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Adsense vs Chitika; Use Chitika with adsense

Discussion in 'Chitika' started by getbangalored, Dec 7, 2005.

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    I recently got accepted into Chitika, I'll try to outline the main differences
    between these two major affiliate programs.

    The Differences

    Adsense has been around for a few years now but Chitika is only a few months old.

    User Base: Having been around for a long time, Adsense is the grandfather of contextual advertising
    and has the largest base of publishers competing for the ads it serves. Chitika has only a few publishers
    so far but is likely to grow fast especially as it has a referral program paying 10% commissions.


    Appearance: Adsense ads are primarily text ads that fit into about 10 standard sizes from 728x90 to
    120x600, 468x60 and others. There are a limited number of image ads created by advertisers and pre-approved
    by Google. When an image ad runs it tends to fill the whole ad block. Chitika ads come in the same standard
    sizes but every single ad space is filled with a hybrid of text and image but, crucially, promoting just one
    product from one advertiser. Further, one consistent feature across the Chitika ads is the interactivity.
    Each ad has a selection of tabs which change the content of the ad block when a visitor hovers over them.
    The tabs provide information like "Best Deals" where prices for that product are compared across different sources,
    "Reviews", and even a "Search" box that allows your visitors to search for and get results for similar products
    without them having to leave your page.


    Terms of Service: Adsense has a fairly restrictive set of terms that you have to agree to. They've been
    modified numerous times and when fine tuned are made more rather than less restrictive. Among the things
    publishers are not allowed to do are to change the Adsense code, specify keywords that ads should be targeted to,
    and have more than three blocks of ads on a page. None of those apply to the Chitika program. There are other
    Adsense specific rules that don't apply to Chitika.


    Features: Adsense has added several features over the last 2-3 years. They include channels - a way of
    identifying which pages are better earners. It's not perfect and isn't anywhere near as efficient as a click
    tracker program but it's more than what Chitika have; though they are planning a channels feature soon. Adsense
    also provides better stats data (and analysis), AdLinks and other minor improvements. Chitika, on the other hand,
    has some interesting features we've never seen in Adsense. They include targeting a particular product or
    advertiser in an ad block so it always shows the same product/advertiser, rotating keywords per refresh or by the
    day of the week, changing the font and colour of the text in the ad (Adsense offers only colour change, not font
    and font size), enabling and disabling contextual serving of ads, enabling and disabling the search function within
    ads, and a lot more.


    Contextual serving:Adsense serves ads based on the context of the page. Chitika does the same but has the
    option of turning context off. Webmasters can choose to either run it in contextual mode or specify the
    keywords/products they want the ads targeted to. Note: When running Chitika on the same page as Adsense ads
    you need to turn the Chitika contextual engine off to stay within Adsense terms and conditions.


    Referral program:
    Adsense has a new referral program that pays you $100 if you refer someone who signs
    up as a publisher provided that referral earns $100. Chitika pays a flat 10% of what your referral earns and pays
    that for a period of twelve months from the date of signup.


    Earnings: Which pays more? It depends. Chitika can pay very well but it takes a slightly different mindset
    to what you may have become accustomed to with Adsense. If you have the patience to learn about it Chitika could
    prove very profitable particularly if you combine it with Adsense.

    [Correction : Author : Mark Wallace] Thanks to rob...

    -- Arun
     
    getbangalored, Dec 7, 2005 IP
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  2. wrmineo

    wrmineo Peon

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    #2
    Nothing new here, but a very good run-down and synopsis nonetheless for those who might be looking for comparisons, similarites, etc. but too lazy to find it themselves; well done.
     
    wrmineo, Dec 7, 2005 IP
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    eiso Peon

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    I had adsense on a website about a product, i made 15$ per month from adsense. Then chitika came, 5 days ago i replaced my adsense block with chitika minimalls for my product, i know made 10$ a day ever since with chitika.

    I tried it on a informative site and adsense was the winner. I say if you have a product website go for Chitika, or at least try it.
     
    eiso, Dec 7, 2005 IP
  4. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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  5. getbangalored

    getbangalored Peon

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    Nope.. I got this from another article site, and It was not by Mark Wallace...
     
    getbangalored, Dec 7, 2005 IP
  6. wrmineo

    wrmineo Peon

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    You didn't write this?? How do I take back the green I gave him? :)
     
    wrmineo, Dec 7, 2005 IP
  7. getbangalored

    getbangalored Peon

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    Oh, I had no clue that it was originally written by Mark Wallace. Just thought it would be a good idea to share it with people who didnt read it. Forgive me for not confirming the origin...

    And abt...
    Can I use eMiniMalls with Google Adsense?

    Source : https://chitika.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=59&nav=0

    Chitika cannot speak on Google's behalf. However, some of our clients who have contacted Google have been informed that it is ok to use eMiniMalls with Google Adsense when used in non-contextual mode (1, 2). By default, the eMiniMalls code is set to be non-contextual.

    eMiniMalls service has no exclusivity conditions. You can choose to use eMiniMalls with any other ad service. If you are concerned about Google AdSense exclusivities, then please note that our eMiniMalls are not text ads and they don't even look like contextual text ads. We display products and best offers for those products from various merchants.
     
    getbangalored, Dec 7, 2005 IP
  8. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    Looks intentionally misleading to me, getbangalored.

     
    Crazy_Rob, Dec 7, 2005 IP
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    getbangalored Peon

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    This line is not a part of the original article..
     
    getbangalored, Dec 7, 2005 IP
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    getbangalored Peon

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    sunchy Active Member

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    Funny , and article is ? ;)
     
    sunchy, Dec 7, 2005 IP
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    sunchy Active Member

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    And Of course ... I use Chitika
    Just for information :)
     
    sunchy, Dec 7, 2005 IP