On 2/5/05 4:45 PM, "Bob Wyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For yet another reason why aggregators deliver up duplicate entries, > > See: http://bobwyman.pubsub.com/main/2005/05/rss_ads_done_th.html > > Hopefully, Atom V1.0 will make it easier for us to isolate our users from > the impact of poorly designed advertising programs...
look closer at the 'ord' value... http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/idg.us.idg.net.standard.rsstower/;pos=skyscra per;tile=2;sz=160x600;ord=20050428170456 my, that does look like this: 2005/04/28 17:04:56 They are inserting a timestamp. They don't really care that much about tracking the 'ord' value. They *do* care about getting accurate counts of 'impressions'. Counting impressions is essential to their trade, and you'll find that it is industry standard practice. Sadly. e.
