Chitika Blog http://chitika.com/blog The Official Chitika Blog. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:03:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en New Free eBook: Chitika + AdSense: Ad Placement Guide http://chitika.com/blog/2009/11/18/new-free-ebook-chitika-adsense-ad-placement-guide/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/11/18/new-free-ebook-chitika-adsense-ad-placement-guide/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:03:30 +0000 Karla Escolas http://chitika.com/blog/?p=742 Do you use Chitika and Google AdSense together on your website to earn great combined revenue? Or, do you want to use them together?

Google AdSense and Chitika Premium ads can indeed be used together on your website or blog. Using both in the right combination can work together to help you earn more revenue than using AdSense or Chitika alone.

In this FREE eBook you will see how seven actual strategically place and customize the Chitika website for a successful steady income.


Chitika + AdSense: Ad Placement Guide




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Featured in this eBOOK:

-How to combine Chitika & AdSense ads for a higher total revenue.
-The importance of customizing your ad links to your website links.
-Successful AdSense & Chitika Placement ideas
-Advanced customization tips

]]> http://chitika.com/blog/2009/11/18/new-free-ebook-chitika-adsense-ad-placement-guide/feed/ Chitika Is Hiring [Sneak Peek: What is it like working at Chitika?] http://chitika.com/blog/2009/11/03/chitika-is-hiring-sneak-peek-what-is-it-like-working-at-chitika/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/11/03/chitika-is-hiring-sneak-peek-what-is-it-like-working-at-chitika/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:56:50 +0000 Ryan Travis http://chitika.com/blog/?p=740 The growth of the Chitika Network continues unabated — with the network growing 10-20% month-over-month since the start of the year (Quick stat: Chitika reaches 435M users worldwide per month — roughly 3 in 5 people in the English-speaking Internet). To join us in this journey of reaching 1 billion unique Internet users, we are looking for smart individuals to join us at our Westborough, Massachusetts offices.

If that looked wacky and exciting to you (besides other cool things), here are some of the positions that are open with links to more details. All positions are in-house full-time at our Westborough, Massachusetts office.

Please note: These are all current positions with approved budgets. Hiring for these positions is immediate. To apply, please send your resume to jobs [at] chitika [dot] com.

]]> http://chitika.com/blog/2009/11/03/chitika-is-hiring-sneak-peek-what-is-it-like-working-at-chitika/feed/ Chitika WordPress Plugin now easier than ever to use http://chitika.com/blog/2009/10/15/chitika-wordpress-plugin-now-easier-than-ever-to-use/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/10/15/chitika-wordpress-plugin-now-easier-than-ever-to-use/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:34:46 +0000 Karla Escolas http://chitika.com/blog/?p=739 New! We have created a video tutorial showing you how easy it is to get started using Chitika Premium ads on your WordPress blog using our plugin. These instructions will walk you through step by step for WordPress versions 2.7 or higher.

WP 2.7 and Higher Video Tutorial:

Or Click Here To Read Step By Step Instructions.

Download the Chitika WordPress Plugin here:

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You Don’t Have a Chitika Account Yet? Sign up here!

]]> http://chitika.com/blog/2009/10/15/chitika-wordpress-plugin-now-easier-than-ever-to-use/feed/ You Voted: Winners of PS3, $400 in placement contest http://chitika.com/blog/2009/10/02/you-voted-winners-of-ps3-400-in-placement-contest/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/10/02/you-voted-winners-of-ps3-400-in-placement-contest/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:13:10 +0000 Karla Escolas http://chitika.com/blog/?p=737 This year we decided to have YOU, our readers vote for which AdSense + Chitika ad placement was best integrated together in our annual AdSense + Chitika placement contest.

After hundreds of submissions, Chitika’s Special Projects Team narrowed it down to 8 finalists -  you can see them here.

Our Grand Prize Winner of a Playstation 3 Slim + NFL Madden 2010 is:

Tim Carter, AskTheBuilder.com

We really liked Tim’s integration of AdSense at the top, Chitika Premium in the right hand sidebar and Premium at the bottom of his articles. While sometimes the sidebars are not always successful ad placements, Tim made it work to his advantage- Great job Tim!

And our 2 runners up who will receive $200 each are:

Kenneth Barbalace, EnvironmentalChemistry.com
Anton Amoto, AntonAmoto.com

Ken perfectly customized his AdSense and Premium ad units throughout his site. With a Premium ad unit at the top as well as in the sidebar and AdSense complementing nicely above his comments.

Anton used an AdSense square above his titles and a Premium Mega Unit below them. The links were all customized as well making for a nice sleek integration.

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners! And a big thank you to all who participated. Be on the look out for our next contest!

]]> http://chitika.com/blog/2009/10/02/you-voted-winners-of-ps3-400-in-placement-contest/feed/ Finalists chosen for Chitika + Adsense Contest http://chitika.com/blog/2009/09/28/finalists-chosen-for-chitika-adsense-contest/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/09/28/finalists-chosen-for-chitika-adsense-contest/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:35:22 +0000 Karla Escolas http://chitika.com/blog/?p=735 We received hundreds of submissions for our AdSense + Chitika Ad Placement Contest this year, thank you to all who entered!

This year we have decided to narrow it down to 8 finalists and have you vote for our grand prize winner who will receive a Playstation 3 Slim + NFL Madden 10, and 2 runners up who will receive $200 each.

The finalists in the running for the grand prize are:

HowToBecomeSomething.com
AskTheBuilder.com
TheEasyRecipe.com
Natural-Stone-Interiors.com

Please review the links above and vote for your favorite here:

*VOTING IS NOW CLOSED- WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED*

And the websites chosen as the runners up are:

ComputingUnleashed.com
AntonAmoto.com
EnvironmentalChemistry.com
InsideMyLaptop.com

Please review the links above and vote for your favorite here:

*VOTING IS NOW CLOSED- WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED*


]]> http://chitika.com/blog/2009/09/28/finalists-chosen-for-chitika-adsense-contest/feed/ Adsense + Chitika Placement Contest 2: Win Playstation 3 Slim & NFL Madden 10 http://chitika.com/blog/2009/09/04/adsense-chitika-placement-contest-2-win-playstation-3-slim-nfl-madden-10/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/09/04/adsense-chitika-placement-contest-2-win-playstation-3-slim-nfl-madden-10/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:40:20 +0000 Karla Escolas http://chitika.com/blog/?p=732 *UPDATE: This Contest Is Now Closed* Finalists announced here

Our AdSense + Chitika Ad Placement contest is back again by very popular demand. Last year we had over 300 submissions to this contest with some really great ad integrations of Chitika Premium and Google AdSense on your websites.

This years’ grand prize winner will receive:

  • a Playstation 3 Slim + NFL Madden 10

    • And 2 runners up will receive:

  • $200 each!

    • Chitika and AdSense can work very well together on your site to bring you a combined higher revenue than using one of these services alone. Some of you have received this higher income because of your thoughtful integrations of these two types of ad services so we have decided to reward you for being so smart!

    What are we looking for?
    We want you to show us how you use Chitika Premium ads as well as Google AdSense on the same page(s) of your site, in which it helps give you higher revenue than you would using just one of the services alone. Here is an example of Chitika Premium and Google AdSense being used on the same page:

    How do you enter?
    Post a link to the page on your site in which you feature both Premium and AdSense in the comments section of this blog post. Or, please email your submission to specialprojects (at) chitika (dot) com, with the subject “AdSense + Chitika contest”.

    Your entry must include both a Chitika Premium ad and a Google AdSense ad on the same page. Only one page is necessary for entry. Entries must be received by Friday, September 18, 2009- 11:59pm EST.

    *UPDATE: This Contest Is Now Closed* Finalists announced here

    ]]>     http://chitika.com/blog/2009/09/04/adsense-chitika-placement-contest-2-win-playstation-3-slim-nfl-madden-10/feed/     Chitika Study: Bing Struggling To Win Even IE Users http://chitika.com/blog/2009/08/25/chitika-study-bing-struggling-to-win-even-ie-users/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/08/25/chitika-study-bing-struggling-to-win-even-ie-users/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:29:45 +0000 Dan Ruby http://chitika.com/blog/?p=728 The power of bundled software can be an amazing thing – all three major operating systems have a bundled Internet browser, each of which has 73% of their OS’s Internet usage (based on a sample of 163 million US/Canada impressions across the Chitika network in early August). But Bing, the decision engine Microsoft bundles with Internet Explorer, only gets 10.3% of IE users’ searches.

    Microsoft has long been known as the king of bundling, with the assumption that bundling creates market share. But now, it seems that crown has moved to Google, the default search engine – and 89.57% of the search market – in Firefox, Safari, and Chrome.

    And while Bing has received quite a bit of good reviews, publicity, and advertising, it is still struggling, even with Microsoft Internet Explorer users, falling in at third place on the search rankings behind Google and Yahoo!

    Microsoft has a lot of work to do in order to take any significant market share away from Google, but if they use their experience in bundling software, it appears that the opportunity is there to jump up to a majority of users.

    The Raw Numbers:

    Windows Google Yahoo Bing AOL Total Search %
    IE 76,712,986 12,168,239 10,686,158 2,040,240 103,392,630 72.37%
    Chrome 4,332,212 10,090 78,240 4,585 4,451,939 3.12%
    Firefox 29,731,411 2,530,000 651,709 158,157 33,451,586 23.41%
    Safari 768,341 70,801 11,049 1,207 857,436 0.60%
    Other 654,419 34,471 9,395 1,303 711,756 0.50%
    Total 112,199,369 14,813,601 11,436,551 2,205,492 142,865,347 100.00%
    % 78.54% 10.37% 8.01% 1.54% 100.00%

    Linux Google Yahoo Bing AOL Total Search %
    IE 677 56 3 0 746 0.06%
    Chrome 10,909 2 53 0 10,980 0.94%
    Firefox 812,169 34,712 7,765 696 861,840 73.43%
    Safari 198,586 3,495 451 67 203,994 17.38%
    Other 88,193 2,565 772 28 96,201 8.20%
    Total 1,110,534 40,830 9,044 791 1,173,761 100.00%
    % 94.61% 3.48% 0.77% 0.07% 100.00%

    Mac Google Yahoo Bing AOL Total Search %
    IE 2,723 191 272 15 3,246 0.02%
    Chrome 4,074 4 37 0 4,129 0.02%
    Firefox 4,630,253 175,240 52,938 5,746 4,901,368 26.89%
    Safari 12,252,530 725,474 152,603 29,885 13,249,869 72.69%
    Other 62,850 2,798 534 2,427 69,887 0.38%
    Total 16,952,430 903,707 206,384 38,073 18,228,499 100.00%
    % 93.00% 4.96% 1.13% 0.21% 100.00%

    *The percentages of search don’t add up to 100% because of a small number of Ask.com searches which weren’t included in this table.

    ]]>     http://chitika.com/blog/2009/08/25/chitika-study-bing-struggling-to-win-even-ie-users/feed/     Chitika Study: Open Source Users Love Google, Hate Microsoft http://chitika.com/blog/2009/08/21/chitika-study-open-source-users-love-google-hate-microsoft/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/08/21/chitika-study-open-source-users-love-google-hate-microsoft/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:36:53 +0000 Dan Ruby http://chitika.com/blog/?p=726 With the upswing in the number of Linux boxes (thank you netbooks and Dell) and as much interest we have in the search engine market, we at Chitika thought we’d take a look at the search habits of our open-source friends. We compared the OS and search engine data for 163,211,927 searches – a sample of the Chitika network’s search data from July 30th through August 16th – and the results were quite interesting. Check them out:

    Sure, Google dominates search across all categories, but what’s surprising is that a whopping 94.61% of all Linux search traffic was from Google, compared with 78.54% of Windows user searches. Compare that with Microsoft’s new “decision engine” Bing, which is holding steady at about 8% of Windows users, but is getting practically no use whatsoever by Linux users – just 0.77% of Linux searches were from Bing. Even Ask.com outdoes Bing for Linux users.

    The raw numbers:

    Searches: Google Yahoo Bing AOL Ask Total
    Windows 112,199,369 14,813,601 11,436,551 2,205,492 2,210,334 142,865,347
    Mac 16,952,430 903,707 206,384 38,073 127,905 18,228,499
    Linux 1,110,534 40,830 9,044 791 12,562 1,173,761

    Search %: Google Yahoo Bing AOL Ask Total
    Windows 78.54% 10.37% 8.01% 1.54% 1.55% 100%
    Mac 93.00% 4.96% 1.13% 0.21% 0.70% 100%
    Linux 94.61% 3.48% 0.77% 0.07% 1.07% 100%
    ]]> http://chitika.com/blog/2009/08/21/chitika-study-open-source-users-love-google-hate-microsoft/feed/ Sign up for Chitika | Premium, Win a Netbook http://chitika.com/blog/2009/08/17/sign-up-for-chitika-premium-win-a-netbook/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/08/17/sign-up-for-chitika-premium-win-a-netbook/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:35:22 +0000 Dan Ruby http://chitika.com/blog/?p=724 Hello Chitika friends and neighbors, we’ve got an exciting announcement to make - we’re giving away five Dell Mini 9 Netbooks to new Chitika | Premium publishers! Here’s the deal - you’re eligible to win one of the netbooks if you:

    1 - Sign up for a Chitika | Premium ad account between today (8/17/09) and the end of August (must sign up before 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time, August 31st, 2009), and…

    2 - Earn at least $50 through Chitika | Premium between now and the end of September.

    Publishers, if you’re not on the Chitika bandwagon yet, what are you waiting for? There’s never been a better time to try Chitika | Premium, the search-based ad network that turns search traffic into revenue for you! Join the over 50,000 publishers making money with Chitika | Premium!

    And to our existing publishers, this is a great way to use your affiliate links! Remember, whenever you refer someone who signs up for Chitika | Premium, you earn 10% of what they earn for 15 months. They earn, they might win a netbook, and you earn as well!

    So everyone repeat after me: “Make money money, make money money money!”

    ]]>     http://chitika.com/blog/2009/08/17/sign-up-for-chitika-premium-win-a-netbook/feed/     Chitika Analysis: Bing Traffic vs. Google and Yahoo! http://chitika.com/blog/2009/07/24/chitika-analysis-bing-traffic-vs-google-and-yahoo/ http://chitika.com/blog/2009/07/24/chitika-analysis-bing-traffic-vs-google-and-yahoo/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:39:39 +0000 Dan Ruby http://chitika.com/blog/?p=722 We at Chitika are quite fond of search engines: since all of our ads serve only to search traffic, they’re our bread and butter in the online world. So with Microsoft’s new Bing decision engine making so much noise, we thought we’d take a closer look at the clickthrough rates of visitors from the three major search players: Yahoo!, Google, and Bing.

    As it turns out, Bing users are over 50% more likely to click an ad on your site than Google users. You can check out the full results of our research in TechCrunch’s article, “Are Bing Users Twice As Likely To Click On An Ad Than Google Users?” Enjoy!

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