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Chitika is a FRAUD or NOT

Discussion in 'Chitika' started by Friend, Dec 31, 2005.

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Chitika is a FRAUD or NOT

  1. Yes., Chitika is a Fraud

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  2. No... Chitika is good

    23 vote(s)
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  3. I Can't Say

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  1. amitpatel_3001

    amitpatel_3001 Results Follow Patience

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    #2
    First they Cancel Fraudelent Clicks - Ok
    Now They Cancel Fraudelent Traffic :eek:
    And BAN the Publishers. :(

    This is not Good :(
     
    amitpatel_3001, Dec 31, 2005 IP
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  2. lorien1973

    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    I wonder how many people banned from chikita are also banned from adsense.
     
    lorien1973, Dec 31, 2005 IP
  3. Friend

    Friend Peon

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    #4
    No...
    you are wrong...
     
    Friend, Dec 31, 2005 IP
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  4. strivinglife

    strivinglife Peon

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    #5
    Care to clarify/expand on that?
     
    strivinglife, Dec 31, 2005 IP
  5. Zygoot

    Zygoot Guest

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    #6
    Chitika isn't fraud. Many people have been banned from AdSense too, does this mean AdSense is fraud too?

    Chitika even takes time to work on New Year's Eve..
     
    Zygoot, Dec 31, 2005 IP
  6. strivinglife

    strivinglife Peon

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    strivinglife, Dec 31, 2005 IP
  7. sunchy

    sunchy Active Member

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    #8
    You are funny guy :D
     
    sunchy, Jan 1, 2006 IP
  8. Dekker

    Dekker Peon

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    #9
    ugh...sorry this is the biggest load of crap i've heard.

    adsense audits your clicks too, just before you see them in your stats.

    the only way to get banned from chitika if you're a flat out moron.
     
    Dekker, Jan 1, 2006 IP
  9. strivinglife

    strivinglife Peon

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    #10
    Ouch ... :D

    Seriously, I don't have enough information, and I'm more likely than not to believe you, but what then is your take on the bannings? and the long audit process? Put another way, what does Chitika need to learn about audits that G has already known from almost the beginning?
     
    strivinglife, Jan 1, 2006 IP
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    yirmumah Peon

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    #11
    Chitika has been OK for me. I wouldn't call them a fraud at all-- they made their payments to me on time.

    My only complaint is still with the cpc s going way down-- during the big push for Chitika, they were alot higher--- still though, the positives are this, especially for small publishers or those just looking to cover a bill or two a month--- the minimum to payout is 10 bucks! So heck, if you can make a buck or 3 a day, it might pay part of a cable bill or cell phone that month-- or buy you some beer! Heh.

    Of course, I'd like to see it grow. I love the freedom of being able to pick my own products to show off.
     
    yirmumah, Jan 1, 2006 IP
  11. Dekker

    Dekker Peon

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    #12
    they just used a different, albeit stupid system. where they showed you the raw stats, and then audited at the end of the month.

    it means less resources used on their part on a day to day basis. they already have issues on generating raw stats more than once a day, imagined if they had to run their fraudelent click algorithms at the same time as well.

    chitika is very lax about their TOS. you can modify the code to shit, put it on any site basically, even if it's just a few words of content and a bunch of ads. they have no reporting system unlike google.

    it's new, and you really do have to be quite an idiot to get yourself banned.
     
    Dekker, Jan 1, 2006 IP
  12. good links

    good links Peon

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    #13
    for those interested - there is some information on this on the chitika blog:
    http://chitika.com/blog/?p=31
     
    good links, Jan 1, 2006 IP
  13. strivinglife

    strivinglife Peon

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    ???

    Out of date and short, but otherwise interesting good links.

    SVZ: Sounds like they need to get cracking on their members then, as well as something they could get the community behind them with - after all, people are seeing the impact on their revenues.

    I don't know, all this has given me another reason to not use them.
     
    strivinglife, Jan 1, 2006 IP
  14. primevector

    primevector Well-Known Member

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    Well if they are just like Google then it i guess that isnt hard to accomplish at all ;)
     
    primevector, Jan 1, 2006 IP
  15. AdsenseLover

    AdsenseLover Peon

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    #16
    As Per SVZ's Word...
    at this moment 16 morons here in DP...(include me)
    I ask SVZ to learn how to use words in public forums.
    Didn't your mother teach this?
     
    AdsenseLover, Jan 5, 2006 IP
  16. sunchy

    sunchy Active Member

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    What you talking about here :mad:
     
    sunchy, Jan 6, 2006 IP
  17. feedbuzzard

    feedbuzzard Peon

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    #18
    Sorry about the blatant plug, but for those interested, I have been posting quite a bit about the seeming decline of Chitika on my feedbuzzard site.

    CPCs are crashing
     
    feedbuzzard, Jan 6, 2006 IP
  18. strivinglife

    strivinglife Peon

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    Link?

    Camera-news is what you've got linked through your profile.
     
    strivinglife, Jan 6, 2006 IP
  19. toughguy

    toughguy Well-Known Member

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    Hi All,
    Most webmasters are giving +ve feedback about Chitika. So I guess it is not a fraud..
     
    toughguy, Jan 6, 2006 IP