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Old 04-09-2004, 10:43 PM  
Snake Doctor
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Click counting is a double edged sword.

Some sponsors count 99.9% of everything that hits the front page (the old ARS comes to mind) and those are the same sponsors that get heaps of shit about bad ratios.....when in reality they convert traffic to sales just as good as anyone else.

Then other sponsors count 2nd page hits, or don't count proxy and foreign traffic, etc etc and then of course they get heat from people like you who count their clicks out.
Of course MOST webmasters don't count their clicks out, so MOST sponsors opt for option #2, since the only ratio most webmasters look at are the ones the sponsors give them.

Since you're counting your outclicks the only number you should be looking at in your stats is $$ made, then you can compare that to your own click counts and see who gives you the most bang for your buck.
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