because we could add the referrer url of where a player was delivered from without too much trouble. We already collect this data
there’s the thing. Tim is absolutely correct in that this data is collected its just a matter of whether or not it is made available to you.
Yes this info would be very valuable … I should think moreso to the sponsor than the aff in the big scheme of things. After all, the more we are able to make, the more they make. stands to reason.
Why this isn’t made available is a mystery to me. It seems to me that quite a few programs offer tidbits of the puzzle … and if you were to say, take RB’s stats and merge them with those at say … WS, you’d have the complete picture. *that may be a bad coupling, … just off my head as an example. But you know what I mean. Some places offer some things, while others offer others … and I am always wondering why they don’t offer the complete picture.
Now that said; some of the places which have the best stats are the least performers for me and in fact most of them aren’t even on my sites any more because the bottom line will always be the final decision maker for me on who gets best billing. best stats come far second.