well I got done with finally getting a bitly link for each of my products and now I learn that craiglist does not support something like bitly in the posting. I have come across the idea of using a 1x1 image to track the views but the issue I am facing now is where this data will be stored in my logs and how can i best import it in my application? My server setup is nginx and mongrel cluster. and i think i can use something like http://www.servername.come/images/1x1.gif?productid that i can get the correct association. Questions: 1) Is there another way to achieve this? 2) If i do take this route then as previously asked, where this data will be stored in my logs and how can i best import it in my application? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
has anyone had any experience with this? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Quee WM wrote:> well I got done with finally getting a bitly link for each of my > products and now I learn that craiglist does not support something like > bitly in the posting.Huh? You can put links in Craigslist postings. What''s the problem?> > I have come across the idea of using a 1x1 image to track the views but > the issue I am facing now is where this data will be stored in my logs > and how can i best import it in my application?Are you trying to track views of your Craigslist ad? If so, that''s a different problem than bit.ly, and I suggest a Web search.> > My server setup is nginx and mongrel cluster. > > and i think i can use something like > > http://www.servername.come/images/1x1.gif?productid > > that i can get the correct association. > > Questions: > > 1) Is there another way to achieve this?Well, it''s not clear what you''re trying to achieve in the first place!> 2) If i do take this route then as previously asked, where this data > will be stored in my logs and how can i best import it in my > application?There are several ways. But you''ll need to be clearer about what exactly you''re doing. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --00163645889a899db5047cbe71e7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. --00163645889a899db5047cbe71e7--
Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:> > Huh? You can put links in Craigslist postings. What''s the problem? >Craiglist block any ad with a bit.lu link in it and says it violates the terms of use.> Are you trying to track views of your Craigslist ad? If so, that''s a > different problem than bit.ly, and I suggest a Web search. >Web Search is what led me to bit.ly and the reports it provides but since bit.ly is blocked, I need to do something else.> > There are several ways. But you''ll need to be clearer about what > exactly you''re doing.I want to post ads on craiglist and then track how many times each of my ads has been viewed on craiglist and show this data in my own application. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Seems the post was buried and might have gotten off radar. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On Jan 11, 2:49 pm, Quee WM <li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Seems the post was buried and might have gotten off radar. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.Not so much - I just don''t think there''s any way to do what you''re trying. As far as I know, Craigslist doesn''t take HTML ads, and the images on the listing page are uploaded directly - probably to stop people doing exactly what you''ve described. Craigslist also has a history of being fairly unfriendly to search aggregators and API access - see the recent piece in Wired for more detail. --Matt Jones -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Matt Jones wrote:> Not so much - I just don''t think there''s any way to do what you''re > trying. As far as I know, Craigslist doesn''t take HTML ads, and the > images on the listing page are uploaded directly - probably to stop > people doing exactly what you''ve described. > > Craigslist also has a history of being fairly unfriendly to search > aggregators and API access - see the recent piece in Wired for more > detail. > > --Matt JonesThanks for the reply Matt. I am afraid your information in regards to craiglist and html may be out dated as it seems craiglist does accept html in their ads. see example: http://sacramento.craigslist.org/ctd/1549432695.html looking at the page: http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cta/ all the ads with the img tag are where the person posting the ad has added their own image without the craiglist interface. I have tested posting my own ad with html and it does go through. Though when i tried posting the hidden image using the bitly link, it did throw an error. so I am forced to use the direct link to image and write my own log parser to pick out each call to the image hidden for the ad and then show that data. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.