What tracking solution do you use to track conversions on media buys?
I do prosper usually.
Is that the same as tracking202? Man... I'm on a dedicated server and tracking202 redirects take 6 seconds
Depends how big of a buy you're doing.
I do P202 too most of the time.
as others have said P202 is more then capable even for a larger buy(with a good server of course for bigger buys).
Is it possible to analyze banners CTR with P202?
Nope , you can only compare banner views and clicks from prosper.
However , your network should show you the banner's CTR.
I know a lot of guys that did small media buys using cheap adservers instead of normal tracking. I guess you could use OpenX or something like that but I never trusted that to work right, even on low volume pages.
adshuffle is cool for those just starting out with low low budgets and low experience just to get some shit going. From there sitescout has one of the best systems for affiliates I've ever seen.