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Chitika Local Ad Exchange - Adsense for Local
I have often wondered aloud why there has been no competitor to Adsense in local search. Now search-based online ad network Chitika has announced its LAX Local Ad Exchange. The platform will target local sites, search queries and mobile users. As far as I can tell this is an enhancement of Chitika’s current ad exchange.
Yahoo Publisher Network To Be Axed, Customers Referred To Chitika Instead
Publisher Network, will be shut down by the company in the next 30 days. ...publishers are being pushed to Chitika instead, which has set up this section on its website to “make the transition from Yahoo! Publisher Network as easy as possible”.
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Bing has higher PPC CTR claims Chitika Research
Bing may have a smaller portion of the available audience for search engine marketing revenue than Google but according to a new study from Chitika Research, its users are more likely to click on ads – a critical part of the PPC model.
Apple's iOS 4 already powering 50% of iPhone traffic
Chitika Research compiles its statistics by looking at 9 million ad impressions it has served to iPhone users running apps that incorporate its banners. The data does't include users who don't install apps with Chitika's ads, so may present a slight bias toward users who actively install apps, and therefore users who are more likely to install software updates.
Android Versus iPhone: The OSes By the Numbers [STATS]
However, when ad network Chitika approached us with a handful of stats on just how many people use which versions of which mobile operating system, we were too curious to turn down the opportunity to learn more.
[VIDEO] Using Research to Understand Searchers
Although many online marketers spend time focusing on keywords, Chitika's CEO Venkat Kolluri says that search behavior research could actually do more to improve online marketing efforts than keywords could do. He believes so strongly in the research that he calls it "a much more powerful targeting opportunity."
Chitika: Yahoo-Bing Gains For Real
Ad network Chitika took a look at the question from the perspective of its network and came to the conclusion that the Yahoo and Bing share gains are not just the result of tricks or slide-show manipulation
Yellowbook Signs on to New Local Ad Exchange
Yellowbook had signed on to a new local ad exchange launched today by Chitika, an ad network established in 2003 that serves more than 2 billion monthly impressions across 80,000 websites. The core idea is to apply the ad exchange model to the local and mobile space.
Top Google Ranking Gets Twice The Traffic Of #2 Ranking: Chitika
A web page that ranks at the top of Google’s search results gets twice as much traffic as the number two listing, and triple the traffic as the page listed third. That’s according to some new research published by the online ad network Chitika.
How Much is a Google Top Spot Worth?
Chitika, reckons that top rankings on Google is worth double the traffic of ranking in the number 2 spot, in a report announced on their blog today. Chitika decided to find out what it was worth to them by looking at a sample of traffic coming into its network from Google and broke it down by Google results placement.
Three Ways Microsoft Can Steal Search Share From Google
This guest post was written by Daniel Ruby, Research Director for Online Insights at ad network Chitika. "I have to admit, I was somewhat less than excited when Microsoft announced a new “decision engine” to compete with Google."
Researcher: Could iPad be driving spike in Mac use?
Chitika, a search-based online advertising network, monitors the traffic coming into its network from different operating systems. And according to a report released Thursday, the percentage of Macs spiked during the month of April.
iPhone Still Beating Android 2-To-1 In North America
Apple's iPhone is still handily beating Google's Android platform when it comes to web usage.. Another ad network, Chitika, says that ad requests from Android devices in North America are about half those from iPhones. In other words, iPhone is on top 2-to-1.
Apple: 28 days, 1 million iPads
The iPad counter run by the Chitika ad agency, which had been spectacularly off target in the past (see Did Apple just sell its 1 millionth iPad?), seems to have been closer to the mark this time. Last Friday at about 5:30 p.m., it showed 1.18 million iPads sold, which now seems plausible.
Chitika Lab Reports Over One Million iPads Sold
Everyone has been talking about the iPad and if it will be successful or not. After 8 days of the release of the iPad, Chitika Labs posted that the iPad had sold over 500,000 units. The method to determine how many iPads are there is by counting cookies of new iPads that access the internet.
Estimate says Apple has sold more than a million iPads
The numbers were calculated by seeing how many new, unique iPads were spotted coming through Chitika's online advertising network. The running tally has been in place since soon after the iPad launched, and the advertising firm's calculations have been adjusted a number of times in an effort to provide more accurate estimates.
26 Small Business Websites You Can Trust
With so many scams and rip-offs prevalent on the Internet, I decided to compile a list of small business websites you could actually trust and rely on. So, I surveyed small business owners to find out which ppc company, other than Google they preferred. I got my answer: 16. Pay-Per-Click Advertising
Online Ad Firm Estimates iPad Sales Have Topped 1 Million [Updated]
Apple’s iPad hit store shelves on April 3, and if data from the online advertising firm Chitika is accurate, sales of the multimedia tablet have already topped a million units. The company based its estimate on the number of iPads it has been tracking through its ad tracking system.
Corporate IT just won't let IE6 die
Chitika, a search-based online advertising network, conducted a study recently to learn the hour-by-hour market share of some of the leading Internet browsers. The study showed that IE6 ranked fourth among all browsers, grabbing 13% of usage during what many consider peak business hours.
Over 1m iPads sold estimate ad tracking firm
How many Apple iPads are there out in the wild? According to Chitika Labs, Apple have broken the one million iPad sales mark, and – as of writing – have sold 32,866 iPads today alone. Their figures come from tracking the number of individual iPads out there which are surfing the internet and accessing some part of the Chitika advertising network.
Tracking Site Estimates iPad Sales Have Surpassed 1 Million
According to the Chitika Labs iPad tracker, over one million iPad devices are now estimated to be in use on the Internet, suggesting that Apple may have surpassed a major milestone less than a month after the device's launch and before 3G-capable models even go on sale later this week.
Chitika Labs: Over one million Apple iPads sold
Chitika Lab's iPad Stats page estimates the number of Apple iPads sold based on iPads seen coming through the Chitika advertising network. The counter has passed the one million mark and currently stands at 1,037,017 units.
Apple on pace to sell 9 million iPads in 2010
Over 1,000,000 iPads have been sold according to Chitika Labs, an online advertising network serving over 2 billion monthly impressions. Its methodology: - We count how many new, unique iPads we see coming through the Chitika advertising network...
Report: 50 percent of iPad owners use Windows
Chitika maintains that its findings show that, just like the iPhone, the iPad has bridged the gap between Apple and Microsoft users. However, early adopters of any tech-related product are generally more tech savvy than the general population.
The Top 10 U.S. iPad States: California leads by far in Apple iPad adoption
Chitika Labs is running their "Cookie 2.0" methodology of the Apple iPad tracker to arrive at an estimate of how many iPads have been sold. As of right now, the tracker reads 876,277 iPads sold with 32,866 new iPads, or 4% of all online units, seen so far today.
Half of iPad users have Windows device in home, research finds
Chitika Research, sampling IP addresses of iPads that came into Chitika's network, found that 50.96% of iPad users also had a Windows PC, with about 16% running Windows 7. Some 8.55% have an Apple iPhone that browses via Wi-Fi and about 63% have a machine running Mac OSX, according to the research.
Chitika: iPad sales currently over 500,000
Chitika Research,'a full-service on-line advertising network serving over 2 billion monthly impressions across more than 80,000 websites,' has been closely monitoring the sales figures of the Apple iPad since its release into the wild on April 3rd.
Apple, Microsoft hit midlife as fresh, frumpy
With its iPod, iPhone and its latest gadget, "Apple has embraced its perception as a niche company, and has maintained complete control over all hardware — which tends to be how people make their lasting, visual snap decisions," said Daniel Ruby, research director at Chitika, Inc., a Westborough, Mass.-based online advertising network.
Google Increases Privacy Controls For Buzz
Google has been in damage control mode since Buzz launched. A recent study done by the online ad network Chitika points to trouble. The numbers suggest Google Buzz has seen "its momentum dwindle to practically nothing."
Beach Bums & Bureaucrats: Where The iPad's Early Adopters Live
Now that we've finally embarked on a future of tablet computing (didn't we do that ten years ago?) with the iPad, we immediately got to wondering: What does iPad adoption look like across the country? Luckily, online ad network Chitika has offered some numbers on what its seeing for iPads broken down over time and state by state.
Track iPad Sales in Real-Time [Apps]
The Chitka advertising network has set up a page that attempts to estimate the number of iPads sold based on unique visits to its advertising network. The company’s methodology, while not 100% accurate, effectively measures how many iPads have accessed the Internet.
Would You Trade Google Buzz for a Paperweight?
Following Chitika Research's post on Google's (Lack of) Buzz, some blogs have been wondering if Buzz is on its way out.
Yahoo Publisher Network Beta Closed – Recommends Chitika
Once the largest Web company, Yahoo has been selling off and shutting down arms of their services over the past few years. Yahoo has recommended Chitika as an alternative to their program. Chitika and Google can be used on the same site, as long as the Terms of Service for both Google and Chitika are followed. This gives publishers more than one stream of revenue.
Yahoo Publisher Network Shutting Down on April 30
Now here's the interesting part. The email being sent to YPN publishers is suggesting that as an alternative to YPN, users who want to continue earning from their sites use Chitika instead. In fact, Chitika has already put up a landing page welcoming YPN publishers. The said page directs those who are coming from the link given by the Yahoo email to various information that will make publishers’ transition from YPN to the Chitika network smoothly.
Is Google Buzz Dead Already?
Where's the buzz on Google Buzz? According to nline ad network Chitika, the buzz is gone, dead. Chitika says this is true both in general web searches, as well as search activity across its network of 80,000 sites. Chitika also points out that Google’s own Insights for Search research tool tells a similar story.
Chitika CEO at the SMX West Research Panel
Technographic segmentation" the process of determining implicit behavioral and demographic segmentation based on a user's interaction with technology, is entering a new era, predicts Venkat. For example, he described research showing if someone is searching for your product, and you know they pressed the Enter key, instead of clicking on the Search icon, you can glean implicit targeting data from that action. Users who type Enter instead of clicking the icon in a search engine tend to be higher educated, more technically savvy, early adopters. They are more difficult to entice into clicking on Web advertising. This is one of the findings in some research recently published by his company.
Want to Get Your SocNet Army to Move? First Figure Out What It Likes
Online advertising network Chitika recently analyzed the interests of MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Digg users by comparing the genres of sites that receive traffic from these social networks.
What Social Media Users Want [STATS]
This is all according to online advertising network Chitika, who set out to analyze the interests of MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Digg (Digg) users by comparing the genres of sites that receive traffic from these social networks.
Chitika Premium Upgraded to Chitika Select for Non-Search Traffic
Chitika, a leading on-line advertising network serving over two billion monthly impressions across more than 80,000 websites, has upgraded its Chitika Premium ads and renamed it Chitika Select.
Research you can use in search marketing efforts from SMX West panel
At SMX West on Wednesday, I had the chance to hear from others in the industry about some of the new research they’ve published with some fascinating insights into the behavior of shoppers, searchers, and advertising consumers online. [including] Venkat Kolluri, CEO of Chitika.
How Google Could Lose iPhone Search Traffic to Bing
...according to a study by online ad network Chitika, which found that Google searches account for 50.5 percent of all Internet traffic on the iPhone. Chitika Research Director Daniel Ruby called this a "stunning number, when you consider that it outnumbers the entire genre of non-search traffic,"...
Report: Google commands more than half of iPhone’s Web traffic
A new report from Chitika Research shows that Google has even more significant presence on the iPhone than you might have thought. According to Chitika, Google searches alone account for more than 50 percent of all Internet traffic from mobile device running the iPhone OS.
iPod touch users slow to upgrade mobile OS - study
According to numbers compiled by online advertiser Chitika, only 55 percent of iPod touch users have paid the fee to upgrade their devices to OS 3.0 or higher. Nearly 95 percent of iPhone users have made the free upgrade.
Advertising on iPhone may be changing, but it's not pretty
The Chitika study examined ads that were text- and image-based, as well as in-application ads. They were likely not as invasive as the ones being served by Greystripe. After all, when it's in your face in such a way, it's going to get some of your attention.
Yahoo gets kicked to curb by Google, Bing
"They're [Yahoo] still going to be a viable No. 2 behind Google, but less so than they expected," said Daniel Ruby, research director at search-advertising firm Chitika, Inc. "Everyone is surprised by the fact that Yahoo has lost such a significant amount of traffic. Thirty percent seems like a very long shot."
Two percent pay for 100 percent of the internet
Only two in 100 people who browse the internet actually click on the advertisements, according to a study conducted by Chitika, an online ad network.
Exposing CTRs Of The Major Engines: Bing Beats Google, But AOL King Of Clicks
According to ad network Chitika, Bing users are demonstrating a willingness to click on ads more often than Google users. This is consistent with similar data the company released in July of this year that showed Bing outperforming Google with click-through rates (CTR). The data come from a sample of well over 100 million impressions on Chitika’s network.
Chitika launches new Twitter tool for webmasters
Today, it annouced the launch of a new Twitter tool for webmasters called TinyTweets. The company’s first non-ad based product, TinyTweets allows webmasters to insert a special code into any website which then gives visitors the ability to tweet any highlighted copy directly from the website.
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An overview of Chitika – a targeted search advertising network.[VIDEO]
Pitching the unsellable
Chitika marketing director Daniel Ruby explains that his company, based in Marlborough, Mass., offers ads that are "search-targeted rather than contextual" and describes how "instead of scanning a site for what the network deems relevant terms, we advertise directly to the intent of the user."
Twitter vs. Facebook Analysis: What Users Want
Twitter can be a lot of things for a lot of different people. However, according to online ad network Chitika, more of them want news than anything else. Chitika released results from a study of its users, looking at what Twitter users want.
What Twitterers Want: News
Twitter users want news and Facebook users are more interested in trendy topics. That's the broad brush, take-away from an analysis released today by Chitika, a search-based online advertising network.
Facebook Is the Most Valuable Source of Traffic [Stats]
Between search engines and social media, there are a lot of different ways that people can get to your website. But which of these sources provides loyal users that come back to your site multiple times?
Study Finds Mobilists Less Likely To Click Through
According to Chitika, an online advertising network, which analyzed more than 92 million impressions, mobile Internet users had a click-through rate of 0.48%, while non-mobile users had a 0.84% click-through rate.
iPhone owners rank last for mobile ad click throughs
The iPhone ranked behind Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows CE, Palm OS, and Research In Motion's BlackBerry, with a lowly 0.30%. The study was carried out by Chitika, a Massachusetts-based online advertising network, using a sample of 92m page impressions on mobile versus non-mobile internet usage.
iPhone users receptive to ads, or are they?
"While the recent growth in 'smartphones' has sparked a renewed interest in mobile advertising, it appears given the numbers that mobile users are not receptive to advertising - a phenomenon that is not surprising, given the mobile users' propensity to be searching for quick answers or directions," according to Daniel Ruby, research director at Chitika.
4G Wireless Evolution - Study Shows Smartphone Users are 'Disinterested' in Mobile Advertising
If wireless network operators and their mobile content partners are banking on subscribers clicking on ads on their mobile devices, they're going to be deeply disappointed with a new study conducted by Massachusetts-based online advertising and market research firm Chitika showing that mobile users are about half as likely to click on advertisements as non-mobile users.
Consumers Want Nothing to Do with Mobile Ads?
Just on the heels of survey results from Compete indicating that many smartphone owners are open to targeted ads, Chitika has shared some findings of a study that suggests mobile users are "extremely ad-wary."
Study Finds Mobilists Less Likely To Click Through
According to Chitika, an online advertising network, which analyzed more than 92 million impressions, mobile Internet users had a click-through rate of 0.48%, while non-mobile users had a 0.84% click-through rate.
iPhone owners rank last for mobile ad click throughs
The iPhone ranked behind Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows CE, Palm OS, and Research In Motion's BlackBerry, with a lowly 0.30%. The study was carried out by Chitika, a Massachusetts-based online advertising network, using a sample of 92m page impressions on mobile versus non-mobile internet usage.
iPhone users receptive to ads, or are they?
"While the recent growth in 'smartphones' has sparked a renewed interest in mobile advertising, it appears given the numbers that mobile users are not receptive to advertising - a phenomenon that is not surprising, given the mobile users' propensity to be searching for quick answers or directions," according to Daniel Ruby, research director at Chitika.
4G Wireless Evolution - Study Shows Smartphone Users are 'Disinterested' in Mobile Advertising
If wireless network operators and their mobile content partners are banking on subscribers clicking on ads on their mobile devices, they're going to be deeply disappointed with a new study conducted by Massachusetts-based online advertising and market research firm Chitika showing that mobile users are about half as likely to click on advertisements as non-mobile users.
Consumers Want Nothing to Do with Mobile Ads?
Just on the heels of survey results from Compete indicating that many smartphone owners are open to targeted ads, Chitika has shared some findings of a study that suggests mobile users are "extremely ad-wary."
Consumers 'trust Google over Bing'
A report by Chitika revealed that Bing is third in its ranking of consumer search engine preference with Yahoo finishing in second and Google the most popular.
Bing 'in need of online PR boost'
A recent survey by Chitika found that Bing was third in the overall search rankings, behind Yahoo and Google in first place.
Firm: Bing can't even win over IE users
In early August, Bing got just 10.3 percent of Web searches by people using Internet Explorer, according to search marketer Chitika. Google, on the other hand, fielded 74.2 percent of IE searches, while Yahoo performed 11.7 percent of them.
Survey: Linux users love Google, ignore Bing
It's therefore somewhat telling that Linux users overwhelmingly choose Google as their preferred search engine, according to data released today by Chitika, an online advertising network.
Survey: Linux users snub Bing, favor Google
According to a recent poll, which involved hundreds of millions of searches, the Linux community overwhelming favors Google. The Chitika survey concluded that Linux users favor Google at a ratio that surpasses Mac and Windows users, with nearly 95% of Linux desktops relying on Google.
Linux Users Avoiding Bing Like The Plague
Still, the figures from a recent survey by the search advertising network Chitika are surprisingly tilted in Google's favor, and they suggest that Microsoft has plenty of chipping away left to do before it can start eroding Google's search dominance.
Chitika: Bing outperforms Google?
Chitika researchers analyzed click through rates from more than 30 million ad impressions on more than 50,000 websites over the course of one week in July.
Bing Driven Ad Click Thru Rate 55% More than Google
According to data from the Chitika Ad network (since when did Chitika publicly become a data mining and reporting property?), Microsoft Bing driven users click on ads on 3rd party sites at a much higher click thru rate than both Yahoo & Google.
Reports: Bing Users Click More, Search Deal With Yahoo Coming This Week
A report analyzing traffic and click-through rates from ad network Chikita finds that "Bing users are over 50% more likely to click an ad on your site than Google users."
Bing Offers More Bang for the Buck: Survey
Search-marketing firm Chitika culled through the clickthrough rates of more than 50,000 sites in its network in July and found that people using Microsoft's Bing search engine are 55 percent more likely to click on an ad than Google searchers.
Bing users click on more ads than Google, Yahoo users
Bing's click-through rate in June was 1.5 percent, meaning 1.50 percent of searchers clicked on a paid link, according to search-advertiser Chitika.
Study: Bing's Ad Click-Throughs May Perform Better Than Google's
A study by the search advertising network Chitika suggests people who land on sites from organic search results via Bing are 55% more likely to click on an ad, compared with arriving on the site from Google.
Bing Searchers Showing Higher Ad-Click Rate Than Google in June
The report cited data collected by search-advertising network Chitika, revealing that when a user is directed from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), they are 0.97% likely to click an ad, compared to 1.24% from Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) and 1.5% from Bing.
The professional networking site SiliconIndia has announced 10 Internet companies to 'watch out' for in 2009.
#3. Chitika. It is really interesting to watch the fresh ideas being executed this time around as compared to the first dot com era. The new age companies have not just changed the business rules but also have altered the rules of the world.
"Chitika attributes its success to knowing when, and more importantly - when NOT - to show an ad"
It is common knowledge that the majority of online ad budgets are wasted on mismatched ads that do not convert, and only serve to annoy web users.
High ROI for Advertisers, High eCPM for Publishers
By Jeff Sable, VP Publisher Sales Chitika, Inc
"I have spent ten years in this industry and the best thing I have learned is when NOT to show ads,"
says Venkat Kolluri, CEO of Chitika, Inc., during an interview with Efrain Viscarolasaga of Mass High Tech.
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Chitika: iOS 4 accounts for 50% of iPhone traffic
It took just over a month for iOS 4 to rack up 50% of iPhone traffic according to metrics from online advertising firm Chitika. Chikita has compiled data from over 9 million impressions from Apple devices on its advertising network and calculated that iOS 4 edges out iPhone OS 3.x.x, 50% to 49% respectively.
Chitika Announces Local Ad Exchange
Search-based online ad network, Chitika is announcing a new local ad exchange (“LAX“) this morning. Like CityGrid it will span platforms and reach into mobile. There will also be an emphasis on PPCall in mobile.
46% of Web Users are Ready for HTML5
HTML5 is quickly becoming an important part of the Web surfing experience, and according to online ad network Chitika, almost half of all Internet users are already using HTML5-compatible browsers. On Chitika's network, Firefox (version 3.5 and higher) is the most popular
What's the most popular search engine in Redmond?
Well, like the rest of the country, it's Google. But surprise – a larger-than-typical percentage of Redmondians use Microsoft Bing, according to Chitika.
Google Android to surpass Apple iPhone in August 2011...maybe
According to Chitika Research's latest numbers, Android phones had a little more than a third as many impressions as iPhones in April. Chitika based its figures on more than 18.5 million impressions across its advertising network in North America.
Understanding Google AdWords - Alternatives
Chitika by far is the most solid and viable alternatives to Google AdWords. Founded in 2003, Chitika is a full-service on-line advertising network that servers almost 2 billion monthly impression on more than 80,000 websites. During its several years of existence, Chitika has proven itself as worth channel for targeting on-line consumers and buyers.
Like it or Not, Internet Explorer 6 Lives on in Corporate IT
Chitika, a search-based online advertising network, conducted a new study that tracked the hour-by-hour market shares of the leading browsers. And you guessed it: IE6 was ranked the fourth-most-used browser (13 percent) during peak business hours of the day. Use of IE6 drops to "less than 6 percent" after business hours.
Firm: Hated IE6 kept alive by IT departments
Usage of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, the 8-year-old browser IT technicians love to hate, swells during work hours and trails off when people go home, according to an analysis by the online advertising network Chitika. The firm concludes that IT technicians are hence the very same people who keep IE6 alive.
Chitika: Over 1 Million Apple iPads Sold
According to advertising company Chitika.com, about one million iPads have been sold. Their figures are based on tracking the number of individual iPads are out there that surf the Internet and access some part of the Chitika ad networks.
Chitika labs estimates that over one million iPads have been sold
On April 8th, just six days after the iPad went on sale, we ran a post writing that Chitika Labs (who had been tracking iPad sales by counting cookies of new iPads hitting the Internet) claimed that Apple had sold 564,257 units.
Half of iPad Users Use Windows Devices at Home
Why does this matter? According to Chitika, it means that, like Apple’s iPhone, the iPad has been able to make consumers look past the Windows vs. Mac debate, to pick up a product that works for their lifestyle regardless of the company responsible for it.
iPad Sales Estimated to Top 600,000
Estimating the sales of Apple's iPad has been tricky for many industry analysts so far, but advertising firm Chitika thinks it has found a viable way to get hard numbers. While most analysts have been trying to estimate the number of iPads sold by including preorders of 3G iPads in their numbers, Chitika says it is, instead, calculating exactly how many iPads there are in the wild.
Chitika tracking iPad purchases, estimates 560K so far
Chitika can explain where its numbers are coming from: the company is watching for ad loads from unique instances of Mobile Safari (each one representing a newly unpacked iPad browsing the net), then factoring in the percentage of the Internet that is visible to Chitika's sensors.
500,000 iPads Now Sold
According to a counter on Chitika’s labs website, one iPad is sold about every second. A majority of these purchased units are quite obviously in the larger states: California, New York, Florida, and Texas. The least? Wyoming. Today alone, over 56,000 new iPads were seen by Chitika. These things are going like hot cakes.
Chitika: iPad sales currently over 500,000
Chitika Research has been closely monitoring the sales figures of the Apple iPad since its release into the wild on April 3rd. Chitika is basing its volume estimates on the number of unique iPads connecting to the Chitika ad network, which can be tracked in real time here.
More Twitter Buzz vs Google Buzz?
Chitika Research, an intent-based advertising network that specializes in search engine insights calculated that 1,500 searches for "Google Buzz" appeared. This number exceeded Twitter 15 to one. However, according to Chitika those searches dropped off quickly - "on February 10th, there were 580 searches; on the 11th, 147 and on the 12th - only three days removed from Buzz's much-hyped launch- searches for 'Google Buzz' failed to break three digits" eliciting less than 10 searches per day.
Yahoo Publisher Network To Be Axed, Customers Referred To Chitika Instead
Publisher Network, will be shut down by the company in the next 30 days. ...publishers are being pushed to Chitika instead, which has set up this section on its website to “make the transition from Yahoo! Publisher Network as easy as possible”.
Yahoo Kills Small-Publisher Ad Network That No One Used
Yahoo is shutting down its Publisher Network beta program effective April 30. [A] memo Yahoo just sent to publishers. In it, Yahoo suggests its customers might consider Chitika if they need an ad network.
Buzz Kill: No One Is Talking About Google Buzz Anymore
Matt McGee has a post up at Search Engine Land looking at data from ad network Chitika and elsewhere showing interest in Google's attempt at a content sharing network falling off a cliff after its launch.
How Google Buzz Has Been Drowned Out by Twitter
Where have all the Google Buzzers (or is it Buzzees) gone? New research from Chitika and Google's own insights tool show that Google Buzz, the controversial social network app, has quieted down since its Feb. 9 launch and subsequent privacy brouhaha.
WordCamp Schwag Bag – Chitika Breaks Through the Clutter
For vendors and exhibitors, it can be difficult to create something that breaks through the clutter and stands out in this environment. However, that’s just what Chitika did when they attached a real dollar bill to the piece they included in the WordCamp Boston bag.
Chitika | Select Ads: More Impression, More Revenue
Chitika Premium has become a great source of income for many bloggers who has a lot of search engine traffic from USA, Canada and Japan. Darren Rowse has disclosed that Chitika Premium is his #2 revenue source after Google Adsense.
Chitika Select – Chitika’s new Non – Search Targeted Advertisments
I am sure all of us bloggers and webmasters know about Chitika. For those who do not know Chitika, Chitika is an advertising network which shows targeted ads to all your search engine visitors coming from US and Canada.
Now You Can Make More Money with Chitika Select
Chitika Select will display ads on your site based on user’s intent. When Chitika’s “click prediction engine” says there is a “high probability of a click”, an appropriate advertisement will be displayed.
Chitika Select Review
Here is out Chitika Select Review. They seem to be pretty excited about it, and to tell you the truth I think it’s a great idea. Really. Chitika has a huge customer base, possibly only second to Google Adsense. Chitika Select is going to be a great ad to help monetize your site.
Chitika Select Ads to Boost Publisher Revenue Starting March 8th 2010
Chitika Premium publisher accounts will get an automatic upgrade into Select Ads starting March 8, 2010. Using click-prediction technology, Chitika Select Ads will be shown on your site whenever there’s a higher chance for an ad to be clicked.
Chitika added Select ads for non search visitors
It is great news for all existing and new Chitika ad publisher and that is Select Ads. Today I got mail from their Team about this new feature, so I thought I must share it with everyone.
Chitika Introducing Select Ads
Today morning i got a mail from Chitika that they are introducing Select Ads. I checked their blog and got some info, currently Chitika ads displaying for visits from search engine. Select Chitika Ads Means The ability to show ads to more than just your search traffic.
Chitika Upgrades Ads to Cater for Non-Search Traffic
Chitika, a leading on-line advertising network serving over two billion monthly impressions across more than 80,000 websites, has upgraded its Chitika | Premium ads and renamed it Chitika | Select.
Chitika Premium Upgraded to Chitika Select
Chitika is still my 2nd largest make money online revenue stream. Since Nov 2009 my Chitika income increased significantly in parallel to the increase in the number of referrals and blog posts. The best is yet to come. Today I would like to share a very good news about Chitika.
Maximize your Ad Revenue with Chitika Select
Good news! Search-targeted advertising solution provider Chitika will now server more ad impressions on your web pages. Normally, Chitika | Premium ads are displayed only to search engine traffic. But from March 8, 2010, Chitika is rolling out a new feature called Chitika | Select...
The Smarter You Are, The Less You Click
If the latest numbers from online ad network Chitika are anything to go by, then we may well be on our way to the world of Idiocracy. According to the study, which compared click through rates to college education, the less educated your audience, the more likely they are to click through on an advertisement.
Google Could Lose 50% of iPhone Traffic to Bing
A week ago, the cat was let out of the bag: Apple and Microsoft were in talks over replacing Google with Bing... Today, online advertising network Chitika has released some numbers that show just how big of a move this could be for all parties involved.
iPod touch users lag on iPhone OS 3.0 adoption
According to new data from online advertising firm Chitika, nearly half of all iPod touch users have yet to upgrade to iPhone OS 3.0... As Chitika researcher Daniel Ruby points out, this number becomes even more surprising when one considers that the majority of iPod touch units sold in the last six months came with OS 3.0 pre-installed.
Nearly half the iPod touch users refuse to pay $5-$10 to update to iPhone OS 3.x
According to a Chitika Research survey, 94.4 percent of iPhone owners run iPhone OS 3.x versus 55.24 percent of iPod touch owners who have the latest software. The online advertising firm said those numbers are even more indicative considering the fact that all iPod touch devices shipped over the past six months come with iPhone OS 3.0 preloaded.
Survey: 45% of iPod touch users running old firmware
Chitika Research, a company that helps deliver online advertising, has released numbers from its network that claim 45% of iPod touch users still haven't upgraded to the iPhone 3.x firmware.
Are Microsoft Users More Gullible When It Comes to Online Advertising?
Is there something about people who use Microsoft products that makes them more likely to click on an online ad? Some data from search advertising network Chitika suggests so.
Are Microsoft Users More Gullible When It Comes To Online Advertising?
Is there something about people who use Microsoft products that makes them more likely to click on an online ad? Some data from search advertising network Chitika suggests so.
Report: Bing Searchers Still More Click-Happy Than Google Searchers When It Comes To Ads
The actual CTR for Bing is 1.74 percent versus 0.98 percent for Google, compared to a 1.50 percent CTR in the summer. Google's CTR is almost the same. Chitika is basing these numbers on 134 million ad impressions across 80,000 sites, so it is a snapshot.
The Struggle Towards Effective Mobile Advertising
Recently, we at Chitika ran a study regarding the ad clickthrough rates of mobile vs. non-mobile users across our advertising network. Given the general consensus of the ad industry that mobile ads are extremely effective, I expected to see a noticeable difference between standard Web ads and mobile ones.
iPhone Users Not Keen on Clicking Ads
Specifically Chitika research found that mobile users are half as likely to click on ads. Of the five major smartphone operating systems Apple's iPhone ranked worst for ad click-throughs with a 0.30% rate.
Chitika study: iPhone users hate ads
Local and time sensitive advertising opportunities on the iPhone may be getting a lot of people excited these days, but online ad company Chitika is not among those bullish about the burgeoning mobile ad market.
iPhone Owners Hate Ads, Study Says
Everyone — from app developers to startups such as AdMob to Google — are feeling bullish about the megabillion-dollar potential of mobile advertising. They shouldn't count their chickens before they're hatched, warns a study conducted by Chitika, a Marlborough, Mass.-based online advertising company.
Study: iPhone users least likely to click ads of all smartphone users
A new study was released recently that looks at the click through rate of mobile phone users on ads while surfing the net online. The study looked at 92 million impressions and of that number, 1.3 million came from mobile browsers.
Study: Mobile (And Particularly iPhone) Users Not Keen On Clicking Ads
New research performed by online search advertising company Chitika suggests mobile users are far less likely to click on ads than non-mobile Internet users. In fact, they're about half as likely, the study shows based on a sample of 92 million impressions.
Chitika Review: A Viable AdSense Alternative
The evolution of the Chitika strategy is interesting. In fact, Chitika often refers to their solution as Google-esque. However, one can argue that Chitika's new premium strategy leads Google's AdSense technology. Will AdSense Become Chitika-Esque?
iPhone Users Not Keen on Clicking Ads
Specifically Chitika research found that mobile users are half as likely to click on ads. Of the five major smartphone operating systems Apple's iPhone ranked worst for ad click-throughs with a 0.30% rate.
Chitika study: iPhone users hate ads
Local and time sensitive advertising opportunities on the iPhone may be getting a lot of people excited these days, but online ad company Chitika is not among those bullish about the burgeoning mobile ad market.
iPhone Owners Hate Ads, Study Says
Everyone — from app developers to startups such as AdMob to Google — are feeling bullish about the megabillion-dollar potential of mobile advertising. They shouldn't count their chickens before they're hatched, warns a study conducted by Chitika, a Marlborough, Mass.-based online advertising company.
Study: iPhone users least likely to click ads of all smartphone users
A new study was released recently that looks at the click through rate of mobile phone users on ads while surfing the net online. The study looked at 92 million impressions and of that number, 1.3 million came from mobile browsers.
Study: Mobile (And Particularly iPhone) Users Not Keen On Clicking Ads
New research performed by online search advertising company Chitika suggests mobile users are far less likely to click on ads than non-mobile Internet users. In fact, they're about half as likely, the study shows based on a sample of 92 million impressions.
Win a Playstation 3 with Chitika
Chitika has re-launched their Adsense + Chitika placement contest which they ran last year and had over 300 entries. The winner of this years contest will receive a Sony Playstation 3 Slim console and a copy of NFL Madden 10 and two runners up prizes of $200 each are available.
Adsense + Chitika Placement Contest 2: Win Playstation 3 Slim & NFL Madden 10
Contest for Adsense + Chikita Ad Placement is back. Share how Google AdSense and Chitika Ad placement could work best on your site. This years' grand prize winner will receive: a Playstation 3 Slim + NFL Madden 10. And 2 runners up will receive: $200 each!
Bundling Won't Help Microsoft Bing Versus Google
Chitika, which recently analyzed search engine traffic through open source, did another study this past week and confirmed again that Microsoft Bing is not gaining significant traction.
When It Comes To Search, Bundling Bing In IE Barely Gives It An Advantage
You'd think that bundling a search engine into a browser would have some impact on market share. But some new data provided by search advertising network Chitika suggests that at least for Bing, being bundled with IE isn't doing it much good.
Open source reputations build brand loyalty
A recent study by Dan Ruby of Chitika found Google has 16% more market share among Linux users than Windows users. That's 78% share on Windows, 94% on Linux.
Sign Up For Chitika Premium – Win A New Laptop!
Chitika announced yesterday they will be giving away 5 brand new dell mini-9 laptops to new premium publishers. These laptops are pretty hot and I have been looking to pickup one for a bit cause you can install MacOSX on them.
Chitika Offers a Different Take on Ads
Chitika has three very different ad offerings. The one I've had the most success with is Chitika|Premium. This ad unit it similar to AdSense in that it is a target rectangle of ads on your page. It is unlike AdSense in that it is targeted based on the search engine queries that lead people to that page.
Innovative Advertising: Chitika promoting ads featuring celebrity bloggers
Just saw these interesting ads by Chitika on few sites, featuring celebrity bloggers like Darren Rowse and Chris Pirillo.
Chitika or Chikita Pay Per Click Network Review [Video]
Here is a quick and honest, and of course, humorous, review of the Chitika and/or Chikita pay per click affiliate network.
Are Bing users flocking to advertisers — or away from Yahoo?
So far so good. It's a great compliment or alternative to using contextual ad programs like AdSense, Kontera, Infolinks, etc. Here's a video with an overview of how it works…
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft -- Rethinking Search Ad Effectiveness
According to a TechCrunch report, search advertising network Chitika found that in June, Microsoft led both Yahoo and Google in percentage of search users who click through on ads.
Technology: Bing Users' Click-Through Rate 55% Higher Than Google Users'
Essentially, people who use Bing are far more susceptible to advertising. Bing has acquired a decent market share in such a short time, but could it just be that they've reaped the low hanging fruit of those particularly persuaded by advertising?
Bing Users Are 55 Percent More Likely to Click on Ads
And now there seems to be another reason why Microsoft execs should be patting themselves on the back as data from search-advertising network Chitika shows that Bing users are 55 percent more likely to click on an ad in a site they are visiting, compared to Google users.
Google Vs Yahoo Vs Bing : Which provide better search results and ad revenue ?
Comparing organic search traffic,if a user arrive on your website via BING, is more likely to click on an Advertisement, than a user who is referred by Google or Yahoo. The study was done by a search advertising company Chitika.
Are Bing Users Twice As Likely To Click On An Ad Than Google Users?
Are people who search on Bing more commercial than Google searchers? According to a study by search-advertising network Chitika, visitors who arrive at sites from organic search results on Bing are 55 percent more likely to click on an ad than if they arrived from Google.
Are You Cashing In With Chitika? [Video]
So far so good. It's a great compliment or alternative to using contextual ad programs like AdSense, Kontera, Infolinks, etc. Here's a video with an overview of how it works…
How do I get started with Chitika on my site?
I recently made a few little tweaks to how I was including Chitika ad units on this site and suddenly saw my revenue jump 20x. No complaints here about that!
Chitika Mega - Massive Increase in CTR and Revenue
Chitika gives me the option to choose something new and that really works great towards making money online. [They] never stop inventing great ad units that are helpful for publishers too.
Chitika has introduced a new ad unit called the MEGA-Unit
And so far they say the MEGA-Unit's CTR is 4 times higher than their other ad units across the Chitika network.
The "mega unit" premium ad unit
Chitika (the #2 way that I make money blogging) have come out with a handy new ad unit option for publishers wanting to monetize traffic arriving on their blog from search engines - the 'mega unit' premium ad unit.
Chitika has announced a new, large unit
I'm testing out the new format on a couple of blogs that already do fairly well for Chitika advertising.
721% increase in Chitika income!
After replacing our existing Chitika Premium ad with a larger size, updated format and location change, we received a massive 721% increase in income!!
Cooler than Chitika eMiniMalls, from the same company itself: Chitika Premium!
Since the Chitika Premium has also a wide range of categories, you can use it in any site and it still works up to its best!
Jensense with Chitika at SESNY
At SES New York, I was one of the guest judges for Chitika’s SearchAppalooza, to find the best new search app for 2009 (and there was also a pretty hysterical Oreo cookie eating contest at the end). Video of JenSense here.
We can conclude from this experiment that size and placement of the adverts are very important to your success with online pay-per-click (PPC) advertising
With some input from Chitika's team, we made a few tweaks to the size and style of the advert... The results? Pretty amazing considering how little effort was involved.
Yahoo! Search at SES & SearchAppalooza
If you haven’t already heard of SearchAppalooza, it’s a great search-focused developer challenge sponsored by Chitika. The five winners will be given the opportunity to present their app to a panel of experts at SES, including Yahoo!’s own Larry Cornett.
Chitika Search-Targeted Advertising: Pay Per Click Program Can Be Used With AdSense
Chitika ads work like other pay per click program ads with a few small differences, making Chitika a unique online marketing system.
Chitika Has The Best Ads You Will Never See
If you are looking for an alternative or a supplement to Google Adsense on your site, then Chitika Premium pay-per-click ads may be just the thing for you.
Ryan Travis, Director of Client Services at Chitika, Inc., was interviewed by TechnoTip.org
about his stellar contribution to the publisher account/support management & also answers questions about what has made Chitika such a successful online advertising company & how it has been able to stand apart from the rest.
Chitika is holding SearchAppalooza
a competition that is intended to discover [the] five best applications in web search technologies and help the people behind such technologies pitch them to executives from Microsoft and Yahoo... The competition this year will take place at Search Engine Strategies http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/ event in New York on the 24th of March.
Joining Chitika takes about 2 minutes
but then they advise you that it could be 2-3 working days before a human can check your website to approve you. They actually approved me within about 20 minutes!
Chitika performs very good for all websites. The sites AdSense performs bad for are the sites Chitika performs very good for.
Poor text-content websites for example. Chitika is able to display relevant ads for the visitor by just analyzing the tiny search string which reveals what the visitor was actually looking for!
Impressive Chitika - 3 time increase in income over 6 months
Now I am about to complete using Chitika as a Google Adsense Alternative in few of my sites. I must say, I am extremely happy with the Chitika performance.
Chitika|Premium is a CPC search-targeted advertising solution brought to you by Chitika.
It can be run on the same page as Google AdSense, or on its own as an AdSense alternative.
Chitika Premium is a clever ad programme with clever adverts that only appear to visitors who have come from North America via search engines.
They sit quietly on your blog, and stay invisible unless you receive ne of these visitors. Then the ad unit turns itself and appears however you have designed it inside your blog post. The really clever bit is that the advert is selected based on the keyword that the visitor was searching for.
It's [Chitika Premium] a good first stream product for maximizing earning potentials from content based networks.
Learn from the best of the best with a collection of advice from 30 of the most prolific and successful bloggers online today in Chitika's free eBook.
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