Chitika eMiniMalls Review:
I’d be surprised if have had not heard of Chitika already. Chitika helps you monetize your website or blog by placing their “eMiniMalls” on your site and paying you on a Per-Click basis. They are quickly becoming a formidable Google Adsense alternative. However, if you follow the Google Adsense TOS by removing the search option and disable the contextual targetting (Chitika now makes these changes easy via your publisher control panel) you can place BOTH Adsense and Chitika on the same page.

To Remove the Search option just add:
“ch_nosearch = 1 ;” to your chitika code.
To Remove Contextual Targetting add:
“ch_non_contextual = 1;” to your chitika code

So far, in my own personal experience (which also appears to what many other Chitika Publishers are reporting) the Per-Click payout is well higher than Adsense but depending on ad placement, blending and your type of site, you may get less clicks than Adsense.

Here is a sample of a Chitika eMiniMall ad below:

Mouse over the tabs to see the eMinimall unit in action:

Available Chitika Banner Sizes and Color Modifications Include:
Leaderboard (728 x 90), Banner (468 x 60), Rectangle (336 x 160), Small Rectangle (180 x 150), Medium Rectangle (300 x 250), Skyscraper (120 x 600), Wide Skyscraper (160 x 600) Small Square (160 x 160), Blog Banner (468 x 180), Square (250 x 250), or a Square (250 x 250)

Chitika also allows You to change the eMiniMalls Border, Title, Text and Background Colors.

Chitika Sample Keywords Lists:
If you need help coming up with keywords for eMinimalls targeting, Chitika has created a sample list of categories and keywords to help give you ideas. It’s only a sample list and does not cover all the eMinimall products.

Other Misc Chitika Tips:
Currently there is no limit to the number of eMiniMalls that you can have on one page. However, they do not recommend any more than 3 due to ‘banner blindness.

Chitika has a generous optional affiliate program in which You’ll earn 10% of what each of your referrals earn referral for 12 months.

Try Chitika eMiniMalls Today

(I’ll be adding more to this post shortly but have to call it quits for the night).

Posted by Schroeder on Tuesday, November 1st, 2005 at 8:55 pm.