Chitika- Premium program

Anyone using it at the moment? I just received an invite and it looks very promising.

 

Yes...I am using it for my health blog- itk99.com. Still waiting for results...

 

I am testing this on my secondary site. I am not sure if I should replace adsense with this on my primary site so I will see the results soon.

Post your results too mate.

 

Using it on my blog, should be good i'll post stats later when im home.

 

I've seen a huge boost in Chitika earnings since they initiated the Premium program. Even better than Adsense, WidgetBucks, etc.

I mostly run the ads on product-related sites, but I'll be trying them on other sites now too. It's not a big risk since you can run Adsense as the alternate URL for when Chitika Premium doesn't show up, so I suggest trying it out.

 

I spoke to someone from Chitika today who is offering the Premium program, stating it will bring higher CPM's.

But, they also said that they only target U.S. traffic, which for me has generally higher CPM's anyway. Also they said they only target organic traffic from Google, Yahoo and MSN. This type of traffic for me also has a better average CPM than all traffic combined.

I'm wondering if any of your experiences shows that the premium program is really better CPM's or does it just appear better since they are only targeting the highest paying traffic types?

 

Another thing according to chitika's blog:

http://chitika.com/blog/2008/05/30/well-match-you-up-to-100-take-the-chitikapremium-challenge/

 

I replaced my RPUs with their new Premium ads for one day, just as a test to see what would happen. I earned 28 cents. The RPUs are performing terribly right now, but even the lousy $2 a day I'm earning from the RPUs is better than the 28 cents I earned from the new Premium ads.

Personally, I thought the RPUs were the best ads Chitika offered. Apparently they'd rather force their eMiniMalls down my throat. Oh well. It was good while it lasted.

 

Are these ads contextual. I still want to run Adsense on the site as well

 

You can run Adsense and Chitika on the same site. I've been doing it for over a year. The only problem is, Chitika's ads don't pay anything these days. They're just taking up space on my pages.

 

I've the exactly same feeeling with you.

 

I just received the invitation. Any feedback if its worth gooing with Chitika anymore.

 

If your site gets a lot of search engine traffic from the USA, you should be able to get a good eCPM. I'm having better luck with them than with comparable ads, but it depends on your site, traffic, and ad placement.

 

My site receives thousands of visitors from search engines daily, but my Chitika earnings wouldn't cover a morning coffee these days. Definitely not worth it in my opinion.

 

Trakyram 100% agreed, Chitika is death. Like WidgetBucks. First Amazing, Then Collapse. Not recommended anymore.
The new Chitika turned $1k to $10 a month for my sites.

 

Cant ever make any money with them put them in good spots and nothing
Someone must be doing well because see them around a lot

 

I think a lot of people are still displaying Chitika's ads because they still believe the problem is temporary and things will rebound any day now. The rest of us have already moved on.

 

That sucks to hear...

 

Ouch. I'm looking to move on but don't want to use Adsense. Any other recommendations?

 

I have been using it for a few weeks now and it has been performing reasonably well.