Comments on: Why I’m Fired Up to Join OpenX http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/ OpenX Community News Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:13:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: atul jha http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-40438 atul jha Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:18:17 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-40438 good luck... good luck…

]]> By: Arlen Coupland http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39911 Arlen Coupland Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:23:55 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39911 Hi again, I realize that a post on the forum I recently replied to most likely is yours (but a different username) - so hopefully my reply there will help you! Hi again,

I realize that a post on the forum I recently replied to most likely is yours (but a different username) - so hopefully my reply there will help you!

]]> By: Arlen Coupland http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39910 Arlen Coupland Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:21:26 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39910 Hi Mark, We could make it that probabilities always add up to 100%, but then we'd have users saying that they don't want it this way :-) While generally the probability of a zone will add up to 100%, it definitely will not always be this way - The probabilities are intertwined with all of the campaign settings and banner settings linked to that zone. If all campaigns and banners are limited in some way (capping, delivery limitations, impression/click targets, etc) then a user most likely does not want the probability to add up to 100% If you do want your zone to always display a banner, but are not able to accomplish this, then we definitely are interested to hear what might be causing the issue. Please provide details on forum.openx.org A great resource for detailed understanding (and even debugging) of the MPE (Maintenance Priority Engine) is here: https://developer.openx.org/wiki/display/COMM/Prioritisation+Engine If you provide details on your campaign per zone setup on the forum, the community (and us) should be able to provide some helpful feedback for acquiring your desired results. Hope this helps, Arlen Hi Mark,

We could make it that probabilities always add up to 100%, but then we’d have users saying that they don’t want it this way :-)

While generally the probability of a zone will add up to 100%, it definitely will not always be this way - The probabilities are intertwined with all of the campaign settings and banner settings linked to that zone. If all campaigns and banners are limited in some way (capping, delivery limitations, impression/click targets, etc) then a user most likely does not want the probability to add up to 100%

If you do want your zone to always display a banner, but are not able to accomplish this, then we definitely are interested to hear what might be causing the issue. Please provide details on forum.openx.org

A great resource for detailed understanding (and even debugging) of the MPE (Maintenance Priority Engine) is here:
https://developer.openx.org/wiki/display/COMM/Prioritisation+Engine

If you provide details on your campaign per zone setup on the forum, the community (and us) should be able to provide some helpful feedback for acquiring your desired results.

Hope this helps,
Arlen

]]> By: Marc Steel http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39852 Marc Steel Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:30:29 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39852 If you can make it so that an ad zone's probabilities actually add up to 100% all the time, then we may be able to keep using this product. This thing has become so junky it is barely worth it. Seriously, I had an ad zone with with 4 campaigns and a total probability of about 10%. If you can make it so that an ad zone’s probabilities actually add up to 100% all the time, then we may be able to keep using this product. This thing has become so junky it is barely worth it.

Seriously, I had an ad zone with with 4 campaigns and a total probability of about 10%.

]]> By: Haydur http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39599 Haydur Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:15:55 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39599 Welcome and good luck. I see the new slogan on the homepage reads something like "for publishers who are serious about making money". I am very serious about making money, and I stopped using OpenAds 6 months ago. You want to know why? Three words: No direct billing. My sole purpose to use OpenAds was to be able to sell ads directly to people who contacted me. Instead of telling them to go thru Adwords (which I use exclusively otherwise), I could get the money and setup the campaign by myself. But with just three advertisers, the process was getting so cumbersome, that I just dropped the whole thing. I know use simple random code and MySQL counters to display ads from advertisers and Adsense. Why should I use OpenAds (or OpenX) if I have to do a million more steps and add the overhead to my web server. So please, get directly advertiser signup and billing, otherwise, serious money makers will not "seriously" consider OpenX. Welcome and good luck.

I see the new slogan on the homepage reads something like “for publishers who are serious about making money”. I am very serious about making money, and I stopped using OpenAds 6 months ago. You want to know why? Three words: No direct billing.

My sole purpose to use OpenAds was to be able to sell ads directly to people who contacted me. Instead of telling them to go thru Adwords (which I use exclusively otherwise), I could get the money and setup the campaign by myself. But with just three advertisers, the process was getting so cumbersome, that I just dropped the whole thing. I know use simple random code and MySQL counters to display ads from advertisers and Adsense. Why should I use OpenAds (or OpenX) if I have to do a million more steps and add the overhead to my web server.

So please, get directly advertiser signup and billing, otherwise, serious money makers will not “seriously” consider OpenX.

]]> By: Kevin Lee http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39242 Kevin Lee Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:23:30 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39242 Now things get interesting. Clearly there is a shortage of both independent publisher adservers. The idea of an open source adserver getting robust enough and full-featured enough to do great yield management as well as allow for lots of targeting options, in conjunction with an ad exchange is fascinating. I look forward to watching this evolve. Hoping there will be a way to Bring My Own Targeting as well as open APIs. Now things get interesting.
Clearly there is a shortage of both independent publisher adservers. The idea of an open source adserver getting robust enough and full-featured enough to do great yield management as well as allow for lots of targeting options, in conjunction with an ad exchange is fascinating.
I look forward to watching this evolve.
Hoping there will be a way to Bring My Own Targeting as well as open APIs.

]]> By: Scott Curtiss http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39222 Scott Curtiss Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:18:00 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39222 Congrats Tim! Best of luck and it will be fun to see the development and growth of your platform....very cool oppty. Congrats Tim! Best of luck and it will be fun to see the development and growth of your platform….very cool oppty.

]]> By: Can OpenX compete with Google? - mathewingram.com/work http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39108 Can OpenX compete with Google? - mathewingram.com/work Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:48:26 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39108 [...] Interesting news from Kara Swisher at the BoomTown blog, that former Yahoo executive Tim Cadogan is taking the top spot at OpenX — the open-source ad server company that used to be called OpenAds (and before that was phpads). As Kara notes, Cadogan was involved in the launch of Yahoo’s much-ballyhooed Panama ad search product, and before that he was at GoTo.com. His inaugural blog post is here. [...] [...] Interesting news from Kara Swisher at the BoomTown blog, that former Yahoo executive Tim Cadogan is taking the top spot at OpenX — the open-source ad server company that used to be called OpenAds (and before that was phpads). As Kara notes, Cadogan was involved in the launch of Yahoo’s much-ballyhooed Panama ad search product, and before that he was at GoTo.com. His inaugural blog post is here. [...]

]]> By: Ken Rudman http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39107 Ken Rudman Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:39:01 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39107 Congrats, Tim. Glad to see there's life after Y! for you as well. Congrats, Tim. Glad to see there’s life after Y! for you as well.

]]> By: Willan Johnson http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39103 Willan Johnson Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:46:17 +0000 http://blog.openx.org/04/why-im-fired-up-to-join-openx/#comment-39103 Tim - very cool! What a great opportunity to help take the OpenX business to another level. I look forward to watching the progress. Tim - very cool! What a great opportunity to help take the OpenX business to another level. I look forward to watching the progress.

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