Chitika eMiniMalls
ADVERTISEMENTSI applied for Chitika 3 days back and got approved yesterday. As I was new to it, I did not have much idea on how to optimize it for better CTR. Thankfully Darren has shared good Chitika eMiniMalls Tips on Problogger.net
That post alone taught me many useful things that I needed to know about Chitika such as how to use the post title as the keyword, how to disable the search tab and how to make the ‘Best Deals’ as the default tab. The post also gives tips on positioning your Chitika eMiniMalls. Thank you Darren for the useful post!
Chitika eMiniMall’s Ads pay on a per click basis just like AdSense and can be used in the same page with Google AdSense as long as they are set to be non contextual.
From what I heard, they give good Cost per Click but low CTR but can perform very well for sites focused upon products. Check out Darren’s review on Chitika eMiniMalls and his Chitika eMiniMalls category for more info.
Here’s how a Multi-Product Blog Banner (468 x 180) unit looks like:
You can check out other eMiniMalls Formats here. There is also a eMiniMalls Plugin for WordPress v2 that you can download from here.
No matter how much I optimize Chitika eMiniMalls, I don’t think it will perform well on this blog as it works better for sites focused upon products.
Have you tried Chitika eMiniMalls? Share your experience with me.
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Posted on January 4th, 2007 | Category: Make Money Online |
Dj Flush
January 4, 2007 at 7:14 pm
John is it some kind of Revenue generating service? like Adsense?
JohnTP
January 4, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Yes. Chitika eMiniMall’s Ads pay on a per click basis just like AdSense and can be used in the same page with Google AdSense as long as they are set to be non contextual.
From what I heard, they give you good Cost per Click but low CTR but can perform very well for sites focused upon products.
Check out Darren’s review on Chitika eMiniMalls and his Chitika eMiniMalls category for more info.
Dj Flush
January 5, 2007 at 1:16 am
umm AdBrite is a good alternative too i think
And the good think is AdBrite is not contextual and Adsense allows AdBrite Ads on the same site and same page
JohnTP
January 5, 2007 at 10:43 am
I have tried AdBrite on this blog in the past and it did not work well for me then.
Jeba
January 5, 2007 at 1:41 pm
I have tried Chikita before and it never turned up good for me..
listikal
January 5, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Is it tough to be approved? I remember applying for it on one of my old blogs and they replied with a traffic requirement, so I just kinda gave up. It’s obvious you got approved right away.
JohnTP
January 5, 2007 at 8:00 pm
listikal- Try reviewing a few products and then try signing up for Chitika.
Everton Blair
January 6, 2007 at 2:44 am
I’ve had a Chitika account for a while and to be honest the money has been pretty crap, especially since they reduced their payouts.
What I have found to work are Chitika’s Shoplinc stores. Adding the search box on my site and also adding automatic deeplinks using the alinks module I wrote (you enter a keyword say ‘Halo 3′ and it automatically adds links everytime it sees ‘Halo 3′ on both old and new posts to the link I set like this one). I spent an hour adding all the keywords I’ve used in the past, and the payout is getting better. It will get even better as I write new articles that will obviously get more traffic then my old stale articles.
If you’re interested in my shoplinc module click here
Everton Blair
January 6, 2007 at 3:00 am
Also, Ajay from Techcities has cracked using UTW to target the eMinimalls. He said he’ll be sharing his method on Tues.
JohnTP
January 6, 2007 at 10:58 am
Everton Blair- Thanks for sharing your tips with me. btw, How do I get the code for ‘Related products’ ?
I don’t find them in my Chitika panel.
Bong
January 6, 2007 at 2:53 pm
I had also applied to Chitika eminimalls long ago but they didn’t accept my website.
The Chitika ads are looking great here.
ars
January 6, 2007 at 4:22 pm
if we applied chitika with google adsense in the same web, is this not break google adsense TOS?
Everton Blair
January 6, 2007 at 5:33 pm
#12
You can use Chitika and Google at the same time as long as you turn the contextual option off in Chitika (they do this by default). What you can do is add your own keywords to improve targetting. What my shoplinc module does and Ajay’s UTW tweak when he releases it, is manually supply keywords for each page to improve targetting and clicks.
#10
I didn’t know what you meant, but I found this after searching. You have to apply. It looks good - I’m applying now! Once Ajay releases his mod I think this will work really well.
JohnTP
January 6, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Everton Blair-
Wow, I would love to try Ajay’s UTW tweak to manually supply keywords for each page. This can surely help us improve Chitika’s CTR.
But, I have not understood what your shoplinc module does. Maybe it’s because I have not tried shoplinc yet.
To try out Related Products Unit, we must be a current Chitika publisher who has made at least $100
Everton Blair
January 6, 2007 at 7:09 pm
(How do you manually add the quotes btw? - I turned quoter off as it was adding 10 queries to page, which was too high for a feature few users used)
I think I know how Ajay’s module works, and I’m starting to wonder if using UTW is a good idea if you have a generic blog. e.g. your tags for this page are ‘chitika eminimalls, plugin, wordpress’ - adding those words to chitika wouldn’t improve CTR. I think what I’m going to do is create unique category pages for my site, and add target words for that category. So, for my Internet News page I’ll put generic words in the category chitika ad, but in my Mp3 page I’ll put mp3 keywords in that chitika ad.
You really should get theshoplinc module that I wrote. Here’s what it does:
- adds a new section to your dashboard
- gives a section where you can add a new keyword you want it to find on your site e.g. ‘iPod’
- for that keyword you set a keyword you want your shoplinc store to look for e.g ‘ipod’ or ‘mp3 player’ or ‘apple’ etc
- the module then finds all instances of ‘ipod’ in your posts, even old posts, and automatically adds a link from the words it finds to your shoplinc store where the store shows the products it finds
- Any new posts where you use the word ‘ipod’ will automatically be hyperlinked. If a word appears more than once on a page, you can set how many will be linked (I’ve set mine to one)
To see a good example look at this page where you can see that HDTV, VoIP, WiFi, Digital Camera, Xbox, iPod, PSP have all been setup as keywords. You can see I haven’t done PS3, DVR, PVR, Smartphone yet - but I will do these now as I forgot them. It will take me 1 minute.
The alinks plugin also supports creating links to Amazon, gada.com.
It also allows you to create deep links to your own blog. E.g search for ‘ID3′ on my blog and you’ll see that it has automatically linked all my posts together that mention ID3.
It also allow you to add automatic external keywords. e.g search for ‘JohnTP’. I’ve just added this (took 2 secs) and now everytime I write ‘JohnTP’ in a post it will automatically link to you - you can thank me later!
This has got to be my longest ever comment, but I really want to spread the word about my module.
Everton Blair
January 6, 2007 at 7:11 pm
oh, you can get the RPU unit as it’s $100 or 50K PVs per month
Dj Flush
January 7, 2007 at 3:46 pm
By the way John
I just noticed the Chitika script is causing your pages to load very slow
Zigire
January 11, 2007 at 7:10 am
Page loading times seem fine from my end, I guess it depends on the time of the day.
I’ve not had much luck with Chitika eMiniMalls on the two sites of mine that I tried them on (not blogs)
They’d be great if I was blogging about electronics (cameras for example), but that’s not really my area…
John Chow is cleverly discussing (some might say raving) the Canon C3 (I think it’s 3 posts in a row now) and linking to the camera via Chitika eMiniMalls…
sourcer
January 12, 2007 at 2:15 pm
I am in the same situation with Azoogle Ads, I was accepted but I don’t know what to do
Everton Blair
January 13, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Is the big chitika banner in the working Jon? Will you be the first blogger to make some cash from Chitika?
http://forum.connectedinternet.....,62.0.html
I’m giving them until the end of the month, then I’m giving up for good - I’ve already started to remove the banners. All I’ve got left is the RPU unit, my Shoplinc search and deeplinks, and one small eminimall.
nikita
January 15, 2007 at 11:54 am
great info, get more earning with chitika and google adsense
Ryan
January 16, 2007 at 3:45 am
I think I’m going to give this a try. I’ve been looking for a solution similar to this with products and such.