Chitika adds category hints to eMiniMalls
While I'm waiting for my first Chitika payment to arrive (and this is like their last chance to please their publishers who've had to endure reduced and delayed payments), I thought I'd mention a new feature they announced today called “category hints”.
One of the problems in using Chitika in non-contextual mode (which is what you want to do if you're displaying AdSense on the same page) is that you have to provide a fixed set of keywords for the eMiniMalls code to select an appropriate product. If you can't find the right keywords or there are no products that match those keywords in Chitika's database, you won't get a product showing in your eMiniMalls unit. A category hint is basically a fallback position for Chitika — if it can't find a product for the keywords you specify, it will then choose a product from the desired category instead.
While this is a good feature in and of itself, I find that the list of Chitika categories to be the more interesting piece of information. This list shows us exactly what kind of products Chitika is advertising. It's an easy way for potential Chitika publishers to see if the eMiniMalls concept will work on their site or not.
Full details about the category hints are found in Optimize your Chitika revenue using eMiniMalls Category Hints. Funny use of the word “optimize”…
Eric Giguere is the AdSense expert who wrote Make Easy Money with Google and the new e-book Uncommon AdSense.
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