Re: WebAdverts alternative

From: Michael Martinez <Michael_at_xenite.org>
Date: Thu 23 Nov 2000 09:39:55 -0500

JIM REARDON <jim_at_amusive.com> WROTE:
> If you're looking for better campaign balancing and
> database connectivity, I found a good one at:
>
> http://www.adcycle.com/
>
> Supports a lot more options than WebAdverts, at an even
> better price -- free. It uses MySQL (as opposed to
> text files) meaning faster connections and more
> reliability. The administration is still a bit rough
> but it's a good product.

This list is probably not the place for a technical
discussion, but unless the MySQL access is maintained
over an open connection, I don't see how it can be
faster than native file access. Does this package run
as a background process on the server? That would
indeed provide faster ad delivery times, but would
also cut into server performance in other ways.
Database-driven Web sites in general tend to be SLOWER
than old-fashiond hard-coded file-intrinsic Web sites.
I have not evaluated any ad delivery systems which use
a database, however, so you've piqued my curiosity.

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