Adserver Alternatives?

magnum55

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I'm looking for a place to manage all my media buys in one and I currently use Openx.

However, I find them to be overly complicated.

Anyone know an alternative?

I'm looking for something that works like adwords, but instead of serving ads in their network, it spits out a code to place on other networks or sites.

And ideas?
 


If you find OpenX to be complicated, probably better stay away from Mojo/Mediaplex, it makes OpenX look simple by comparison. It can do a lot though.
 
Thanks guys. I'm looking into zedo now, but the sales people have trouble with tech and straight answers.

Does anyone know if you can view your stats and optimze your ads in the same screen with them? For some reason open x doesn't do this and that is the main reason I'm looking for something else.
 
Adshuffle does work well, but if your looking for less complicated then OpenX then stay away, setting up Adshuffle is a nightmare, their UI is literally a maze.

I have tried a few others and stuck with OpenX, put it on a server I'm already paying for to host all my other stuff and it can easily handle over 1 million impressions a day.
 
Zedo is a bitch, had so many bugs.. But their contracts will keep you locked, so works out for them.

Fuck 'em.
 
will a good dedicated box run openx in the 100-500k impressions/day range? (dual 2ghz, 4 gb ram, etc)

any major security issues (I know WF had an exploit w/ that IIRC - would be hosting on a server with other stuff on it so this is a primary concern)
 
Sonny, it should handle it - but you'd want to optimize the webserver for that and probably use a CDN (Rackspace resell limelight which is good).
 
Zedo is a bitch, had so many bugs.. But their contracts will keep you locked, so works out for them.

Fuck 'em.

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I hate Zedo but it does the job (for the most part). AdShuffle is far superior and you can get as competitive rates.