I fixed it !

[Torog]

Howdy Y'all,

There was a frequency capping cookie from saatchi gallery that caused my pop-up blocker to continously block it,312 times,in just 2 attempts to log on here,by creating a custom firewall rule to block their dns server ip. :thumbsup:

In between hits,I had to try and type in my handle and password,which was very frustrating to say the least..lol.

Just go to the WhoIs site and enter in their url and you'll git 2 ip addys that ya can create the rule for.

Have a good one ! :D

[PharmaCan]

When you say a "frequency capping cookie", do you mean a cookie that somehow limits my bandwidth?

Can you please explain what you are talking about a little better?

Thanks!!! :thumbsup:

PC :smokin:

[Torog]

Howdy PharmaCan,

I found this article,when I googled 'frequency capping cookie':


Revived Spyware Bill Could Crunch Cookies

ClickZ: Revived Spyware Bill Could Crunch Cookies (http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3455511)


By Zachary Rodgers (http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3622519) , January 6, 2005

A reintroduced anti-spyware bill threatens online advertisers' and publishers' widespread use of cookies, ad executives say. If enacted into law in its current form, bill HR 29 could result in plummeting publisher CPMs and an end to frequency capping and behavioral targeting, along with other consequences.

The federal "Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act" (SPY-ACT) was first introduced in 2003 as bill HR 2929. It passed overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives in October, 2004, but didn't reach a vote in the Senate before the end of the 108th Congress. California Representative Mary Bono reintroduced it this week as HR 29. The bill now starts from scratch in its march toward legislation. It begins in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and, if successful, comes to the House floor for a vote.

Odds are in the bill's favor, according to Trevor Hughes, executive director of both the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

"It's notable that [House Commerce Committee] Chairman Barton is one of the co-sponsors on the bill," Hughes said. "That's a strong indication there will be committee support for this bill's movement. I would expect to see it emerging on the House floor sometime this year."

Congresswoman Bono's press secretary, Kimberly Pencille, confirmed Barton's backing, but said the Committee welcomes input from marketers concerned about the bill's language. "The door is open, if they want to come and comment on it," she said.

The proposed legislation primarily seeks to regulate privacy-invading spyware commonly installed on hard drives without users' knowledge or permission, hence the name. However, its definition of "cookie" doesn't distinguish (http://www.clickz.com/experts/crm/actionable_analysis/article.php/3399551) carefully between the various uses of code to capture user information.

While SPY-ACT creates cookie exceptions for publishers wishing to identify return visitors, those exceptions don't apply to third parties or network advertisers. "In the current bill, cookies that behave like cookies are exempt," said Pencille. "If it's monitoring your behavior when you leave [the site that placed it], then it's not covered." The bill wouldn't permit publishers to share cookie information with partners, which would cripple their ability to target ads. Passage of the bill would make illegal such widespread marketing practices as behavioral targeting, cross-site frequency capping, and network traffic analysis. Publishers and site owners are also dependent on third party tracking tools to earn the higher CPMs they've enjoyed of late.

"If cookies go away, it dumbs down publishers' ad inventory and makes it far less valuable," said Hughes. "It potentially devastates the CPA market as well. You use cookies to determine whether actions have occurred."

He believes the passage of the bill could mean a "return to the stone age" of interactive marketing, and he laments a lack of industry awareness of HR 29's negative consequences.

A "notice and consent" clause in the bill allows the placement of cookies that monitor Web surfing, so long as a site owner obtains permission to place the cookie file. Pencille said consent must be granted only once.
"There's a misunderstanding out there that this would create a swarm of pop-up ads, which is not the case," she said.

Hopefully this will give ya some idea of what's going on.

Have a good one ! :jointsmile:

[dylan]

Dang Torog, I havent seen you around here in years.

How's things been? You still growin' those monsters?

[Treetops]

Torog

Yeah, Where are ya now?..I miss your posts as well...

Peace,
Treetops :thumbsup:

[the image reaper]

yeah, we don't see enough of Torog ... he's probably down there stumblin' around in the cactus and cannabis :S2: