Internet Marketing Software that does not work!

What a week, there I am trying to get a list of things done with my web marketing business and end up stopped at every turn.

First I tried to update my footer ad software which promptly stopped working and no amount of changes and configuration could get it working again, so gave up on that.

Next I saw an amazing piece of software called Incredipoptoons which looked really impressive amd I intended adding it to many of my sites. However I need to run it on blogs and haven’t been able to get it working yet. There is a video tutorial for using it but that assumes you’re installing it on a normal html website and unfortunately installing it on a blog (php site) is not straightforward. So another bunch of money down the drain.

Lastly tried to install peel ads which I’d had for a while without using, and that wouldn’t install either.

One thing I often find with software is that sometimes when instructions are given, there is a little information about permission settings to change, but I have not yet come across any software in 2 years where the developer has listed all the correct file settings. They must assume that the original file settings will be correct but ftp software can change these settings during upload. It would be a relatively simple thing for a developer to go through the files and list the permission (chmod) settings for all files, but they don’t, and it has caused me a whole heap of problems.

So, only one thing for it, I’ll have to write my own scripts to do what I want.

The old adage, if you want it done properly, do it yourself, certainly often rings true.

I’d be interested to hear about any more frustrating problems others have faced.

Dave Smith