Enclave Banner Exchange Survey

[BadDog 0]

When I click on a banner ad on a web site that participates in the Enclave Banner Exchange, it takes me to the Enclave site, not to the advertiser's site like it's supposed to. Does anyone else have this problem? Tech support at the Enclave says he cannot duplicate the problem. I find it hard to believe I'm the only one seeing this. Give it a try and let me hear from you. For starters, go to the bottom of the page at http://www.gravitygear.com/ and be sure to click on the banner, not the text below the banner. Let me know where it takes you.

[nws01 0]

http://www.gravitygear.com/

Works for me!

[sangiro 26]

Are you clicking on the banner or the link underneath the banner? Works for me!

Safe swoops
Sangiro

[BadDog 0]

To narrow the focus, this seems to be a problem on machines running Windows XP, but not ME, NT, or 2000.

[Spy38W 0]

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To narrow the focus, this seems to be a problem on machines running Windows XP, but not ME, NT, or 2000.

Worked for me running XP

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Hook high, flare on time

[indyz 1]

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To narrow the focus, this seems to be a problem on machines running Windows XP, but not ME, NT, or 2000.

I'm running Mozilla 0.9.6 on Linux. Mozilla has a tabbed-browsing feature where left-clicking a link opens it in the current window, and middle clicking a link opens it in a new tab. A while back I noticed that some sites that require your browser to pass referrer information wouldn't work if I middle-clicked to open in a new tab, but would work if I single clicked. The Enclave banner exchange exhibits the same behavior.

So, my diagnosis: The banner exhnage program on Enclave's server expects referrer information when clicking on a banner. If it finds the referrer information, it passes you through to the site in the banner. Otherwise, it takes you to the banner exchange page on Enclave. I surmise that your browser isn't passing a proper Referer [sic] header when it makes an HTTP request. This could be because you have set an option in your browser to disallow this (Mozilla and Opera offer this option, I'm not sure about IE), or you are using a proxy that strips the header for you. If it is in your browser, some digging should find the correct setting to change. If it is a proxy, you might be hosed unless you are good friends with the proxy administrator or you are running a personal proxy, such as an ad-blocker like Proxomitron.

Whew.

Side note: I recommend setting your browser to not forward referrer information if possible. They are mainly used to spy on where visitors to websites are coming from, and are absolutely not necessary in legitimate web applications.

Update: Some testing appears to support my diagnosis. Check your settings for anything mentioning "referrers" and try turning off any ad-blocking, filter, or firewall software that you might be running.

[BadDog 0]

My apologies to Micro$oft. The culprit turned out to be Norton's Personal Firewall (had to disable the Privacy feature to make the banners work). Problem solved. Special thanks to Indyz for making me look in a different direction.

[Quincy 0]

Link showing was for Skydive Pennsylvania...got Enclave's site....Clicked on the logo...not text link below...

Running W95 with Norton Personal Firewall....made no difference if Firewall was on or off...still got Enclave's site...

Quincy....
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[indyz 1]

Are you behind some other firewall or proxy? Check your browser settings and make sure that any privacy options are set to low or off. Also look for any setting marked "referrer."