk running on a couple of my sites and the eCPM has dropped to .01 - if you think this crap is a MoneyMaker, you'd better hope for BILLIONS of impressions, lol. SolveMedia is junk.

It is a money maker for THEM, lol. I wish I can find a real revenue stream that isn't a joke. I have this on my site and I'm doing the math. They are giving me 1 cent per solved type in that they "count" (not every type in is monetary, according to them). But charging advertisers 30 cents per solved type in....

With 2,000 type ins, that's $500 for them, but only $20 for me.

But even that's not the worst of it.
You have to earn $200 to even make get a payout.

Nice little scheme they have going there. This is ridiculous.

[fly]

They're running a business that you're free to work with or not. What's the big deal? You don't know their overhead, and more importantly, it doesn't matter.

[Digital Jedi]

It is a money maker for THEM, lol. I wish I can find a real revenue stream that isn't a joke. I have this on my site and I'm doing the math. They are giving me 1 cent per solved type in that they "count" (not every type in is monetary, according to them). But charging advertisers 30 cents per solved type in....

With 2,000 type ins, that's $500 for them, but only $20 for me.

But even that's not the worst of it.
You have to earn $200 to even make get a payout.

Nice little scheme they have going there. This is ridiculous.
Yeah, quite the scheme where you have a working CAPTCHA and pay no money. Where they really get ya, is when they actually send YOU money...wait...

[Budget101]

Yeah, quite the scheme where you have a working CAPTCHA and pay no money. Where they really get ya, is when they actually send YOU money...wait...


LOL, Yeah, except there are 2 things wrong with that...

1. It doesn't actually WORK- it locks people out of the site regardless of what they enter in the field and when you contact them they tell you "it's working fine" despite multiple screenshots from multiple users, etc. Which I suspect is a scam in itself- get people to keep refreshing the ads in hope that they'll be able to get the captcha to actually function properly.

2. They don't actually send you any money, you must've missed the previous threads where the payout threshold is $200 and you get .001 CPM.

Stop drinking the Kool-aid folks, CAPTCHA isn't brain surgery and "Solve" media isn't "Solving" anything.

If you want to block spammers, insert a new field in the user profile & use regular expression to lock spammers out. Period.

Login to Admincp> User Profile Fields> Add a New Field >

Description: Enter any 3 five-letter words here ex: solve media blows
Call it Anti-Robot Field
Field Required- YES at Registration & Profile Updating
Field Editable- YES
Private Field- No
Searchable- NO
Show on memberlist- NP

Regular expression: ^\w{5}\s\w{5}\s\w{5}$Display page: Edit Profile

Hit save and Voila- you now have a Perfect SPAM Prevention System that loads instantly without false promises & even better, now instead of spending all your time explaining to your site guests/members why they CANT access something because the captcha wont work no matter what they enter, you now have free time to search for Real Revenue Streams or add content so your current revenue streams will continue to increase.

[final kaoss]

If you want to block spammers, insert a new field in the user profile & use regular expression to lock spammers out. Period.

Login to Admincp> User Profile Fields> Add a New Field >

Description: Enter any 3 five-letter words here ex: solve media blows
Call it Anti-Robot Field
Field Required- YES at Registration & Profile Updating
Field Editable- YES
Private Field- No
Searchable- NO
Show on memberlist- NP

Regular expression: ^\w{5}\s\w{5}\s\w{5}$Display page: Edit Profile

Hit save and Voila- you now have a Perfect SPAM Prevention System that loads instantly without false promises & even better, now instead of spending all your time explaining to your site guests/members why they CANT access something because the captcha wont work no matter what they enter, you now have free time to search for Real Revenue Streams or add content so your current revenue streams will continue to increase.

Not too good of an idea, people code software and will have no trouble adding this one to their list.

[Budget101]

Not too good of an idea, people code software and will have no trouble adding this one to their list.


I disagree, I've been using it for several years on multiple sites with No Problems at all.

It's been my experience that most spammers are complete Morons who are too lazy to create/design anything for themselves, hence their need to spam.

[final kaoss]

Yeah you're not having trouble with it yet because it's not widely used. The more popular it becomes though, the more it'll be targeted.

[EvoDarrenshan]

I get the error could not open socket....

[chrisngrod]

This helps filter out SPAM users more than anything else I have used.

It took a long time, but I got enough to get paid last month.

[togotutor]

Sweet plugin. II am keeping it.