[thelist] PHP/PERL Adserver Recommendation?

Robert Goodyear rob_goodyear at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 10 17:20:03 CST 2001


--- Morbus Iff <morbus at disobey.com> wrote:
>  >Anyone had any particularly good experiences with any PHP- or PERL-based ad
> 
> Welp, I've played with two options. The one I'm currently using is 
> WebAdverts from http://awsd.com/scripts/webadverts/index.shtml which works 
> pretty well - you can demo it on the site.
> 
> The other one I've used is a Perl/Apache module plugin call mod_adbanners - 
> it's the same system that runs the OSDN (Slashdot, Freshmeat, etc.) sites, 
> and that's available here: http://modadbanners.sourceforge.net/
> 
> WebAdverts is super easy to use, but perhaps too "simplistic" - you can't 
> serve certain banners based on page keywords, geographic location, or 
> cookie based preferences. mod_adbanners does all the above crap, but the UI 
> to it is horrific, and there's no documentation. It requires patience.
> 
> Support wise, there's a huge following behind WebAdverts with a forum and 
> hacks available, and mod_adbanners only calling is that it runs OSDN.
> 
> Either way, from these recommendations, and any others, I'd be interested 
> in hearing a wrapup of ones you've looked at, why you didn't choose them, 
> and why you chose the one you did. Would you care to write something up for 
> me or the evolt list?
> 

I'd be happy to share info once I aggregate it. I definitely need the control that seems to be
afforded with mod_adbanners. I'll give the thread some time for responses and then I'll analyze
everything.

Thanks!

/rg


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