Better than Adsense?
I am trying out ads from Chitika. While I have no problem with Google Adsense the truth is that people are pretty used to seeing the Google ads which means their eyes slide right by them. There are a couple of cool things about Chitika. First, the little images of the products for sale. Second, the pulisher has control of which keywords to use. (This is actually mandatory if you run Adsense anywhere on the page.)
There are some real advantages to Chitika. You control the ads which arrive so you don’t get endless ads for blogs. You can target services and products which you think will appeal to your audience. The per click payout is at least the same as Google and, in some cases, two or three times as good. I can’t say much about the click through rate but, as there are practically no clicks on my existing ads it would not take much to create a XXX% increase.
If you want to give Chitika a try on your blog you can find out more by clicking here.
I’m getting not bad results on AWM from Adbrite.com, Jay.
I like Adbrite in its new incarnation. It was sketchy a year ago. But you can run Chitika parallel to Adbrite or Adsense (with a couple of minor changes to comply with the silly Adsense no context driven competition rule). The cool part of Chitika is that you get a rather nice image and you can pick, to a degree, what products will show up on you blog.
I’ll give Chitika a try then (and I will be a gentleman and use your ref code).