Chitika Review for Publishers

Chitika is an established display advertising network that provides its services to both publishers and   advertisers alike.

So what exactly is display advertising? It boils down to online advertisements that rely primarily on images, audio, and video. They most often come in the form of banner ads and rich media. They allow businesses to directly communicate their brand image and advertising message to customers.

  

Display advertising benefits both publishers and advertisers. Publishers place a third party advertiser’s ads on their website to make extra revenue by monetizing their web traffic. Advertisers, on the other hand, place their ads on a publisher’s website to advertise their company/product/service and hopefully expand their audience.

The relationship between publishers and advertisers goes hand in hand when it comes to display advertising. Yet without a service like Chitika, scalability is difficult.

Chitika simply allows both publishers and advertisers to more easily incorporate display advertising into their overall business plans. It also takes context into account, so that advertisements are matched up with websites promoting similar content.

Chitika provides much the same service as Google AdSense. In fact, it’s one of the most popular alternatives. Though it’s hard to beat such an established front runner as AdSense, Chitika gives it their best shot.

So what makes Chitika stand out from the pack? In addition to its ease of use and excellent customer support, their ads are driven by each visitor’s search queries. Most display advertising networks, including Google AdSense, display ads driven by the content on each given webpage.

Chitika gives you several distinct advertising options to choose from. These include display/text ad units, list units, and mobile ads. Though this doesn’t give you a whole lot of variety, it does provide the staples for a successful campaign.

Sound like a service that could benefit your business? Chances are it can. Use it alone or complement it with another advertising display network (like AdSense) to monetize your web content and make some extra money.

Publisher Requirements

• Publisher Terms:http://chitika.com/publishers/

• Traffic Minimum: None.

• Publisher Language Requirement: Primarily English, though ads can be used on pages in other languages with prior written consent from Chitika.

• Prohibited Publisher Content: Chitika reserves the right to refuse service to any website. Though most legal websites are excepted, those with excessive profanity, illicit drugs, pornography, gambling, and hacking/cracking are not. Furthermore, use is restricted for sites that sell alcohol, counterfeit/stolen items, prescription drugs, tobacco, body parts/fluids, hazardous substances, weaponry, explosives, ammunition, and fireworks. Websites that contain offensive propaganda or promote hate, violence, and racial intolerance are also banned. Finally, websites that contain manipulative content or construction to improve search engine rankings are also not allowed.

Advertisers & Offers

• Advertising Types: Display, In-line Text.

• Offer Types: CPC

• Verticals: All.

Tech Implementation

Chitika Tech Implementation Rating: 3 out of 5.

Creating an ad unit with Chitika is easy. All you need to do is select “Code Creator” from under the “Ad Setup” menu in the publisher control panel. On the next page you’re able to select from various ad options including colors for the link, text, background, and border. You’re also able to pick ad unit size, type, and tracking channel. Chitika includes a feature that allows you to create a custom channel. This then allows you to track individual ad performance.

• Display Ad Unit Sizes Available: 550×250, 500×250, 728×90, 120×600, 160×600, 468×250, 468×180, 468×120, 468×90, 468×60, 550×120, 550×90, 450×90, 430×90, 400×90, 300×250, 300×150, 300×125, 300×70, 250×250, 200×200, 160×160, 336×280, 336×160, 334×100.

• Implementation Technology: HTML, JavaScript.

It’s also important to note that Chitika is compatible with Google AdSense as long as the ad units are not created to look like AdSense units. Chitika also provides mobile ad units as well as a WordPress plugin.

Publisher Reporting & Admin Control Panel

Chitika Publisher Reporting & Admin Control Panel Rating: 4 out of 5.

• Control Panel: The Chitika control panel is simple and straightforward. It’s easy for even beginners to learn to use. Top navigation provides quick access to Dashboard, Reports, Ad Setup, Domains & Apps, Account, and Support. For the most part, it’s very easy to find the information you need. Chitika also provides a handy 7-day Quick Earnings Report. It displays impressions, clicks, CTR, and CPM as well as revenue across all your channels. The Saved Reports section is another useful feature. It contains links to your previous user-customized reports.
• Reporting: Thorough and informative reporting is one of the best things about Chitika. Publishers can create customer reports for any date range. The results can be grouped by date, month, channel, or channel and date. As mentioned above, you can save these reports to your Saved Reports section for easy access at a later date.

Payment

Chitika Payment Rating: 4 out of 5.

• Payment Methods Available: Check and PayPal.

• Payment Terms: Net-30.

• Minimum Payout Threshold: $10.