Realtime auction logger (hourly refresh, may increase)

[sivax]

Yep something is off for sure. Running uploader, in EST and not updating for hours.

[taidaishar]

Seems like it takes a while for the uploads to appear. Also, are there any plans to introduce an avg. price to items? Many Velious items don't have an avg. price or any price history.

[Xorg]

wonder if I am doing something wrong...

When I open the website all of the auctions showing are 13 hours + old and then when I search for an item the item does not even show that item and the auctions that do show are now 3+ days old.

When speaking to a friend he simultaneously does the same thing and has no issues seeing live auctions with accurate information.

Thoughts?

[nyclin]

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[xKoopa]

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[Zenshu]

I'm seeing 5+ hour old auctions but I have been running the logger and /log for about an hour now myself, its pointed at the right file and the CMD window shows that is uploading the correct .txt file, whihc I did check and is getitng updates from the game.

[Zenshu]

All times are showing 3 hours ahead for me, Standing in EC with logger running in the background and referencing the auctions against logger and things that just got uploaded show 3 hours ago.

[Duane]

I personally run a VM or use my linux box to check the logger. Its been stated in the past that there is a check to see if you are viewing google ads, and if you aren't the site wont work. Since I have most google ads denied at the host file level, disabling ad block wont help.

Originally Posted by tristantio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A check is done to see if you are viewing the google ads - if not, the page displays the error.

If you have host file changes, proxy settings (firewall etc.) or anything else that causes these ads to stop working properly, the page will also stop working.

If you don't like the ads, you can find a link on the page (in yellow text) to hide the ads so you can see the page ad-free.

Number one reason for not wanting ads: http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...google-malware
"Ad injection is more than just an annoyance. It also represents a potential security hazard for browsers."

But I digress. Don't use the site if you don't like it.

[tristantio]

The ad injection the article refers to is related to Chrome extensions/desktop malware modifying unrelated page's HTML content to inject ads (such as, you go to http://example.com, which may have no ads, but some local software on your machine/web browser alters the HTML to add their own ads to the page you're visiting).

The only ads I've ever shown on the site are through Google AdWords, and while Google isn't the greatest in regards to privacy, as far as I've had the site, I haven't come across a breach or news article that alludes to any of their ads having been compromised as an attack vector (it's likely the safest/least compromised ad network out there).

As far as running a 'for profit business' - that's laughable, as the revenue from ads does not even come close to covering the hosting + my time spent on the site (especially considering I have been pretty inactive on p99 for awhile now, but kept the site up for the player base).

The great thing about FOSS/open source software (which is what anything I create is) is that you're free to fork, modify, extend and run your own instance of it if you like (just note that the log uploader is GPL, so you have to release the source if you distribute the binary modified, and the site code is AGPL, which means any portion of the site you modify would also need to have a link to the modified source available).

Lastly, I really appreciate what the p99 developers have done with the server, but it is a bit of a laugh for you to complain about me making any revenue off "other people's hard work", when the server itself is just that (a derivative of other people's hard work - that being the original EverQuest project).

[Zenshu]

The way most "clicky" ads work is that the person who owns the site makes something like $0.02 per ad click from their site(or in some cases they only generate revenue if someone clicks the ad then buys something from the site they went to) not just by existing.(Or at least this was my experience when I still paid the yearly fee to have my domain name registered. Additionally, if we want to get technical about it P99 doesn't own any of the IP that is involved in their server either, SoE/Daybreak Games owns the IP and they have donation options so they are making money off of something THEY don't own either. I ran a business for several years and there was 0 profit from ads. The web host I used required ads to be on the page and the "revenue" gernerated by those ads(even though I specifically chose to have my ad space populated with ads relevant to the business I was running" were not even enough yearly to cover 2% of the hosting cost of the website. Just because ads are on a page DOES NOT mean that the person running that page is making any money on it. THAT is how ads work. The person who made this logger for us to use is, if anything, losing money from paying a yearly fee to the domain host, if he/she is doing their own hosting then they may be making $0.10 a year off of the ads(Which have the option to hide them so you don't see any of them)