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Ian
Hey,

A lot of people ask about these (mostly SmartSearch sites but they can be converted for others), so here they are:

SmartSearch Base Scripts: The SS scripts themselves, at a $25 discount.

Base Script Installation: If you don't want to install the SS scripts yourself. Also, when I install the scripts I include the data blanking bug fix, join date and IP logging and various minor enhancements at no charge.

Basic Package Upgrade:
- Gives affiliates credit for clicks on listings from external feeds (SearchFeed, etc...)
- Decrements bids to accurately reflect (and increase) profits from external feeds.
- Adds bid decrementation control to admin.
- Adds multi-level cheat protection for external feed clicks.
- Adds improved logging for external feed clicks.
- Existing feeds are integrated with above.
- Required for many of the upgrades below.

Enhanced Package Upgrade:
- All of the features of the basic package upgrade above.
- Country filtering which stops affiliates from getting credit for clicks from countries that the feeds do not pay for. This greatly increases profits.
- Full admin control of allowed countries on a global and per feed basis.
- Admin control of global and per feed click limits.
- Uses an external filtering service (run by me). The filtering database is updated frequently so you can count on accurate country identification. The service runs on multiple servers, meaning it's very fast and always online. At $5/month (payable by PayPal, INTGold or StormPay subscription) it's also much cheaper than other 3rd party identification services.

New Feeds: Includes full admin control including on/off, bid decrementation and number of listings to display. Also includes integration with all features of the package upgrades above and any other relevant upgrades from this list. Note... Prices vary for some feeds. The majority of feeds are $15.

Payment ID/Other Fields: Adds payment ID fields (i.e. PayPal) and/or other types of new fields to signup, member section and admin and integrates them with the scripts.

Earnings Manager Pro:
- Displays individual and total earnings of all members that have entered a payment ID (see above).
- Allows you to zero/debit member accounts after payment has been made.
- Can display in database compatible format for mass payment using services such as PayPal and MoneyBookers.
- Can make one click (automated) payments and deductions via E-gold and INTGold.
- Stores history data on payments made.
- Can be integrated with the ID filter to exclude banned/probation accounts from receiving payments.
- Can also be integrated with the payment request system if you want to pay only members who have requested payment.
- Includes an archive feature. Archived earnings can be loaded into the earnings manager at a later time for browsing, comparison and payment.
- Creates multi-sortable payment history reports that can be imported into most spreadsheet, database and accounting software.

Payment Request System: Displays payment request buttons for members once they reach payment minimum. Works with payment ID fields (see above) and can display different types of payment buttons at different minimums. Will only display payment buttons for payment options that members belong to. Requires payment ID fields upgrade unless you do not use online payments (PayPal, e-gold etc.)

Affiliate Membership Levels: Allows you to set multiple levels of affiliate membership. Each level receives a different commission. Useful for offering a bonus to high quality/traffic affiliates, or long time members.

Multi Account Protection: As the name implies

Affiliate Approval: This upgrade requires all affiliates to be approved by you before they can start sending traffic. Affiliates who are not yet approved can still login to their accounts and perform advertiser actions. Requires Suspend Account Filter.

IP Deny Manager: Highly efficient banning system that allows you to assign IPs which are not allowed to send traffic to your site. Supports banning multiple IPs at once.

Signup Country Logging: Identifies and stores new members country location. Allows you to compare to the country they say they're from for anti-fraud purposes. Requires country filtering subscription.

Contextual Ad System: Allows you to serve contextual style ads. Ads are shown on partner sites based on random keyword selection from a user submitted keyword list. Submitted keywords require admin approval. Also includes a code generator for partners and editable templates for each ad style.

Affiliate Login Logger: Provides information about recent logins by your affiliates. Can be useful for catching cheaters.

Admin Access Control: Allows you to give increased access to low level admins by controlling which sections each one is allowed access to.

Anti Fraud Tweaks: Four new anti-fraud controls. Upgrade includes the latest version of the package upgrade at no extra charge. The details of this upgrade are not publicly available for obvious reasons. Requires one of the package upgrades.

Click Statistics: Upgrades the click related aspects of your logging system and provides an admin interface to detailed statistics about each affiliates clicks during an adjustable period including the feed the listing came from, keywords the listing showed up under, user IP address, the bid price and the time the click occurred. Results are sortable by each column and can be searched (wildcards supported) by selected columns.

Search Statistics: Upgrades the search related aspects of your logging system and provides an admin interface to detailed affiliates search statistics during an adjustable period. Includes keywords searched, user IP address, referring url and the time the search occurred. Results are sortable by each column and can be searched (wildcards supported) by selected columns.

Click Origin Statistics: Allows you to see which countries your traffic is coming from, broken down by percentage. Includes global and per affiliate stats as well as it's own logging system. Requires Enhanced Package Upgrade.

Click Stats for Members: Similar to the click statistics upgrade above but designed for viewing by your affiliates. Becomes a new affiliate statistics option.

Admin Finance Page Upgrades: Various improvements to the finances page including the ability to view finances by day, EPC information, referral earnings and the ability link directly to individual click and search statistics (assuming you have the Click and Search Stats upgrades).

Search Country Filtering: Requires enhanced package upgrade and country filtering subscription. Allows you to filter searches by country in addition to clicks. Filtering can be done globally or for individual feeds. In some cases this will decrease your server load. However, while this upgrade can be useful for some sites, for others it can actually decrease profits by stopping clicks from getting sent to feeds that they might otherwise end up paying for.

Affiliate XML Feed Control: Allows you to turn the ability to use your XML feed on only for affiliates that you have approved. Also, optionally, lets you choose which feeds individual affiliates receive results from.

Advanced XML Control Utility: This upgrade is designed for large sites with a lot of XML users. Features include the ability to change the XML status of all XML members at once, view all XML users and create pre-set groups containing a list of feeds that can be applied to XML members in one click. Requires XML Feed Control upgrade.

Suspend Account Filter: Lets you suspend an affiliate account (including accounts that have already been removed). Suspended accounts cannot send search traffic and are not considered for payment using the earnings manager.

Domain/URL Filter: Adds admin feature to ban/unban/view domains that are not allowed to send traffic to your site.

Context Ad Keyword Filter: If you run context ads (Google Adsense, Clicksor, etc.) on your search results pages, this filter allows you to disable the display of context ads for certain keywords. This filter will work for any kind of external ad that is implemented by inserting HTML or Javascript code.

Inactive Member Manager: Adjustable report of all members who have been inactive for longer than a given amount of time. Allows you to remove inactives one at a time or automatically all at once. Also includes the option to send inactivity notices.

Member Confirmation Manager: Allows you to manually confirm members who are having problems receiving their confirmation email. Also allows you to resend confirmation emails and remove old pending affiliates from the confirmation data.

Turing Validation: Validates affiliate clicks using turning numbers. This is virtually 100% effective at stopping all forms of automated cheating. Turning numbers can be turned on globally or for individual feeds. It is very important to keep in mind that this kind of system hurts the usability of your search engine and will lower your traffic. I only recommend this upgrade as a last resort.

Turing Stats: Requires Turing Validation. Lets you create reports showing turning failure rates, also allows you to reset validation status on individual IPs.

Keyword Blocker: Adds the ability to block searches for certain keywords either globally or for individual feeds.

Feed Timeout: Allows you to set a maximum amount of seconds your scripts will wait for an external feed to respond.

Referral Stats: Adds a new option to the account page which shows affiliates a list of their referrals IDs and gives a total referral count.

ProxyGuard: Advanced proxy traffic detection, monitoring and management system. Includes integrated access to proxy port scan and open proxy test. This upgrade is designed for successful sites that are having problems with cheaters/poor traffic quality.

ProxyGuard Live Addon: Background monitoring system that automatically suspends affiliates who exceed a set proxy traffic percentage. Requires ProxyGuard and Suspend Filter.

Data Blanking Bug Fix: Fixes the only known bug in the SmartSearch scripts. Bug is fixed in numerous areas of the system. Note... If you have SmartSearch version 4.35 or later then this bug is partially fixed already. You probably will not need this upgrade.

Member Backup Utility: Designed for dial up users or very large sites. This upgrade lets you create backups of only member profile and balance information. The resulting files are small and can be downloaded quickly. Utility can also restore backups.

->Anything else: Custom upgrades are always an option.

NOTE: All upgrades are copyrighted. They cannot be duplicated for multiple sites or resold.

If you have questions, post here or email. Please don't send me PMs.
Xeose
QUOTE (Ian @ Jan 30 2003, 02:31 AM)
Hey,

A lot of people ask about these (mostly SmartSearch sites but they can be converted for others), so here they are:

Package Upgrade:
- Gives affiliates credit for clicks on listings from external feeds (SearchFeed, etc...).
- Decrements bids to accurately reflect (and increase) profits from external feeds.
- Adds multi-level cheat protection for external feed clicks.
- Adds logging for external feed clicks.

Package Upgrade with Country Blocking:
- All of the above features plus country filtering which stops affiliates from getting credit for clicks from countries that the feeds to not pay for.

New Feeds: includes integration with the above package(s).

Anything else you can think of.....

Hello Ian,

How much do you charge for those modifications, I only need the...

- Adds multi-level cheat protection for external feed clicks.
- Adds logging for external feed clicks.

- country filtering which stops affiliates from getting credit for clicks from countries that the feeds to not pay for.


I already have the first two. I'm interested in those three for 7c7. I am thinking of going with SmartPPC, but I hear the quality isnt the best.
Ian
The upgrades in the package all go together... they're linked. It wouldn't be any cheaper to break them up because that would require writing extra code.

For prices, email me at the address above.
petcalent
Country Blocking will kill search engines because
they're the only people clicking a lot. ar.gif
Ian
I'm not sure I understand what you mean... Country blocking (or, in this case, country filtering) is one of the things that keeps PPC search engines alive. Otherwise they'd be paying for huge quantities of clicks from people who can't even read the advertiser messages.

They also help with the problem of automated clicking software which is big in China.
Xeose
QUOTE (Ian @ Feb 1 2003, 10:10 PM)
I'm not sure I understand what you mean... Country blocking (or, in this case, country filtering) is one of the things that keeps PPC search engines alive. Otherwise they'd be paying for huge quantities of clicks from people who can't even read the advertiser messages.

They also help with the problem of automated clicking software which is big in China.

Automated click thingy... I have an affiliate from China...

900 clicks in 2 hours... all from IP's very similar, all at the same keyword. That was a great use of the delete affiliate button.
petcalent
blocking countries because you don't know how or
you don't want to take the work to filter automated clicks
that's a bungle work my friend ad.gif

advertisers know that most of the search engines are a
little less that to pull up their stadistics to show their
boss and no more.
they know that only the three or four main search engines
brings real traffic to them. And they are paying to stay at
the top of the results for keywords that they know are
massive clicked for ptc people.
If they get their statistics falling down they will stop
advertising in that way and will search another way
they are also collecting email adresses from the visitors,
when they will have enought or found another cheaper way to
get them will stop.
that's what I mean
what do you mean?
Ian
Er... lol.

Every major PPC search engine on the internet uses country filtering.

Why don't you take up the debate with them? ;-)
lachlanm
QUOTE (petcalent @ Feb 4 2003, 04:40 AM)
blocking countries because you don't know how or
you don't want to take the work to filter automated clicks
that's a bungle work  my friend ad.gif

advertisers know that most of the search engines are a
little less that to pull up their stadistics to show their
boss and no more.
they know that only the three or four main search engines
brings real traffic to them. And they are paying to stay at
the top of the results for keywords that they know are
massive clicked for ptc people.
If they get their statistics falling down they will stop
advertising in that way and will search another way
they are also collecting email adresses from the visitors,
when they will have enought or found another cheaper way to
get them will stop.
that's what I mean
what do you mean?

LOL

no, advertisers dont pay for international traffic.. they only want US based stuff
vlad83
Only a small number of smaller or medium PPC search engines block international traffic ( in most cases the advertiser must request this)
Almost all feeds (like r.pilot, s.feed...) block international traffic, since the traffic they provide is of not good quality.
petcalent
They should change and open their mind.
US need to export and the actual dollar
economical politic is based on that.
They makes a bad favour thyselves blocking
other countries, as they can not sell if
they don't advertise to the target buyers. ad.gif
Can I be president of USA without born there?

ok the last chapter of the search engines...
and their harakiri
Ian
I don't want to start any arguments but you're all a little off :-)

Virtually all PPC search engines pay for some international traffic.

Virtually all PPC search engines do not pay for certain countries.

This does include the big ones... Overture (the daddy of PPCSEs) is solving the problem by opening international versions of their service for various countries.
Flanneljava
I agree with you Ian

I do advertising/keywords for one of my clients who only ships to USA, therefore we only need USA traffic and thats what we pay for mostly. We do get a few international, or unaccounted hits, but mainly from USA, this from Google and Overture.
Ian
Just added a new upgrade to the list above...
Ian
Just added even more new ones... Those of you with successful PPCs, take a look at the Earnings Manager... Among other things, it automates the process of getting earnings info into a spreadsheet for mass payment (i.e. PayPal, MoneyBookers, etc...).
Xeose
I would recommend you all get Ian's mods, I have spend nearly $300 with him for working on Orangiez. If you want to run a successful PPC, get the mods.
Ian
Thanks Eric... didn't realize you'd gotten that much done :-)
Ian
One more new one... Referral earnings for members...
Ian
If anyone using SmartSearch scripts has been having problems with member account going blank... I now have a fix.

Apparently the support people at SmartSearch are saying that the bug doesn't exist. It most definitely does, they're just lazy :-)
Ca$hMaN
Ian has finished all the upgrading things that I ask him!

Ian's service is GREAT, FAST and just excellent!!

thanks Ian !!
cibean
Hi Ian,
We at searchwallet.com which is to be launched on 1st of May, need your upgrades ASAP. I have laready mailed you about a day ago and yet to receive a reply from you. Cynthia is already working on the templates and should be finished by today or tomorrow max. We have received the feed from one of the feed providers and will receive the feed from the other today or tomorrow Max!!! I have already emailed you the details of what kind of upgrades we want. If you need to contact me, Please send a mail to ibaguy@hotmail.com or webmaster@searchwallet.com

Thanks.
Cibean.
Ian
Hehe... "about a day ago"... You mean about 12 hours ago.

And I replied about 6 hours ago, check your email. :-)
cibean
lol.. maybe 12 hours ok... But i haven't gotten your mail yet.. please resend it to ibaguy@hotmail.com and just to make sure, cc a copy To webmaster@searchwallet.com so i can reply to you promptly.

Thanks.... aa.gif
Ian
Just added a new one...

Payment Request System: Displays payment request buttons for members once they reach payment minimum. Works with payment ID fields (see above) and can display different types of payment buttons at different minimums. Will only display payment buttons for payment options that members belong to.
Ian
Just added a couple of new upgrades... most importantly ProxyGuard. Anyone who's been running a search engine for a while has been waiting for this one ;-)
mthrelk
Hey Ian,

I tried to email you but the email bounced. Is there anyway that you can contact me at webmaster@jewelclicks.com so that we can talk. I was wanting to know about a package upgrade for the smart search scripts.


Thank you very much. ab.gif
Easy_Money
Hello,

I recently had the pleasure of working with Ian. I have to say he is the best, and most professional programmer I have ever worked with. He was very fast. He was unbelievably patient. He was also extremely helpful.

Thanks to Ian, my site is running much more efficient. I have received numerous compliments from my members about how much faster the site is running, how much they enjoy being able to see their referrals, and all of their affiliate stats in much greater detail than I was able to provide them before.

On top of this, Ian explained in more detail how the ppc industry works, and I thought I already understood it. This allowed me to pay my members more per bid, while creating a larger profit margin for the site. This is going to allow more promotion of the site, as well as larger contests for our members.

If you own a ppc search engine, I strongly recommend all of Ian's upgrades. They will provide you with more control over your site. They will help you catch any cheaters you may have. They also have the potential to save your company hard earned revenue, both in the near to immediate future, as well as down the road. If your site has very many members, or you wish to run it with much success, I would strongly encourage you purchase Ian's upgrades today. They are a Must Have!

Thank you Ian,
William
Ian
Thanks William.

I should add that I didn't pay him to say any of that :-)
Ian
Just added some new ones including automatic e-gold payments... See above.
mthrelk
I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to get ahold of Ian. My partners and I just launched a search engine and would like to know about the affiliate upgrades.
We are currently using RevPilot as an outside search engine and our members are not getting credited for them. If someone could help us get ahold of him, it would be greatly appreciated. aj.gif


Warmest regards,
Michelle
paidcash27
Just email Ian at ian@designbyian.com and he'll be able to help you.
Ian
Hi Michelle,

If you've tried emailing me and it hasn't gone through, the server you're mailing from might be spam blacklisted (ordb or spamcop), try sending from a different addy.
mthrelk
Hello Ian,

Thank you for replying. ab.gif I have sent you another email. So far it hasn't bounced back to me yet. Which is weird because before, I was sending it from my ISP subaccount and this time I am sending from one of my paid email webmaster accounts, lol. ae.gif


Thanks again,
Michelle
Ian
Just added a new upgrade to the list... click statistics. :-)
Ian
Two new ones just added... XML control and extra cheat protection.
Ian
One more new one...

Search Statistics: Upgrades your logging system and provides an admin interface to detailed affiliates search statistics during an adjustable period. Includes keywords searched, user IP address, referring url and the time the click occured. Results are sortable by each column.
nesearch
Can you post prices? Pretty please? ae.gif
lachlanm
QUOTE (Ian @ Sep 1 2003, 05:30 PM)
One more new one...

Search Statistics: Upgrades your logging system and provides an admin interface to detailed affiliates search statistics during an adjustable period. Includes keywords searched, user IP address, referring url and the time the click occured. Results are sortable by each column.

Could you explain the difference between this and the click stats?

Thanx
Ian
nesearch: Email me (addy in sig) and I'll send you a list with prices included.

lach:

Click stats are recorded once the user actually clicks through to a result.

Search stats are recorded every time someone does a search.

There is different relevant information for each type of action (and a completely different logging system). Most importantly, click stats involve a bid and the referring url is always internal whereas search stats frequently come from an external source where a referring url can be recorded.

Also, naturally, a search does not always equal a click and multiple clicks can originate from 1 search.
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lachlanm
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This is a thread started by member name 'ian'

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If you have something of the same to sell please make your own thread posting what you have to offer.

Important - We ask that the posts are related to the script mods guidelines and do not include prices, paying info etc. rather an outline on what u offer and where to contact you - otherwise you are risking being labeled spam and having your thread moved to the advertising folder

Thankyou
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downlineprofit
I sent an email to Ian about the search engine upgrade.

Thanks
prweb
Sent email~~~` aa.gif
anrkyuk
Ian trying to contact you, could you mail me at anthony . stanford2 @ ntlworld . com or PM me im not having much luck emailing you, keep bouncing

Thanks
A
royalexile
replied to your email Ian aa.gif
smartpcsystems
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Ian
A couple of news ones added... see first post.
MrBig
Need work Done, spoke yesterday on MSN

Have emailed you and PM'd you.

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