Another Chitika convert.

Well, I gave Chitika a try this week and I must say I am impressed. Basically, this is just an echo of what other people have said...

I placed a chitika ad on a single spot on my site, but it was the prime ad spot. Adsense was still in 2 other spots.

While I had 400% more clicks on the adsense ads (basically the chitika had a low ctr), I ended up earning almost the exact same amount from both ads.

I just wonder how long this can last? I guess we are getting almost 100% of the money from the chitika ads? If not, why the hell are people paying so much for these clicks... anywho. If it lasts, I will definitely be sticking with chitika.

I'm also going to try out their referral program and see how that works out. So if you haven't signed up for chitika yet, use my link. You lose nothing and I get a little something for telling you about them. Good Karma both ways. www.chitika.com

 

Signed up using yours...

Next one may signup using my ref, thanks!

http://www.chitika.com/ref

 

so you can run adsense and chitika together?

 

Yes you can. Just make sure that the chitika ads are running in non-contextual mode (which they are by default).

 

Hmmm so non-contextual Chikita ads are paying more than Google Ads?

edit: Chitika not chikita damnit!

 

At LEAST double... for me anyway.

 

Curious what my earnings will be the first day

 

Well, I've signed up...just gonna wait to be approved I guess

oh if someone gives you a link that's with two a's it's spam and crap.

 

I've been running them a few weeks now and have been pretty impressed. It doesn't out perform Adsense but is a nice addition.

 

I wonder why the CTR seems so much lower. My AS/Chitika CTR ratio is about 6:1.

In my niche the payout is about the same but Chitika often has ads for pages that Google doesn't. In terms of gross revenue Google is 4X.

The advent of competition should improve Google's payouts to publishers. But whether that will makes its way down the long tail is a totally different question.

 

the CTR is very low on my sites against adsense.
Nearly 10x lower on a site that is laptops ipod ect.
but the amount earned is about 4x adsense.

Well worth sticking ads on

 

Now why doesn't Adsense have a referral program like this

 

Because they don't need one.

 

What kind of sites do they accept? I signed up under a content site and was denied, today. Are they looking for store sites?

 

Weird.. I'd go over the TOS and see if you missed anything.. then write to customer service and ask for a review.

 

Strange, the site I signed up with was crap but I was accepted within 12 hours...

 

That is weird... I don't have any store sites and had no problem getting in. Might try your luck again.


I have enjoyed Chitika so far because there are some spots where it just makes more sense to use than adsense, for example. I think it can work well with adsense in conjunction. I think I only replaced one adsense ad on one of my sites, and my total revenue is up significantly since adding chitika. So I am really happy with the results.

 

I'm tempted to try signing up with a crummy low quality site since it looks like those sites get in! I got plunty of those.

 

You forgot the

-wacko.

part

 

No offense but you might want to submit a better designed site? I think professionalism is a criteria many consider, it might help if the site looked more professional.