Comments on: Chitika Updates it’s LINX Ad Unit

By: bagus

bagus — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:12:05 +0000

hi, could you please help me, do you know how to put Linx code in new blogger template?

By: salman

salman — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:47:46 +0000

do u i add Chitika linx in Blogger Beta??

By: 66tx

66tx — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:30:40 +0000

I have to admit that they do look good. Thanks for keeping us posted on ways to make money!

By: King Guffster

King Guffster — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:11:50 +0000

I, in fact tried the Lynx ads the other day and I’ve been pretty impressed. I wrote about my earnings which were impressive for the small amount of traffic that website brings!

By: John Hood

John Hood — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:29:50 +0000

DHC,

Kontera doesn’t impact PR as far as I’m aware!

My recently registered site has jut been updated from a PR0 to PR4 and Kontera has been running for sometime!

Hope this helps.

John

By: Karla Escolas- Chitika, Inc.

Karla Escolas- Chitika, Inc. — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:27:38 +0000

Hey guys- if your wondering if the new Chitika | Linx is compatible with Google Adsense check out our latest post: http://chitika.com/blog/?p=306

-Karla Escolas
Chitika, Inc.

By: DHC

DHC — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:10:33 +0000

Does Kontera impact your Google PageRank? Google started penalizing those selling links. Does this fall under that category?

By: Sockmoney

Sockmoney — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:05:03 +0000

We run Kontera in our articles and most users didn’t mind them. One complained they didn’t like them when they would accidentally mouse-over the links, but another said they thought the links added value and were less annoying than the Adsense blocks embedded in the articles.

We’ve been using them for about a month now and have not heard any unsolicited complaints. Plus the extra cash is nice and it didn’t affect our Adsense earnings.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:41:42 +0000

I find these ads really annoying. Going through a blog should be a pleasant and interesting reading experience.

By: side-line

side-line — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:23:26 +0000

i actually made sure that the links for Kontera on my site were less visible (using lighter grey as link color) than normal links and since then I had no complaints whatsoever from my readers.

It’s nice money on the side as Michael puts it even though the money per click is way below adsense for instance.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:15:23 +0000

These kind of Pop-Over ads seems to becoming more popular on BBS/Forums, where the obtrusiveness and general annotance to the users is negated by the fact that BBS/Forum members tend to be a loyal bunch of people who put up with anything, if the information and interaction on the site is of high value.

On Blogs/normal websites, I find them annoying, and tend to steer clear. Good to see the Chitika version have a very clear X in the corner to close them off.

I assume these Chitika ads are not allows alongside adsense due to the contextual nature of the system?

By: Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:31:38 +0000

Having used Kontera for several months, I have only ever received one complaint about it. That person now happily reads my site via RSS feed. (I keep my RSS feed full-text and ad-free to cater to those of my regular readers who really hate advertising.)

Kontera converts quite well for me, much better than the similar Chitika and Amazon programs, as those are product-focused, while Kontera has a much wider inventory of ads.

Kontera doesn’t pull in quite as much as AdSense for me, but it runs alongside it and makes a nice little extra chunk of change.

If you have any sort of product blog, then Chitika and Amazon’s offerings are definitely worth looking at. If your blog isn’t product-oriented then I would say go with Kontera.

By: jsanderz

jsanderz — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:27:06 +0000

I am new to advertising and at present have just started to use Google adsense, I would be intereseted to know how Chitika compares to Adsense, for example who pays the most, who is more reliable.
Regards.

By: Blog Opinion

Blog Opinion — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:25:17 +0000

I am not using Chitika because it is against the Google Adsense program policies. But if they pay more PPC and Click through rate is more as compare to Adsense. I will think to move ? give few Suggestions …

By: bmunch

bmunch — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:23:44 +0000

I agree it depends on your traffic on whether it converts will or not.

That say, I really dislike pop up, so I won’t be adding this to BlogMunch.

By: Jay @ Dumb Little Man

Jay @ Dumb Little Man — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:53:03 +0000

In my opinion, this is a great approach to take if you want to lose readers. I have no data to back this up but I can tell you that I personally unsubscribe to sites that use ads like this.

I am not a believer in decreasing the user experience…

Again, just my opinion…

Jay

By: Tomaz Mencinger

Tomaz Mencinger — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:57:09 +0000

I’ve been using Linx on one of my product oriented websites and it converts well. Yes, it’s annoying for me too if I come across it but maybe it’s because I am rarely looking to buy something online.

I want to learn stuff and those links confuse me.

I think a regular home user who comes across the link which helps her find the camera / vacuum / juicer / whatever is not too annoyed with the Linx links.

By: Max Powers at http://ConsumerFight.com

Max Powers at http://ConsumerFight.com — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:58:56 +0000

Like some of the others that have commented above, I can’t stand this type of advertising as a consumer. It is so distracting and frustrating I abandon reading any article that contains this type of intrusion.

But as an advertising tool for my own blog, I’m not sure my opinion about this is similar to my readers. Of course I’m only 2 months into this gig so I have to depend on the feedback of all of you that post and learning by trial and error on my own part.

By: George

George — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:12:43 +0000

Just to add to your list of in text contextual links, LinkWorth has a similar product called linkwords. Their program is very easy to get into even if your site has lower traffic.

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:08:15 +0000

This is great, since I’m being rejected into Kontera I definitely gonna try this out.