Chitika Channels work now

Des

Nov 7th 2005, 11:53 am

Chitika now shows channels in the daily reports :D

This allows for tracking individual ads and finding the best paying products/keywords :D

GeorgeB.

Nov 7th 2005, 11:57 am

That's awesome. Glad to hear it.

off to set mine up now..

imjustagirl

Nov 7th 2005, 12:00 pm

I am so glad that I went and put channels in my codes yesterday!

GeorgeB.

Nov 7th 2005, 12:10 pm

I can't find where to add the channels.... I'm slow :(

Edit: it always helps to RTFM :)

Can I get SID level/channel stats breakdown?
Yes. By adding ch_sid = 'XXXX';
to the code you will be able to track performance by channel.

Replace XXXX with a meaningful channel name of your choice. You get to define your own meaningful channel names. Reporting by SID will be available shortly

caroline

Nov 7th 2005, 12:19 pm

Yay for channels!
Double yay for meaningful names!
Triple yay for me thinking ahead and adding channels yesterday! :D

aeiouy

Nov 7th 2005, 12:26 pm

Crap I knew I should have added channels wth!

MorgansMom

Nov 7th 2005, 12:53 pm

Now they just have to add an custom report feature - or at least make it so you can view all your channels at once. It's a bitch going through each one separately.

blinxdk

Nov 7th 2005, 12:54 pm

Crap I knew I should have added channels wth!

Just my thought! :D

SamOwen

Nov 7th 2005, 12:54 pm

Awesome, now time to change code...

a389951l

Nov 7th 2005, 1:03 pm

Very cool and now I can finally understand where I am getting those high CPCs! I really wonder how much longer these high CPCs will last though.

fryman

Nov 7th 2005, 1:31 pm

Crap I knew I should have added channels wth!

lol... I have the same problem, now I need to update the code on 15 sites

Damn...

Merkersarl

Nov 7th 2005, 2:00 pm

I had the channels code from the start but I've obviously missed a page or two as I've got a lot of money earned on "Default Channel" Arrggh!

But, Chitika, well done!

webmistress

Nov 7th 2005, 2:04 pm

Great feature!

Chiara

Nov 7th 2005, 2:40 pm

Great! This will make things much easier and more fun to view the reports each day.

killaklown

Nov 7th 2005, 3:03 pm

how do i add a channel?

fryman

Nov 7th 2005, 3:06 pm

Read post #4

killaklown

Nov 7th 2005, 3:11 pm

bah how did i mess that? read all the posts :P

Thanks

usedmac

Nov 7th 2005, 5:27 pm

This is excellent news. Now the fun part of going back and adding the channels.

fryman

Nov 7th 2005, 5:37 pm

lol, the fun part willl be when you see in your reports that you missed a channnel and have no idea of what site it could be on

griffblogs

Nov 7th 2005, 6:32 pm

OK, someone please tell me where I can get more info on Channels. What are they, why use them and how to use them. Thanks

fryman

Nov 7th 2005, 6:35 pm

RTFM

http://www.chitika.com/faqs.php

usedmac

Nov 7th 2005, 6:55 pm

Problogger.net has a great article on Chitika channels posted.

Has all you need to know on how to implement them into your code.

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/11/08/chitika-add-channels-to-eminimalls/

solution2u

Nov 7th 2005, 9:38 pm

I just added
ch_sid = ch_query;
to some of my site, so that i can track CPC for each product :)

tangsem

Nov 7th 2005, 10:58 pm

very cool feature!!!

fryman

Nov 7th 2005, 11:43 pm

I just added
ch_sid = ch_query;
to some of my site, so that i can track CPC for each product :)

huh? didn't you put your onwn channel there? like if you have a pets store you would put ch_sid = pets; unless I didn't understand it :confused:

kuntek

Nov 7th 2005, 11:57 pm

If you show only one product in your ad unit then you can track clicks with channels for this product. If you use more products in your query than your channels work on ad unit not on single product in that ad unit.

fryman

Nov 8th 2005, 12:00 am

Aw... shit... you are right, I used one channel per site, so I will be able to track the site but not the individual ad...

Dammit, now I need to go fix like 80 ads and change the channel again

splatdot

Nov 8th 2005, 2:23 am

Does anyone know if there's a limit to what can go in the channel name or how long it can be?

webmistress

Nov 8th 2005, 6:08 am

Aw... shit... you are right, I used one channel per site, so I will be able to track the site but not the individual ad...

Dammit, now I need to go fix like 80 ads and change the channel again

i made the same mistake! :eek:

solution2u

Nov 8th 2005, 6:25 am

blinxdk

Nov 8th 2005, 7:00 am

Yesterdays report just appeared, I wish I had done the ch_sid = ch_query yesterday, but still very interresting information - I only had one product on some channels so it was possible to see what a few keywords paid.

aeiouy

Nov 8th 2005, 4:45 pm

Argh! Why Do You All Keep Coming Up With Better Ways To Do Things After I Just Did The Last One!