Add Chitika eMiniMalls & Google Adsense on Same Webpage

How to make extra money from your website? Use Chitika. Can you put Chitika’s eMiniMalls ads on the same page with Google Adsense? Yes. But you have to use non contextual Chitika ads (Just as is the case with using non contextual Adbrite ads with Adsense). Chitika ads are a new way to make money from your website. Sign Up Now

Chitika launched a new contextual advertising program to make money on the web. Chitika’s eMiniMalls promotes products by automatically targeting them to the content of your webpage, and selects the best product to provides your users with comparative shopping information to make an informed buying decision and as users click, you make money easily. Chitika mini-mall ads can be used in conjunction with Adsense IF they are set to be non contextual

So how do you make your Chitika code non contextual?
Set your own keywords and products instead of contextually targeting products.

Yes. By default, the products are contextually targeted to your content. If you’d like to set your own query or product, we can do so by specifying it in ch_query javascript param. For example, to target the “canon powershot” camera you would add this line to the javascript code:
ch_query = “canon powershot”;

I further emailed Chitika to make sure that I did not violate the Adsense Terms of Service, and this is the code they suggested by email

You can do this by adding the following lines to your code:

ch_non_contextual = 1;
var ch_queries = new Array(‘laptop’, ‘ipod’);
var ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));
ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];

Please note: Replace the list of queries above (marked in red) with a meaningful set of products or queries for your type of audience.

If you have any queries, send email to info@chitika.com – and believe me it is the fastest instant support I have seen. So you can use Chitika eMiniMalls & Google Adsense on the same page, but remember to make the Chitika ads non contextual. I have also started using Chitika on my blog and will let you know how it performs. I am hearing it has a lower CTR, but the earning per click is great! Sign Up Now

Update: Chitika Customer Service was kind enough to email me this tip on their own!

“Here is another trick: Instead of generic keywords like “oil” and “science”, try and use product names that you think might make sense for your site and audience. For example, if you have a site about wine, I would use code like this:

ch_non_contextual = 1;
var ch_queries = new Array(‘Louis Jadot Pouilly-Fuisse 2003′, ‘Sonoma-Cutrer 2003 Chardonnay Russian River Ranches’);
var ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));
ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];

So that begs the question: How do you know what the top products in your category are ? Visit Amazon.com and Shopping.com and look at the best selling products in the category. Then copy the entire product name and test it out using the the search tab on the unit on http://chitika.com/ (PS: By using chitika.com you are not inflating your own stats). If it works, add it to the list of queries in ch_queries in your code.”

And they sent another tip about their upcomming channel tracking feature so that you can keep track of which channels are giving the best income.

“Also, we have a channel tracking feature coming soon. The reporting on that is not ready as yet, but you can add this line:

ch_sid = ‘ABCD’;

Replace ABCD with a meaningful channel name. Unlike Adsense, you get to define your own channel names. “

Update II: Chitika has confirmed in a email that if you run Google Adsense for Search too, then you need to disable the Chitka search box by adding the following code

Only if you have Google search on your site, do you need to disable the
search tab.

Yes. You can do that using this line:
ch_nosearch = 1;

How to make a lot of money? How to make money quick? Try Chitika!