I am in the same boat as you are with AdSense, since Oct 1 'smart pricing' hit all of my sites at once....... it's been horrible every since When the heck is yahoo launching officialy ?
50 clicks at 10 cents a click 100 clicks at 5 cents a click You've just doubled your impressions, kept your CTRthe same, but have the SAME revenue! That's how crap adsense has become!
My web design buddy would be envious of my total number of clicks and CTR, but I'm envious of his earning-per-click.
I just checked out you Chitika site and it has a lot of great info. I read that you should remove the "search" tab if you are displaying AdSense. I've only added Chitika to one page so far -- BTW I made $2.00 the first day -- and I also show AdSense on that page, and I didn't remove the "search" tab. Is Google liable to find this and demand I remove it?
It is a violation of the Google TOS, so yes, it would threaten your entire account. I'm not sure if that is an immediate ban or if you would receive a warning. I doubt they'll find it if it is just on one page, but with a high profile or high earning account, I would make sure to follow the TOS to the letter, right?
I have already removed it, but it weakens the value of the Chitika banner in my opinion. BTW if anyone wants to see the page I'm using it on go to Digtal Cameras.
we can use search feature in chitika alongside adsense. Its not against adsense TOS because chitika search is just within the product category and not the entire internet.
That makes sense to me. Does anyone else have a comment on this issue. I'd like to be sure before Google suddenly cancels my AdSense account.