Thrive Tracker - Performance and Hosting

[mgsolid2010]

Hi all,

Can anyone provide any guidance on how good the Thrive tracker is when it comes to redirecting traffic by hiding referer URL?

Additionally, what hosting plan is recommended? Would a $15 plan from Digital Ocean suffice?

Thanks in advance

 

[T J Tutor]

I'll bet that @ipyxelcreations can tell you about the tracker. As for your hosting get a VPS with at least 2 Cores and at least 2GB of RAM, and a TB of bandwidth minimum.

 

[Freddy63]

I don't think, DigitalOcean has a $15 plan? A 2GB server can definitely handle Thrive. A few months a go I set it up for a client on a 1GB server. Didn't get any complains to date. But it was an optimized setup. If you're going with a LAMP setup, I think it better to go with 2GB RAM to be safe. 2GB RAM costs $20 per month on DigitalOcean.
Thrive Installation - Nginx Virtualmin Ubuntu Server tutorials

 

[MxyzptlkFishStix]

SSL+Double Meta Refresh for the win.

 

[mgsolid2010]

SSL+Double Meta Refresh for the win.

Thanks all for the greate suggestions.

mxyzptlkfishstiks, how much of a difference does SSL make to a Double Meta Refresh?

Do you have any scripts for Double Meta Refresh and do you know whether the Voluum DMR tracker is any better then a normal PHP script DMR?

 

[MxyzptlkFishStix]

All it takes for a network to discover your referrer is a slip-up one time. SSL + DMR guarantees it works 100% of the time. Referrer is automatically blanked when traffic flows HTTPS to HTTP.

There's no corner cutting when it comes to having a tracker. The monthly fee is the cost of doing business. No tracker = a mechanic without tools. I use Funnel Flux now. I recommend FF on self-hosted and TT on the cloud.

 

[mgsolid2010]

Thanks @mxyzptlkfishstiks

What was your experience with Voluum DMR via SSL and would a normal PHP DMR script on SSL suffice?

 

[MxyzptlkFishStix]

I was never all that enamored with Voluum. Yes, to the latter. If targeting mobile, put it as close as possible to the geo you're trying to target.

 

[unlimitedwr]

Does Thrive able to capture dynamic cost (CPC/CPV) token pass from traffic networks?

 

[T.S.]

Does Thrive able to capture dynamic cost (CPC/CPV) token pass from traffic networks?

Yes is does.

 

[unlimitedwr]

Yes is does.

Thanks TS. Was looking at the youtube video tutorial and there was no mention about about automatic dynamic cost tracking. It only mentioned manual retrospective cost update.

 

[unlimitedwr]

Been buying traffic from various sources. Wanted to do away with the manual task of downloading and uploading cost sheet everyday in order to see each campaign performance.

 

[mediaid]

How much is the redirect delayed by the double meta refresh compared to just sending it directly?

 

[tyoussef]

How much is the redirect delayed by the double meta refresh compared to just sending it directly?

HTML meta refresh.
it's browser based , it means it depends on the Computer Of the visitor + Internet Connection .
These are some information about it
HTML meta http-equiv Attribute

 

[mediaid]

thanks tyoussef, even if this is via local browser or dns then the time it takes must be an interested metric?