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Advise about tracking and geo stuff (5)

10-07-2014 06:34 PM #1 yohn1985 (Member)
Advise about tracking and geo stuff

hi guys,

Got a quick question, i have been around here for a few weeks now (think) and i have my VPS installed and i have sent some traffic to it and gone over the data and it seems to be working ok, no hippos atm as far as I can tell. The other day i learnt about geo stuff, great stuff i dont want my networks using my non-offer qualifying traffic no problem i installed the geo maxmind database on my server and i tested a couple of subdomains with an .htaccess file and the stuff works no problem, everything great.
Now the question is this. I read here that there is a version of prosper that is modded and you can download it here in the forum (i think) and that that version would do the geo stuff more easily, this way i would not have to do it at the .htaccess file (which i really dont mind) but if i had the option at the tracker level and it was optimum i wouldn't mind. Would you recommend i install the modded 202 tracker and use that or stay the way i am now? and also list the advantages of each way if possible?

By the way i admin my own server so adding, remove software would not be an issue.

Thanks in advanced.

10-08-2014 08:09 AM #2 zeno (Administrator)

You shouldn't use htaccess for anything tracking related, it's not appropriate for that.

Your tracker should be doing geo-redirection as part of it's own functionality.

I would use Thrive since it is new, efficient and feature rich. http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...form-by-iPyxel

10-08-2014 12:33 PM #3 yohn1985 (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by zeno View Post
You shouldn't use htaccess for anything tracking related, it's not appropriate for that.

Your tracker should be doing geo-redirection as part of it's own functionality.

I would use Thrive since it is new, efficient and feature rich. http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...form-by-iPyxel
You are pretty much advising to ditch prosper all together and go with Thrive? and that with Thrive i can do the tracking and the geo and all the good stuff?

10-08-2014 12:47 PM #4 zeno (Administrator)

Yes, that's my personal recommendation right now.

10-08-2014 02:44 PM #5 yohn1985 (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by zeno View Post
Yes, that's my personal recommendation right now.
Thanks for your suggestion man. I will have to make a decision since i have a monthly budget allocated at the moment for testing campaigns and if i keep on signing up for monthly things i will eat too much into it, so i guess i would have to draw the line somewhere. But i will deff keep it in mind.

Thanks

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