Comments on: Poll: OpenAds Now OpenX – I Miss phpAdsNew http://www.centernetworks.com/openx-formerly-openads Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anthony http://www.centernetworks.com/openx-formerly-openads#comment-16317 Anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-16317 I haven't got around to trying it yet but <a href="http://adregate.com">Adregate</a> which has recently launched has been in development for a while on the promise of being a simpler ad server. Might be worth a CenterNetworks review. I haven’t got around to trying it yet but Adregate which has recently launched has been in development for a while on the promise of being a simpler ad server. Might be worth a CenterNetworks review.

]]> By: Oliver George http://www.centernetworks.com/openx-formerly-openads#comment-16373 Oliver George Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-16373 Hi Winston Thanks for highlighting the problem with documentation links. Please don't think there's anything sinister behind it, just a misconfigured RewriteRule. My apologies for any inconvenience. Please feel free to <a href='mailto:oliver.george@openx.org'>send me an email</a> with any other feedback. cheers, Oliver George OpenX Ltd Hi Winston

Thanks for highlighting the problem with documentation links. Please don’t think there’s anything sinister behind it, just a misconfigured RewriteRule.

My apologies for any inconvenience. Please feel free to send me an email with any other feedback.

cheers,
Oliver George
OpenX Ltd

]]> By: Winston Ford http://www.centernetworks.com/openx-formerly-openads#comment-16552 Winston Ford Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-16552 I fired up openx over the weekend just needing an ad solution that has geo ip functionality. Openx is definitely complicated and clunky. I notice that a lot of the support links in the installer for troubleshooting now just point to the homepage. Example: http://www.openx.org/help/2.4/install/timezone/ Actually, I had to look at Google cached pages to get the old content because it has been removed from the admin guide. May be backing off of install docs is a strategy for selling the hosted solution. So it's up and running.. it's doing what I wanted: showing ads based on the geolocation of the viewers ip. It uses a free database from Maxmind that will show continents and countries. To get deeper, like city, you need to pay maxmind for a database and updates, which I plan to do. I've checked out adgregator, but doubt it has geo ip. Can anyone recommend another ad server where I can configure my own ads to show by geo ip? Cheers, W I fired up openx over the weekend just needing an ad solution that has geo ip functionality.

Openx is definitely complicated and clunky. I notice that a lot of the support links in the installer for troubleshooting now just point to the homepage. Example: http://www.openx.org/help/2.4/install/timezone/

Actually, I had to look at Google cached pages to get the old content because it has been removed from the admin guide. May be backing off of install docs is a strategy for selling the hosted solution.

So it’s up and running.. it’s doing what I wanted: showing ads based on the geolocation of the viewers ip. It uses a free database from Maxmind that will show continents and countries. To get deeper, like city, you need to pay maxmind for a database and updates, which I plan to do.

I’ve checked out adgregator, but doubt it has geo ip. Can anyone recommend another ad server where I can configure my own ads to show by geo ip?

Cheers,
W

]]> By: tilll http://www.centernetworks.com/openx-formerly-openads#comment-16686 tilll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-16686 I don't know, people want free, and that's where it stops. Free software is an open process, if you think something is clunky, work with the people and improve it. Only a small part of the development is writing code, there is a lot more to it than that and I am sure the OpenX people will listen because the objective is to improve it. Point taken, software developers and programmers are not always the smartest UI people, which is another reason why I think they will be interested in feedback. At least any sane person would. :) Personally on the issue - most people in advertising who I know absolutely love OpenAds. Yeah, they didn't have to set it up (I did that), but they really like to use it. I don’t know, people want free, and that’s where it stops.

Free software is an open process, if you think something is clunky, work with the people and improve it. Only a small part of the development is writing code, there is a lot more to it than that and I am sure the OpenX people will listen because the objective is to improve it.

Point taken, software developers and programmers are not always the smartest UI people, which is another reason why I think they will be interested in feedback. At least any sane person would. :)

Personally on the issue – most people in advertising who I know absolutely love OpenAds. Yeah, they didn’t have to set it up (I did that), but they really like to use it.

]]> By: Jason http://www.centernetworks.com/openx-formerly-openads#comment-16707 Jason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-16707 http://adregate.com/ as well. The owner is pretty cool. We have exchanged a few emails. I bet if you email him he is willing to listen to what you need. He may be able to add geo-ip to his software. http://adregate.com/ as well. The owner is pretty cool. We have exchanged a few emails. I bet if you email him he is willing to listen to what you need. He may be able to add geo-ip to his software.

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