Accoring to Chitika.. it seems that yes, it IS permitted because "1. Chitika ad units are NOT contextual. 2. Chitika ad units do NOT look like AdSense units". Weird though because my friend claimed that he was banned from Google adsense due to a violation citing his chitika ads. It appears you CAN get banned even if you SHOULDN'T
From the horses mouth: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=48182 "Competitive Ads and Services In order to prevent user confusion, publishers may not display Google ads or search boxes on websites that also contain other ads or services formatted to use the same layout and colours as the Google ads or search boxes on that site. Although you may sell ads directly on your site, it is your responsibility to ensure that these ads cannot be confused with Google ads." So most likely the reason why your friend was banned because he did something else wrong. SY
You are welcome, ask your friend what else could have happened to get his account banned. Normally the culprit is click fraud ... SY
Yeah, I will. He was convinced that google targeted his site due to the violation you quoted... which wouldn't make sense unlese he was doing something sketchy.
chitika is live or dead. because without conformation mail chitika didnot get any respose. only i will get massage from the site chitika is upgrading. it is a 6 times i will apply but there was a same massage. I tell how mach time it will take.
chitika is my secondary google is a crook i find i make more money picking a nd choosing affiliate progRAMS AND RUNNING MY OWN BANNER SERVERS.
Chitika pays for US and Canadian traffic and about 6 months ago expended to international. But, now you can make more with AdBrite than with Chitika. For every search they show amazon non related ads.