Chitika Down?
As of April 23rd 6am eastern time Chitika’s website seems to be offline?
It is still serving ads, so maybe its just the user interface that is offline. Maybe there was some scheduled maintenance that i was unaware of.
I’ve checked the sites from my own computer as well as from a handful of proxy sites just to verify.
Just wanted to make a quick post I’m sure other people are having similar issues. Just wanted to give a heads up.
Chitika Replaces Yahoo Ad Network (YPN)
We wrote on the closing of Yahoo’s ad network sometime last month, and today we wanted to write about Chitika is replacing YPN. Yahoo is actually sending all their old customers over to Chitika. Now whats cool about this is that you can run Chitika and Google Adsense on the same page. That’s been chitika’s “claim to fame”. Chitika an ad agency formerly known for their linx units, as well as thei e-minimalls is company that was founded in 2003, serves over 550 million queries a month.
Chitika and Adsense Yes, YPN and Adsense No
So this is good for people in general. It was against the Adsense TOS to use Yahoo Publisher Network and Adsense together because they looked to similar. Google effectively crushed YPN using this tactic. Chitika on the other hand bloomed as it paid attention to the TOS and build an add company that fits like a glove with Google Adsense.
So chitika is effectively replacing YPN. What does this mean? Well this means that Chitika may be the 2nd largest online ad publishing agency in the near future. Just something to think about.
Yahoo Publisher (YPN) Closing
I just got an email from Yahoo Publisher Network, also known as YPN, and they are officially closing the beta program April 30th, 2010. YPN was a major competitor in the online advertising and ad publishing realm. They have however not been doing very well it seems. Here is the email i got just a few minutes ago. Continue reading …
Chitika Drops Linx Ads!?
Chitika Linx
Chitika one of the rising stars of the internet advertisement world has effectively dropped their very popular linx ad units. These units were high yield ad units for publishers, and ow they’ve been dropped, or at the very least taken down a peg. I’ve personally seen my Chitika income drop by 80% ouch! They offer premium ads, but these ads pay a horribly low cpc rate. I’m really distraught here, I mean I loved those ads. They were a boost to my revenue stream. I think I’m switching over to Vibrantmedia Intellitxt. I have an account with them, but man I really like those linx ads from chitika. Continue reading …