Correct, this mod also works on 3.x

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Since installing this update I noticed that my earnings have declined slightly. Not sure if that is because of the mod, or just the nature of the beast.

I expected it to go up since I enabled Viglink Optimize and Viglink Insert, both of which were not enabled before.

So I figure I would pass that along.

Hmmm good will try it soon

What's the difference between the secret key and the regular key? Do I need both or only one to get this product working? Which one?

Okay, I have installed this on a very busy forum and have 92 monetized clicks today alone so far. 252 clicks so far since i installed it Friday. With 252 clicks you would think i would make something? So far I have 0 dollars yes 0. What gives? Is this just a waste a time?

I don't completely understand how monetize clicks work in the first place, but I would think 252 would hardly be enough to start looking for income yet.

I've been using Viglink for a couple of months and been getting around 30 - 50 clicks a day earning around $2-3 per day. Not a lot but it all adds up. Since the 25th Sept. clicks and earning have fallen - now getting about 15 clicks a day and making 20 - 30 cents. I'm pretty sure it's all to do with the EPN new rip off deal for their publishers. I'm going to give it until the end of the month before pulling the lot.

I will give it one month myself. I want to have patience but I am not going to send traffic and clicks for free.

I guess you misunderstood. I am getting close to 100 clicks a day and so far i have earned $0.0

128 clicks just today and still counting.

What does that mean? I have no idea but with those kind of clicks you would think i would get paid a couple of bucks.

I always assumed Viglink worked kinda like Amazon worked, where you don't get any money unless some of those outbound clickers actually bought something.

It very well could be. I have been reading everything I can find on the subject and each article says something different.

Viglink only pays out on purchases, not on clicks (as they only get paid on purchases too). Also it can take over a week for purchases to register, as retailers need to report purchases to Viglink.

Basically, yes.

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Try this, I corrected the split errors.

I made the exact same changes to mine. :) (split to explode) I just wanted to post a heads up to the developer.

Thanks!

I've been using Viglink for a couple of years now - for me it's paid out very well - I have no advertising, it's completely transparent to users and it pays for hosting and all other expenses for the forum plus a little extra every month. Highly recommended.

Is anyone else having browser-specific issues with Viglink? Whether I use this plugin or paste the code manually into a footer template, it's now only working for me in Internet Explorer. In Chrome and Firefox, the Viglink Convert links aren't actually converting anything. But in IE, they still work fine. This wasn't the case a few months ago, when I did quite a bit of testing in Chrome and it was working fine. I'm wondering if recent Chrome updates have made a difference.

There are deals to latin america?

How do you KNOW if it works or not? I got 60 clicks reported today on my dashboard, but there is absolutely NO clue that the outgoing link is altered in any way. Is this simply a matter of trust? Their support kinda sucks!

EDIT: Firefox or Safari browsers not working! Internet Explorer and Opera work OK.

Right-click on an external link on your site that you'd expect to be linked (like to ebay, amazon, or any other web store), and hit copy. Then paste that link into a new browser address window.

If it's working, that link should start with api.viglink.com with a whole bunch of characters at the end of it. When you go to that link, it will immediately bounce you to the correct link at ebay, etc. That's how viglink works.

If it's not working, when you paste the link you'll just see the ebay link directly.

Apparently NOT working. Checked Amazon and eBay.

I do see the viglink script at the bottom of the page source and my key number is included.

Thanks for the info!

Links are rewritten on Internet Explorer and Opera, but NOT on Firefox or Safari.

I traded some messages with support, who wanted me to clear cookies, identify which extensions I'm running, etc. I'm hoping that they realize that it's unlikely to be a problem that only I'm seeing, and I'm somewhat pleased that it's been verified by someone else at this point.

Just added this mod I hope its functioning correctly..... I'll give it a few days and see.

Apparently it takes more than a few days. 450 monetized clicks for $12 total doesn't cut the mustard. I sincerely hope that they add the final commission to those clicks or this program is going into the shitter. I do see a note on my control panel that, "Some merchants wait a week or more to report revenue, so these totals may not be final." Maybe there's hope yet.

I do not like the fact that they are sniffing my Google Adsense links.

I've got opt-out disabled but the options still show in usercp. Also these option selections are displayed in everyone's user profile. I'm running vB 4.2.1. I don't do link insertion for members so I'd like them to not see these options at all. Is this a bug?

Can confirm that bug. Same here

Hi Rick,

I have this add-on installed and its working so far. My headaches are coming from another direction. VL is installed with convert/insert options turned on. What I have noticed is, that every converted/inserted link is referring to the merchenats us/en sites - even when there are sites in my forums language and coverage available. My website is a german site and the audience is coming from germany (96%), switzerland (2%) and austria (1%), USA (0,3%), GB (0,3%).

I registered my site with viglink as a german site so I was expecting rewritten german linktargets and landing sites with .de TLDs. What can I do to get matching insert/convert-links with .de instead of .com TLDs? It´s quiet obvious, that the german visitor will click the link, see the english page, deletes the url in the browser and types in the german TLD manually - which won´t be counted as a referal, afaik.

May be VigLink is programmed to serve ONLY us/en sites. But so far I couldn´t find something that would prove that. May be you can lend me a helping hand on that issue.

TIA.

This addon has some issues a VigLink programmer should take care of. I had to disable VL for now:

When you´re writing a PN with a link in it, the links becomes broken. It seems VigLink is programmed that way, that every single URL which becomes parsed is modified with the call of some kind of api at the viglink host. I assume that api is to slow to return the results of a matchanalysis for insert/covert links rewriting and the link becomes parsed half rewritten. At least this isn´t working that way for me.

Just a note to non-us/en users:
VigLink can´t return localized linktargets - i.e. for TLD´s like .nl, .de, .ch. They don´t have VigLink connected to a GeoIP-database yet, so the linktargets of rewritten URL´s end up in 99% on .com sites. Therefore these are nearly all in english, a visitor of a european/non-english forum will close the site - if he´s not aware of the .com TLD in the first place. That way in all the time the AddOn was running I generated zero revenue.

Guess it will take some time until this VigLink is really ready for sites outside the us/en world. A pity..

Wait till you try to uninstall.

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Hrm, I had this turned off for a while while I was working on something unrelated. Turned this back on today, updated and now I get an error:
I'm checking to see if it's a mod conflict, but so far it seems to be an independent error. vB 3.8.5

Hi Digital Jedi,

Sorry to hear you're seeing this error. Can you please email support@viglink.com? We'd like to investigate further in case there's a bug on our end.

Thanks

Hi Marv - if you email us at support@viglink.com we'd love to take a closer look at this issue. If there's indeed a bug, we'd really like to squash it.

OK, newbie here. I've installed the product-viglink file, and it shows up under "Manage Products", but i'm not seeing a field to put the API code in.

Exactly where do i put that info?

EDIT: Never mind, found it as i wondered around the CP.

I do, however, have an additional question. What does this mean exactly?

"Maximizes revenue by monetizing clicks that occur before the VigLink JavaScript has loaded. "

There is a warning that it may not play well with others.

What happens when i enable this? What happens if i don't?

I see viglink support is as good here as it is by email.

I did have an additional question, but i feel it would be a waste of time posting it.

I tried to uninstall viglnk (since I've had it for a few years and have no received a dime). When I did, it completely messed up my site. Screwed up the css of every single theme that was installed.

If this plugin is no longer being supported, which it does not appear to be, vb.org ought to take this mod off. It's destructive.

A lot of mods are not supported, that is why care needs to be taken before installing them.

I found that I have this installed (viglink ver 5.1.6) but disabled on my vb5, and wonder where I got it from? Is there a thread for viglink for vb 5?