Enhancement

Today we are rolling out two enhancements to HEAVYROTATIONS; a pause/play feature and a forward/backward feature.  Here is what the controls look like:

Shows HEAVYROTATIONS playing, waiting for a command to pause.  Jut click the middle button to pause.

Shows HEAVYROTATIONS paused, waiting for a command to play.  Jut click the middle button to play.

In both cases clicking the left button will make HEAVYROTATIONS go backward and clicking the right button will make HEAVYROTATIONS go forward.

Watch this spot; a number of HEAVYROTATIONS enhancements are coming soon!

The HEAVYROTATIONS team

Safe browsing advisory

In the past we have noticed that some of the sites on HEAVYROTATIONS can, at times, take over the main browser window.  In other cases the sites are very slow to load.  Both of these behaviors are undesirable as they defeat the main purpose of HEAVYROTATIONS which is to get eyeballs on your sites.

The main culprits are Flash animation and scripting; both of these can also reduce the security of your computer.  Although we do everything in our power to block dangerous sites, safe browsing is your responsibility.  To enhance your browsing experience we suggest you use the latest Firefox browser with a couple of add-ons:

• NoScript; a script blocker which has a lot of features.  NoScript can be a little complex to work with initially but we do suggest that you invest a little time, after all it is for a good cause; your computer safety.
• Image and Flash Blocker;  set to Image On, Flash Off.

As always we thank you for your continued support of HEAVYROTATIONS.  

The HEAVYROTATIONS team

Outage resolved

Our back-end server provider is back online as of 08h30 EST.  We will monitor its stability throughout the day.  Thank you for your continued support of HEAVYROTATIONS.  

The HEAVYROTATIONS team

Service outage

Our back-end server provider appears to have gone offline as of approximately 04h40 EST today.  This situation is beyond our control and we hope it will be resolved quickly.

We hope you'll pardon the annoyance and return as users of HEAVYROTATIONS.  Stay tuned to the blog and Twitter feed for updates.

The HEAVYROTATIONS team

Statistics Enhancement

In late October we started displaying your site or blog Alexa page rank as well as the number of views accumulated on HEAVYROTATIONS during the current day. Today we started showing the same numbers but 30 days in the past. We hope this will help you gauge the impact HEAVYROTATIONS makes on your site or blog visibility. Here are a few examples of how it looks and what it means:

• Here is a site that is new to HEAVYROTATIONS and has no 30 day statistics. The site is a banner partner has won a 20-fold increase in viewings for the month of December 2010 and has received a fairly high number of viewings today.
• Here is a site that has been on HEAVYROTATIONS for a while. The site is a banner partner and has received a fairly consistent number of viewings yet its Alexa ranking has improved by 45,501 positions.

You should keep a few things in mind while interpreting HEAVYROTATIONS statistics:

• The lower your Alexa ranking, the harder it is to improve.
• The lower your Alexa ranking, the higher the daily fluctuations.
• If HEAVYROTATIONS is your sole promotion tool and you are not a banner partner we may not be able to help you that much.
• Most banner partner's enjoy a steady improvement.

Remember that you can automatically benefit from a 5-fold increase over the number of views of regular partners by joining the HEAVYROTATIONS banner program.

Banner program partners may also become eligible for a 20-fold increase over the number of views of regular partners. All you have to do is show the HEAVYROTATIONS banner and you may get picked! Selection takes place on the last day of each month.

The HEAVYROTATIONS team