The trackback model has been completely overhauled to improve its results.

The current system is really different from beginning to end.  Very little of the original code has remained.

Jeff has worked on this effort for quite some time and the results are quite good.

In our fairly extensive testing the results are that the system should complete about 250 sites per day.  In that time it should achieve from about 10-30+ links per site.  This is far more than the old system was able to achieve.  Plus, the new links are of a higher quality...so they count more.

When was the last time you got 2500+ links per day!  

I would advise everyone to test this on their sites today.  Do a batch of 100-250 sites and watch the progress.  If there are any problems let us know via the Ticket System.

Of course, with the new system the reporting is working. So you should see something like:
MSN Searches: 155 
Total Trackbacks: 23 
Total Posted: 17 
Total Successful: 11 
Total Failed: 6 

If for some reason your reports don't show this information let us know.  If your TB is running currently you will probably need to wait until it finishes and then start it again before the changes from the update will take effect.  

However, you can tell via your reports page.  If the TB report shows 0 for the bottom 3 fields (Total Posted, Total Successful, Total Failed) then your TB will need to complete before it can be utilized.

Once we confirm that there aren't any major problems that need to be urgently addressed today we will be sending the tracking update so that you can watch your traffic increase as a result of these links.

I will also be releasing a NDA for all co-op members to sign over the next day or so as we are getting into very high-level and sophisticated promotion that I want to release for WCB. 

But because some WCB has 'leaked' I need to take precautions to not only protect my methods but also to ensure these methods aren't abused and revealed outside of this membership.  I had wanted to avoid this step but what I am revealing is so powerful it isn't wise to avoid it at this point.

Some of the promotion for WCB costs me thousands of dollars per month to maintain (roughly $5,000) not counting all the other development and support costs.  And I need to protect that investment because at this point my development costs for WCB FAR exceed the co-op membership fees.  While I have no problem with that I want to make sure that the only people who benefit from WCB is the co-op.  So this step is necessary.

It should be available for signature (most likely digital signature will be fine) within a day. Once that is signed I will open up more than I have been able to open up in the past.

Thanks
M







