James Bachini

September 2012

  • Vegas Shows January 2013

    Have I missed anything? Anyone going anywhere else around this time? Any advise for surviving a couple of weeks in Vegas? The xBiz awards on Jan 11th are in LA I think so might miss them. Aff Summit West is booked, we are staying at Ceasers Palace between Saturday 12th and Sunday 20th. I hope…

  • Redirection Methods and Referer Passing

    The following are some methods you can use to redirect users from one place to another. I generally use 301 redirects for anything where I want the referer passed through because this is the fastest. Double meta refresh for anything where blank referer is important and a custom script which incorporates the form submit redirect…

  • Lessons learned from writing a bespoke tracking platform

    For a recent project I wanted to develop a tracking platform which was specifically designed to suit my needs. It needed to be simple to use, capable of handling seven figure audiences daily and built on technology I understand so it can be customised on the go. I decided to build it arround php /…

  • Is Facebook Going Live with Mobile Traffic?

    Is Facebook getting ready to go live with mobile traffic? There are options for mobile operating systems and devices in broad categories now. I still haven’t seen any ads other than sponsered stories on m.facebook.com yet… This screenshot is from the power editor in Chrome, highly recommended if you are uploading lots of similar ads.

  • Combining Maxmind GeoIP with Google Maps iFrame

    This is a quick script which uses Maxminds geoip location db downloadable for free from here with Google Maps iFrame. I haven’t tested this enough to find out if Google restrict the number of requests by referrer but you could always put a meta refresh page in the iframe to blank the referrer if thats…