Ploose CPA Network Registrar Having Issues – Tracking Link DOWN!

by James Burr on March 15, 2012 in Affiliate Marketing, Burr, CPA, Hardware, Hosting, Linux, Marketing, Technology with No comments

Checked my email this afternoon & saw that Ploose Adult CPA Network shot me over an email about some tracking issues they are having. Wanted to give a heads up to anyone running traffic via Ploose to redirect it to a working offer, (I hate loosing conversions).

From Tim Burd of Ploose:

Tracking link (acotrk.com) right now is down due to a technical issue at the registrar (moniker). Apparently not all accounts are affected and it seems to only be this domain on my account.

No clicks are tracking as of a few minutes ago for any offer using the acotrk.com domain on ploose and I have already called and emailed everyone possible at the registrar and should have this resolved very quickly but

regardless you all need to know. Please redirect traffic until I let you all know again that it is back up. We are working now to also change the way it is setup so there is a fall-back tracking domain for every offer just in case.

I apollogize for this huge inconvenience and believe me I am furious about this and will get it fixed as soon as humanly possible. Thanks and feel free to email or IM us with any questions.

This situation leaves one to ask, what is up with big companies lately? How come no one has a backup System/Domain/Hardware in place BEFORE these things happen. People need to start thinking PRO active instead of RE active. But then again, Hindsight is 20/20 right?

DirectTrack Affiliate Platform Now Claiming Failure Was Scheduled Maintenance

by James Burr on February 25, 2012 in Affiliate Marketing, Burr, CPA, Digital Burr Media, Hardware, Hosting, Linux, Marketing, News, Security, Technology, Thoughts with No comments
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Nearly 48 hours after their original crash, we have learned that there are still networks dealing with significant or total network outage. As reported yesterday: DirectTrack Affiliate Tracking Goes Down, DirectTrack reported a massive SANS storage failure. Many insiders have pointed out that this type of failure is very uncommon, especially when most all major modern systems have multiple points of redundancy and backup plans in-case something like this happens.

What makes this even more crazy is that DirectTrack, while issuing a statement that there was a failure, also claims something completely different on its site. According to its website, and a Google confirming it, DirectTrack is claiming that this was all a “Scheduled Maintenance.” This raises many more questions than answers.

Rumors are starting to circulate that a few of DirectTrack’s largest CPA Networks have already made plans to move from DirectTrack to another tracking platform. Bet they wish they had a backup system in place now. Oh how the giants fall.

Directtrack Affiliate Tracking Platform Goes Down – Multiple CPA Networks Effected by Outage

by James Burr on February 24, 2012 in Affiliate Marketing, CPA, Hardware, Hosting, Marketing, News, Security, Technology, Thoughts with 1 Comment
DirectTrack Service Failure

The Directtrack affiliate tracking platform has been offline for over 24 hours. This service outage has effected many networks as well as those brokering offers from networks tracking via them. Directtrack sent out a explanation early on in the service failure:

Service Disruption 

This disruption is the result of a malfunctioning storage area network in Digital River’s primary data center. This is impacting all Digital River platforms, including DirectTrack.

Technical center teams are making progress in resolving this issue, but interface accessibility and tracking are not yet restored.

We are continuing to apply all available resources to restore service, including technical and engineering resources from the hardware vendor. We will provide updates as we receive additional information from our technical center teams.

 

Further updates from Digital River (parent company to DirectTrack) sites that they have found the source of the problem and are working to fix it but with no immediate solution in sight.

The following Email was sent out by direct track engineers and client services explaining the failure:

 Unfortunately, the efforts to restore operability of the storage area network (SAN) have stalled.  This is impacting all Digital River platforms, including DirectTrack. Senior engineers and technicians from Hitachi and Sun Microsystems, the SAN vendors, are on site in the Digital River data center.  All possible measures to restore operability of the SAN are being taken.

While all teams and resources are working to correct this problem as quickly as possible, we do not anticipate an immediate resolution. Should the current status change in the immediate term, we will provide an update.  Otherwise we will update you on the progress of the corrective action as such progress is made.

Could this have been prevented by Digital River? Some insiders pointed out that this problem was caused by DirectTrack not utilizing a fully mirrored system. When a single point of storage system is in use and a failure like this occurs, there is no other system “mirroring” to keep the structure up. Kind of like a raid set up on your home pc. Shame on you Digital River, have you not heard of double redundancies? Many systems like Cake Marketing, Hasoffers, Google, Yahoo, and Amazon provide this type of backup to all their customers which prevents a serious disaster like DigitalTrack is dealing with now.

I can only image the amount of money affiliates & advertisers are currently loosing due to DirectTracks down time. Not even a mention of it on their social media or twitter pages:

 

Have they never heard of elastic servers and storage? What are your thoughts on Digital Rivers lack of a backup plan?

Protect Your Personal Privacy – Clear Your Web History! Google is Unifying Its Privacy Policies!

by James Burr on February 23, 2012 in Android, Burr, Cellular, Google, How To, News, Security, Technology with No comments

Google will enact its new unified privacy policy on March First & if you are worried about potential privacy issues then now is the time to get your Google account all locked down before the switch is flicked.

Once their new privacy policy goes into affect, your browsing history will become available to all other Google projects. Meaning that while your browsing history is currently hidden away from Google’s applications, It will all change come March First.

While this may not be an issue to many people, some will raise the concern that this browsing data can potentially contain details that they may not wish to be shared. Sexual orientations, locations, interests & just about anything else could be seen by thumbing through someone’s Google browsing history, and come March First it’s all fair game for all of Google’s products and services. Welp.

 If this sounds like something you might not be too happy with, there is a way to clear your browsing history right now, before Google opens it up to be raped by Google’s ever-growing suite of applications & online products.

If you want to clear everything out, you’ll need to:

  • Shoot over to your Google account’s history page at: www.google.com/history
  • Click “Remove all Web History.”

  • Then Click “OK”

The best part is that the selection you made not only clears your browsing history, but also pauses the collection of it. From now on, & until you tell Google different, your browsing history will no-longer be saved & thus, it won’t be shared.

Get your online privacy in check. Read your Terms of service’s & Privacy policies. Your the one clicking agree, right?

 

Via: Engadget

Recalibrate iPhone Home Button To Make It More Responsive

by James Burr on December 23, 2011 in Apple, Burr, Cellular, How To, News, Personal, Technology with No comments
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How To Recalibrate iPhone Home Button To Make It More Responsive

I was having problems with the responsiveness of my iPhone 4′s home button. Anyone who has used a iPhone or iPod touch knows the home button is used for multiple functions. I came across these steps & after following them, my home button is back to working like brand new! If your having iPhone, iPod, or iPad, home button problems give these steps a try and leave a comment with your results.

Step 1: Navigate to, and launch one of the stock applications on your iPhone. If you don’t already know, the stock apps are things like weather, YouTube, stocks, settings etc (any that come as part of iOS).

Step 2: When the app is launched, press and hold the Power button located at the top of the device until the ‘Slide to power off’ appears.

Step 3: Press and hold the iPhone home button. Keep the button depressed until the Slide to power off slider disappears and the application quits back to Springboard.

Step 4: Voila! Your home button is now re-calibrated and should be more responsive for you.

Via: idownloadblog

iOS 5 Group Messaging Dangers

by James Burr on November 5, 2011 in Apple, Burr, Cellular, Digital Burr Media, News, Security with No comments
Apple iOS 5

Be Careful Who You Text.

There were some changes in the way SMS are delivered with the iOS 5 update. I didn’t really read all the documentation (who really does anyway?), I just like all the new pretty bells and whistles lol.

Here is one important update that could get you in trouble!

Before iOS 5, if I sent a SMS to multiple people, if they replied back it only went to ME (not the other recipients). After the iOS 5 update, text to multiple people reply back to EVERYONE.

“Group Messaging” is enabled by default.

Yes, this could get you in trouble. If you send a clean joke via group messaging to your mother, your dealer, and your boss. they all get a group reply back of

“Great joke man. Hey I’ve got some DANK dro if you want another oz like u got last week”.

That could be a lil hard to explain to your mother and boss, hah.

Of course this is an extreme example. be careful of group texts!

Here is how to turn OFF “Group Messaging” in iOS:

Click on Settings -> Messages -> slide “Group messaging” to OFF.

Now your iPhone will perform like it always has. Group messages you send will only reply to YOU.

You’re Welcome :p

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