vb.org Archive - Miscellaneous Hacks - Rotating Banner System

Seems like it is working now, maybe it just took a second to update.... sorry for all the posts. Still slightly confused. I need to watch that darn video.

licensinglinks

02-29-2012 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by licensinglinks (Post 2303869)

I have recently installed Google AdSense. I notice that the impressions displayed in my AdSense account are significantly less (10 TIMES LESS!!!!) than the impressions the RBS is reporting.

In short, AdSense tells me I've only served a total of 128,000 ad impressions, but RBS tells me that I've delivered way over ONE MILLION ad impressions in total.

I just don't know what to believe!

What's the flipping heck's happening here and how do I fix it???

......or is there nothing wrong with RBS and Google's just ripping me off?

Anyone any ideas??? :confused:

Videx

02-29-2012 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by licensinglinks (Post 2304788)

Anyone any ideas??? :confused:

Adsense is probably showing you a shorter time period. I think RBS's counters are only reset when you do it manually.

Gripi

03-02-2012 09:40 AM

hi.. i saw in 2.3.3 version:

2.3.3: Fix: Copy selected forum ID's during banner duplication. Changed: start and end hours for new banners are set to 0:00 and 23:59 respectively. Changed files: admin_rbs.php.

but.. in here, the time still go randomly, sometimes 15.00, sometimes 17.00.

and let say i already set the start date to 1 March 2012, the end date 2 March 2013, then i save it. then i open the banner configuration again, without changing anything in the configuration, i press the save button, then open it again, the start date become 2 March 2012, and the end date become 3 March 2013.

is this a bugs?

licensinglinks

03-02-2012 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by licensinglinks (Post 2303869)

Anyone any ideas? Does RBS count bots? Is that why the number's so high?

viper357

03-02-2012 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gripi (Post 2305286)

but.. in here, the time still go randomly, sometimes 15.00, sometimes 17.00.

and let say i already set the start date to 1 March 2012, the end date 2 March 2013, then i save it. then i open the banner configuration again, without changing anything in the configuration, i press the save button, then open it again, the start date become 2 March 2012, and the end date become 3 March 2013.

is this a bugs?

I have the same issue, whenever I save a new or old banner, it forwards the time by 8 hours, so if I set the banner to expire on 1 March at 1pm, when I click save it will change the time 8 hours ahead to 9pm, if I click save again it will go forward another 8 hours and change the expiry date to 2 March 5am.

y2ksw

03-02-2012 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by licensinglinks (Post 2303869)

The Google count is approximative and may exclude also all those counts where its spider is visiting, while RBS makes no such distinction and counts literally all impressions. There is no way to fix it, but you are free to ignore it :)

y2ksw

03-02-2012 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by viper357 (Post 2304310)

How do I roll back to a previous version of RBS? My email notifications are not working at all now since the latest upgrade?

Just replace the files from a previous version. Some options may not work, but there should be no other drawback, since new versions have only additional features.

y2ksw

03-02-2012 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by rhender (Post 2304754)

Ok, awesome Videx. Thanks so much. Yes, a total noob instruction PDF or video would be fantastic... as without it, I feel kind of lost. Thanks again, hopefully I can get this going now.

EDIT: Sweet. I got it. I had to deselect an option in the forums that are able to view the ad. I had to command click to deselect so that it shows on all forums. YES!!!!!

Does the google ads thing pay money for clicks if I leave it up???

EDIT: Also, the google ad thing cycles through like 5 times before my first real advertiser displays. Is there a way to change that so I don't upset my advertisers?

Another EDIT: I added the 2nd advertiser to the ad manager, with the vbbanners code... and also added it to the mod's section with the html image... and it started to show up next to the first ad, in the header... ???? I had it listed as 2 in it's display order in the ad manager. Is that wrong? Do I need to change the vbbanners code to vbbanners:1 so that is next in the ad display?

I added the Bloody Beginner Guide to my task list :) Actually, such a guide would be useful for generally all plugins. The question is, how bloody are beginners? :p

If you leave the default Google banners on, they pay me a little for my work. Globally, this is about $1 monthly, good enough to pay a cup of coffee once and then, but I appreciate :)

y2ksw

03-02-2012 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Videx (Post 2304794)

Adsense is probably showing you a shorter time period. I think RBS's counters are only reset when you do it manually.

Right. RBS does show them from the start and there is no reset.

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