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I do admit to experimenting with Chitika Premium Ads of lately.
In my initial testing with Chitika Premium ads, I didn’t really get good results.
As with AdSense, I decided to do some ad-layout changes and resulted in 5-7 times more revenue from Chitika.
Here’s how to do it:
Place your Chitika code before your blog post on the top-left hand corner of your website. (Below is an example of when Chitika ads show up on Zedomax.com)
(Notice that Chitika ads only show on search traffic and disappears for regular readers)
Even though Chitika’s free e-guides tell you that readers like to read the post then see relevant ads, in my experience, that did not result in any sizable revenue.
Instead, I placed the Chitika ads before any content. Since Chitika Premium ads only show up when a visitor comes through Google keywords, the ad itself is invisible to your regular readers while giving the best chance for people to read and click ads.
Will having Chitika ads along with Google AdSense decrease my AdSense revenue?
The simple, good answer is no for this question. I am still making the same amount of money from AdSense after adding Chitika Premium ads. Chitika is a great way to boost your overall revenue, 25% in my case.
So if you have been making $1000/month with AdSense, you can expect an additional $250/month by adding Chitika Premium ads in the right places. (top left corner)
I will do some more testing and let you know if there’s even better way to optimize Chitika ads.
If you haven’t, sign up for Chitika under this link and help me out too. 
it’s pretty ironic, just 2 comments for such great articles. wheres everybody? u have to say thanks for such useful post like this.
anyway i removed chitika since i didnt make money with my non niche blog. but i will put them back again to see if there will be any improvement. thanks for your post.
I think it is only applicable to big bloggers and US-based bloggers with a lot of traffic. For medium or small bloggers, it does not help even with Premium Ads. T
When I was reading your article, I thought you have forgotten about AdSense. Yes, indeed I do have concern when displacing AdSense from its prime position by Chitika. If the latter does not generate any better revenue, then I presume AdSense should still be placed at that prime location, at the upper-most top.
Hi Keith,
Great idea, maybe I will try it and write a new blog post about the experiment.
Thanks for visitin’
Max
Hi Tinh,
I think it simply depends on the topic of your blog. For some topics like product blogs, the click rate of Chitika is high as 4-5% but on other topics it can be anywhere from 0.66% to 4%.
If your site does around 1% on Adsense, you can expect around the same with Chitika more or less depending on your niche topic.
I hope that helps.
Sure Jacky,
I did the same thing actually, I took off Chitika because it wasn’t making money. But I put it before all content and started getting clicks. That is the same thing I did with Adsense although I feel that it does take up a lot of content space. I don’t have a choice when it means getting a job or making money online.
Well, it’s kinda hard too though.
Did you test to see if Chitika outperformed Google Adsense in the same exact position? If you placed Adsense above your articles like that, would it do better or worse than Chitika?
Looks great, will try it out soon
Hi there,
Yes I have tried the other way,(actually that’s what I am doing, Chitika below Adsense now) but Adsense will always outperform Chitika because of the big Adsense ad size in most cases.
I have some sites that Chitika actually has better performance, again, I think it depends what niche topic your blog/website is about.
True, you do need at least 500 uniques visitors in most cases to make “any” money. Affiliate marketing maybe different though, that’s what I am starting to learn about now. I think I have maximized revenue from Adsense and Chitika so that’s probably the next step.
HI Dear,
Great information from your site, and anybody can learn from it the tips and tricks to make money online, keep up the good work.
Hey sure Raj, thanks for stoppin by. Make sure to check out my new Blog Search Engine Style Theme, I think it’s gonna big huge.
Never really have good result. Maybe your idea will work. Shall try it and hope it will generate some revenues.
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Chitika is not as strict as Adsense so that’s part of the reason I like using their services. They are much smaller company than Google but do have better customer relations because of that.
New blogger. Looking for better ads to try concurrently with adsense as I build better traffic. Accidentally found Chitika. Too many positive reviews about it. Is it any good for a new blog? Feedback highly appreciated.
Thanks
Might be good if you have some web traffic already, I recommend at least 500 uniques/day to make any money online with any blog.
well it is a good option to make more revenue.
i’m a chitika user, thanks 4 your tips
Hey good post, keep on posting…
I have added alternate commision junction ads with chitika on my money blog. Hope to make more with chitika. Thanks.
Adsense sucks you know you can get banned for someone just repeatly clicking your adsense ads.