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Last Updated on April 4, 2023 by Work In My Pajamas
Whenever I see the name Chitika (pronounced CHIH-tih-ka),
I think of Chiquita bananas.
And then I think of that Gwen Stefani song,
“Hollaback Girl” B.AN.ANAS. Bananas.
So here I am in today’s free shirt from Chitika Advertising Network.
I have never been a big fan of contextual / in-text ad programs, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt and decided to try them on a site of mine. At first I tried Kontera ContentLinks, but didn’t find the ads to be anywhere near relevant, thus the click-through conversion rate sucked.
After seeing that PerezHilton.com uses Vibrant Media in-text ads that shows totally relevant ads, I decided to apply. Well, they denied me saying I didn’t have enough traffic. Ok, I’m not exactly Perez Hilton yet anyway, but you gotta start somewhere.
So, right now I’m using Chitika Linx. And I just went to check the relevancy of the ads…
“gossip girls” brought up “Raquel Welch”
“black leather” brought up “McCain for President”
“hot pink” brought up “Sarah Palin Tanning Bed”
Now considering the page did talk about Sarah Palin and Raquel Welch wigs, the ads themselves may be relevant, but the words they chose to highlight the ads on is a fail.
Since I have yet to earn enough to receive a check from Chitika, I think I’m going to remove the Linx and try Chitika eMiniMalls – their new flagship product that they’ve been bragging up (and Joel Comm recommends) that claims to provide users with relevant content and comparative shopping information.
And then I’m gonna reapply to Vibrant Ads.
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Chikita – cute shirt but please don’t forget the female demographic and get yourself some nice “ladies cut” shirts as well 🙂 Some of us web advertising execs are women and we like shirts too !
Thanks Kim I am off to check out Chikita 😉
Karrine
Hey Kim – Ryan from Chitika here.
Glad you’re diggin the shirt! I just wanted to chime in to let you know that our flagship product is Chitika | Premium.. these are our latest and definitely our GREATEST 🙂
They are designed to target your search engine traffic, and they’re doing great for our publishers who get any decent amount of search traffic.
I’m happy to help you with the optimal placement/implementation – hit me up on email and I’ll help you out: ryan [at] chitika [dot] com.
hi Kim,
Your shirt Chitika is cute and it also reminds me of a song titled Chikitita. Great post and I must say that you are beautiful too.