Trying Chitika
I’m testing Chitika on another site of mine… one that’s so content-oriented it confuses AdSense and every other ad network/affiliate I’ve thrown at it. I will probably test it on some other sites sooner or later. (Edited to add: it’s now on this one, up there at the top of the sidebar.)
Chitika - and yes, that is a referral link - is an ad network that puts what they call “mini-malls” on your site. They’re cool-looking little ads for products. You can choose the keywords and turn off the search function so it doesn’t conflict with AdSense.
There are some WordPress plugins for it, too, but danged if I could get any of them working in the 15 minutes I spent on it this morning. Some other users reported the same problem I had, and I didn’t see a solution posted. I could work around it, but meh. Just want to try it out and see how it goes for now. Will get fancy later if it takes off.
So currently, the various aff and ad networks I have in play include: SAS, CJ, AdSense, AdBrite, CrispAds and Chitika. I’m still trying to figure out what went wrong with Pheedo - my latest email got four disjointed responses from various people, and a claim that the ad I very definitely ran on this site was not valid and therefore I don’t need to be paid for it. Hmmm.
