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Adsense and Chitika

Discussion in 'Guidelines / Compliance' started by satishtalim, Jul 5, 2005.

  1. #1
    I have been using Adsense for about a month now, on my blog. I have been approved by Chitika today. Chitika says that I can paste their customised code into each blog article of my choice.

    If I use Chitika, then am I violating Adsense's terms of usage? Why? I have seen some blogs that use both? Confused. Please advise.
     
    satishtalim, Jul 5, 2005 IP
  2. clay15

    clay15 Well-Known Member

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    #2
    The Adsense TOS states that you're not allowed to "display other contextually-targeted ads or links on the same page as Google ads".
     
    clay15, Jul 5, 2005 IP
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    I would check with Google. Personally, I think you should be able to display both, and here's why I say that.

    1. The chitika ads don't look anything like adsense ads.
    2. You can actually tell chitika what to display (i.e. you don't have to let it automatically choose based on context), so theoretically, you could display non-contextually-targetted ads.

    I'd check with Google, but I think they'd be wrong to say that you couldn't display both. Not that my opinion matters. :)
     
    dazzlindonna, Jul 5, 2005 IP
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    ozgression Well-Known Member

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    satishtalim, did you ever find out if it was OK?
     
    ozgression, Aug 31, 2005 IP
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    D4rKNull Peon

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    is Chitika only for blog or it could be any content website ?
     
    D4rKNull, Aug 31, 2005 IP
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    just send en email to adsense support team and you will get the right answer
     
    programmer, Aug 31, 2005 IP
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    Is Chitika Ad performing well? Anybody has experience in it?
     
    EngLee, Sep 1, 2005 IP
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    alang Notable Member

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    Google does not allow it. I'd emailed them a week ago. Before this, I had Chitika and Adsense on the same site too. Although chitika looks different from adsense, its still contextual ads because its base on keyword.

    Ask about performance, although I didn't get much clicks, but the EPC is very high. Averagely about $1 per clicks so you can easily get more than $10 per day. But then again, since google does not allow it, I'd to remove it from my site but plan to use at other site that adsense not performing well.
     
    alang, Sep 1, 2005 IP
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    neforum Active Member

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    It looks quite interesting.

    What is it like for the uk? Has anyone tried it here?
     
    neforum, Sep 1, 2005 IP
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    PinoyIto Notable Member

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    I agree you can get higher EPC from Chitika, but you only get 30% of your total earnings.

     
    PinoyIto, Sep 1, 2005 IP
  11. satishtalim

    satishtalim Peon

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    As an update - Adsense and Chitika, is a No-No. See my post -
    http://personalwebsiteblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/adsense-and-chitika-no-no.html


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    satishtalim, Sep 1, 2005 IP
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    ozgression Well-Known Member

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    So does that include chitika "eminimalls"?
     
    ozgression, Sep 2, 2005 IP
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    satishtalim Peon

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    I would recommend that you write to Google.
     
    satishtalim, Sep 2, 2005 IP
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    you can't use the normal chitika ads - but you can use their 'mini-malls'.

    I reviewed it here and included an excerpt from an email from Google giving me permission to use the mini-malls if they have the contextual part disabled.

    Hope that helps.
     
    oziii, Sep 29, 2005 IP
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    e10 Well-Known Member

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    oziii,

    I am interested and certainly don't mind signing up under you but can't get the link to work for the moment. It says Operation timed out. Maybe there are so many DP'ers signing up now that it's fritzed Chitika's sign up page. :)

    I'll try again later but though maybe you'd want to check it out.
     
    e10, Sep 29, 2005 IP
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    oziii Peon

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    Yep - they had a deluge of new applications at once as well as doing a server update that meant some couldn't sign up. The ads kept working but the admin area wasn't accessible while they upgraded.
     
    oziii, Oct 2, 2005 IP
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    satishtalim Peon

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    Just an update - I have started using Chitika's Mini Malls along with Adsense and the earnings are good. I am manually targetting the Chitika ads.
     
    satishtalim, Oct 4, 2005 IP
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    Arnie Well-Known Member

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    #18
    My concern was about that:

    Originally Posted by yirmumah
    "We appreciate your following up in this matter. Unfortunately, according
    to our program policies, Chitika ads may not be displayed on your site. We
    do, however, allow affiliate or limited-text links.

    Google AdSense program policy does not permit Google ads to be published
    on the same web page as other contextually-targeted ads. More broadly, our
    policy does not permit Google ads to be displayed on the same website as
    ads that mimic or attempt to be associated with Google ads.

    For publishers participating in AdSense for search, please note that we do
    not allow other search services or query-targeted ads to be displayed on
    the same site as AdSense for search.

    Our intent with this policy is to be as fair to our advertisers as
    possible and to maintain the integrity of the AdWords and AdSense
    programs.

    For additional questions, please visit our AdSense Support site at
    https://www.google.com/support/adsense or feel free to reply to this email
    if I can be of further assistance."


    Does that mean we can either have google search or chitika? Both seems to be against G's TOS. None contextual with adsense on a page seems to be OK.

    Any more info on that?

    run non-contextual and nosearch

    Code:
    ch_non_contextual = 1;
    ch_query = "keyword1, keyword2";

    You may also hide the "Search" tab in Chitika ad by adding this line:

    Code:
    ch_nosearch = 1;

    If you have google search on one or more of your pages means you must disable search using the code from above.

    Is that OK now?
     
    Arnie, Oct 5, 2005 IP
  19. satishtalim

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    If you read the update to my blog entry, you will find ProBlogger's URL which states that we can use Adsense and Chitika's Mini Malls, provided you target the ads manually.

    I have the following code in one of my blogs -
    var ch_queries = new Array('chess', 'adsense', 'search engines', 'java', 'j2ee', 'advertisement', 'publicity', 'blogs');
    var ch_selected = Math.floor((Math.random() * ch_queries.length));
    ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];
    ch_non_contextual = 1;

    Hope this helps.
     
    satishtalim, Oct 5, 2005 IP
  20. satishtalim

    satishtalim Peon

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    One important thing I forgot was that if your readers are from China or India, then their clicks are treated as invalid and you will not get any credit for these clicks. This is unfortunate.

     
    satishtalim, Oct 6, 2005 IP