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In addition to the current upgrades in the Chitika ad service, we have begun incorporating ads which pay per impression (CPM/CPI) along with pay per click (CPC) for your websites. What is changing in my reports? With the addition of these CPM ads, we will no longer be reporting on clicks. Because of this, the… Continue reading New Changes in Your Chitika Reports

The Chitika Mega Unit, launched exactly one year ago, due to a custom request from a publisher, and went on to do very well for other publishers. The Mega unit is a non-conventional ad size, and Chitika is the only company that offers it. Because the ad unit did so well for a test group… Continue reading Welcoming Mega Unit Jr. to the ad Family

Great news for publishers with traffic in Europe! We will be slowly expanding your ad display to your traffic in the following countries: UK, GB, DE, IT, ES NL, DK, NO, SE Your Earnings Quick Report table that’s available right in your dashboard after you login, will show you a 7-day rundown. Additional custom reporting… Continue reading Chitika begins testing ads in Europe

GeoDomain Expo is the sharing of information and best practices among the Associated Cities member/operators and is the reason why Associated Cities has become one of the most important coalitions of independent media owners on the Internet. Vik Chhabra, Director of Business Development at Chitika, was asked to present on the: Developing Any City panel.… Continue reading Chitika @ GeoDomain Expo & AppNexus Summit 2010

Update: AllForGirls.net is no longer in relationship with Chitika  A Chitika | Select Success Story Gao, being a long-time fan of online games, one day decided to start his own online game site. “I noticed girl names were incredibly popular, so I registered domain: AllForGirls.net November 6, 2007”. The website features free online games for… Continue reading 97% revenue increase with Chitika | Select ads for AllForGirls.net

The man behind our newly famous “estimated number of iPads sold” is actually one of the youngest “men” here at the Chitika office; Gui Pinto just celebrated his 20th birthday. Gui is holding his brand new iPad he received as a gift from Chitika CEO, Venkat Kolluri for putting together the data so quickly. “I… Continue reading The man behind the "number of iPads sold"

The Chitika Team is excited to be working with Squidoo because they are a model publisher for our network. Chitika has always been a publisher centric advertising network, working with publishers to maximize advertising revenue and giving them choices about how to do that. We understand that all publishers have an inner dialogue about how… Continue reading Chitika and Squidoo: A Perfect Match

Hi, all!  I’ve put out a few research studies showing that Bing traffic converts better than Google traffic, and always the response from publishers has been: “Great, now what do I do?”  How do you optimize your website to increase your traffic from Bing specifically? Well, last week I attended SMX West in San Jose,… Continue reading SEO Tips for Bing – SMX Interview

We’ve received tons of feedback and questions about Chitika | Select, so I want to put the answers to some of the most-asked questions here: So on Monday, am I suddenly going to be showing a ton of different/strange ads on my site? No – not at all.  We will be gradually rolling this out,… Continue reading Chitika | Select – Your Questions Answered

Up until now, Chitika ads were only able to cater to your search traffic with Chitika | Premium.  I am now happy to introduce Chitika | Select ads, which will display to more than just your search traffic. This upgrade to Premium ads on will allow Chitika ads to reach more visitors and directly increase your Chitika ad revenue.  We estimate Select ads… Continue reading Chitika Ads: Going Beyond Search Traffic…