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[_] advert management/handling on websites?

Alastair Moore alastair at kozmo.co.uk
Wed Jul 18 17:08:51 BST 2007

> On 7/18/07, mike karthauser <info at brightstorm.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> On 18 Jul 2007, at 15:17, Ed Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/18/07, Alastair Moore <alastair at kozmo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, is there any software/online applications or other (that will
>>>> integrate with a ruby on rails site) that will handle/manage online
>>>> adverts that anyone can recommend? Any other tips, insights or  
>>>> voodoo
>>>> magic on managing online advertising would be very useful!
>>>
>>> :: Mr Karthauser: was openads an enjoyable experience?
>>
>> for sure. not a too big deal to install and certainly nicer than
>> google adwords. all you need is php and mysquirrel and you're good to
>> go.
>>
>> Mr Mitchell: was openads an enjoyable experience?
>>
>
> The cron reports that came to my inbox didn't seem to work too well,
> but once you login it's all accurate, useufl, and pretty intuitive for
> a punter like me, easy to explain to even less attuned punter...
>
> so I'd say yes (although all the ad sales garble about affiliated
> stuff bamboozled me i leave that to the bread heads)

Have downloaded and installed so i'll give that a go. So far it looks  
promising but I'm yet to get an advert showing! However, I didn't  
read any of the docs so maybe I'll do that next.

Cheers!

Alastair