Re: New random discoveries?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2005
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 60717
interpreted = N
texte = Jesse Proudman wrote: > On Jan 10, 2005, at 9:29 AM, matthew.bohne@benetela.com wrote: > >> Keep an incrementing counter for each banner, each time the banner is >> shown, increment the counter up one. The next time the search is >> run, find all of the banners for that section, sort by the number of >> counts ascending and then subsort randomly within the counts. Please don't top-post Jesse - it makes it hard to see the discussion thread... > Only catch with this method is you have to remember that when adding a > banner to make sure the ID of the new new banner is one less than the > current IDs and not 1, otherwise the new banner will show until it > finally catches up with the old banners. Or reset the counts every month (right after your billing run if you are billing based on "exposures") and only add new banners at that time. That way all banners get equal rotation for the month and you don't have to mess with anything like max-1... John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Jesse Proudman wrote: > On Jan 10, 2005, at 9:29 AM, matthew.bohne@benetela.com wrote: > >> Keep an incrementing counter for each banner, each time the banner is >> shown, increment the counter up one. The next time the search is >> run, find all of the banners for that section, sort by the number of >> counts ascending and then subsort randomly within the counts. Please don't top-post Jesse - it makes it hard to see the discussion thread... > Only catch with this method is you have to remember that when adding a > banner to make sure the ID of the new new banner is one less than the > current IDs and not 1, otherwise the new banner will show until it > finally catches up with the old banners. Or reset the counts every month (right after your billing run if you are billing based on "exposures") and only add new banners at that time. That way all banners get equal rotation for the month and you don't have to mess with anything like max-1... John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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