More enhancements to the bidding system
It looks like Project Wonderful has been updated again, possibly taking baby steps towards a mass-bidding system. Thanks to the eagle-eyed forum member spikydragon for noticing this.
You can now extend the lifetime of your bids after they've been placed, through the "Edit Bid" page. Remember, in the case of a draw, the older bid wins - this way you can refresh an old bid without having the risk of someone else getting in at your bid level, and the minimum bid increasing.
You can now update your expense limit on-the-fly, from the same page. Your ad boxes can feature a header, rather than a footer. If you click on any "View Performance" link on the "My Bids" page, you'll find a new option to view historical data of any given bid; the new historical view breaks down data by day and shows average bid value, displays and clicks. And is it just me, or does the Project Wonderful website seem to be responding a little faster than usual?
Perhaps the most curious change today is the "Duplicate Bid" option now available on the "My Bids" page. Right now it looks as though it simply fills in the bidding page with values taken from the original bid, and the time expressed as length rather than a set ending date - for example, say I had a bid running on this very website, which I placed a month ago and told to run for one year, expiring February 2008. If I duplicated that bid, it would create the same bid again, but running for a year from today by default and expiring in March 2008.
It seems the only thing you can't change in the new Duplicate option is the site or ad box you're bidding on - so I'm not sure how useful it'll be. What do you think? Is this a move towards mass bidding, and will it help to close the widening gap between big- and small-time publishers?
In other news, it's come to my attention that the CAPTCHA system here is acting up, and some people have had problems signing in or leaving comments. If you've been affected, please mail me at admin@projectwonderfultalk.com and let me know what browser and platform you're using, along with any error messages.
You can now extend the lifetime of your bids after they've been placed, through the "Edit Bid" page. Remember, in the case of a draw, the older bid wins - this way you can refresh an old bid without having the risk of someone else getting in at your bid level, and the minimum bid increasing.
You can now update your expense limit on-the-fly, from the same page. Your ad boxes can feature a header, rather than a footer. If you click on any "View Performance" link on the "My Bids" page, you'll find a new option to view historical data of any given bid; the new historical view breaks down data by day and shows average bid value, displays and clicks. And is it just me, or does the Project Wonderful website seem to be responding a little faster than usual?
Perhaps the most curious change today is the "Duplicate Bid" option now available on the "My Bids" page. Right now it looks as though it simply fills in the bidding page with values taken from the original bid, and the time expressed as length rather than a set ending date - for example, say I had a bid running on this very website, which I placed a month ago and told to run for one year, expiring February 2008. If I duplicated that bid, it would create the same bid again, but running for a year from today by default and expiring in March 2008.
It seems the only thing you can't change in the new Duplicate option is the site or ad box you're bidding on - so I'm not sure how useful it'll be. What do you think? Is this a move towards mass bidding, and will it help to close the widening gap between big- and small-time publishers?
In other news, it's come to my attention that the CAPTCHA system here is acting up, and some people have had problems signing in or leaving comments. If you've been affected, please mail me at admin@projectwonderfultalk.com and let me know what browser and platform you're using, along with any error messages.
More enhancements to the bidding system
More enhancements to the bidding system
