Finding Good Keywords For Product Oriented Websites
If you have a product reviews oriented website and are doing the keyword research with Wordtracker, you can sometimes run out of keywords too quickly.
Here’s an example:
Let’s say you have a tennis racquet reviews website and one of your main pages will contain Wilson tennis racquets.
So you go to Wordtracker to find out which Wilson racquets people search for:
As you can see, you don’t have many useful keywords here since there are just a few models listed. You get a similar results if you search for wilson tennis or something like that.
My Journey To Freedom And Over $9000 Per Month
My online adventure started in May 2005 when I decided to have a personal website. I’ve read many tennis websites and found that, at least in my opinion, lots of instruction online was not that effective.
I wanted to share my ideas with more people than just a few kids on a court (who weren’t even really interested).
It never occurred to me at that time that my online business would help me to achieve financial freedom and freedom from being stuck in a job.
Learning To Walk In The Online World
I asked a friend who worked for an IT company to help me out, and he suggested a website design firm that would create a website for me.
The design, the ability to write text and upload pictures, cost $700. I thought I had a good deal.
Intelligently Monetize Your Website (Step 8)
The eighth of the 10 Steps to Freedom will start you on your journey towards financial freedom by showing you how to monetize your website so you earn as much as possible from it and, at the same time, provide valuable content for visitors.
In case you want to start at the beginning, here are the steps covered so far:
1. Freedom Starts in the Mind
2. 5 Reasons to Follow Your Passion Instead of Money
3. How to Make Money Online and Enjoy Freedom
4. Ken Evoy and Site Build It
5. How to Write Content That Attracts Visitors And Natural Links
6. On-page Search Engine Optimization
7. Make Your Site Known – Link-Building Strategies
When to Monetize
You need to consider two factors when thinking about monetizing your website:
1. What is your link popularity?
When your website is young and you want to add links to it, you’ll have a much better chance of getting a good quality link if there are no ads or affiliate links on your site.
Chitika And Adsense Combo NOT Approved By Google
As you have probably found out, I like to experiment with different Adsense and Chitika combos to improve the CTR for both ads and also to create a more aesthetic look for my website.
I figured out another combo a few days ago and used it on one my pages. It’s the 468 x 180 MPU Chitika ad with an 468 x 60 Adsense ad below.
But as soon as I previewed the ad it became obvious the Chitika images and Adsense text were aligned too perfectly. 
Chitika And Google Adsense – Expert Mini Series On Chitika Blog
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Chitika has just started a series of posts on their blog on how to best use Chitika eMiniMalls and Google Adsense ads together.
Since the last Google TOS adjustment you can now use Chitika and Adsense without any worries that you violate any Terms Of Service of both companies.
The first post on Chitika blog was written by yours truly and I invite you to check it out.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the Chitika blog since there are 4 more expert tips to come in the future by other webmasters who have successfuly combined Google Adsense and Chitika ads.
I actually found another good combo and I’ll start testing it today on my vacuum site. And in case you missed my previous post about Adsense and Chitika combos that will skyrocket your CTR follow the link…
And by the way, Chitika has been experimenting with a minor modification of their eMiniMalls which adds a small Read more at …
Here’s the before and after:
| eMiniMalls before | eMiniMalls after |
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It certainly makes sense for visitors not only to directly buy the product even though they have been pre-selled on the publishers website.
The Read more on … invites them to research more on the advertiser’s site and this may lead to a slightly higher CTR.
By the way, my Adsense payout per click is now about 30% of what I get with Chitika eMiniMalls and Chitika Linx so I am seriously considering using Adsense only in the sidebar.
There’s only one way to find out what works: TEST!
Thank You Chitika
I received a surprise mail package today since I wasn’t expecting anything to arrive. Then I checked the sender and I saw Chitika Inc.
Hmm, what is the Chitika team sending me?
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| Wow, a signed “Thank You” letter from the Chitika team! |
The Chitika thanks me for the contribution to their organisation and they wish all the best in the future.
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| Thanks, Chitika team, you rock! |
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| Hey, check this cool Bluetooth headset! |
But that’s not all, there’s a cool gift in the package…
It’s my first Christmas present of this year: the Jawbone Bluetooth headset worth more than $100!
Cool!
Now the only thing I need is a Bluetooth cell phone!
Which gives me a good idea for another Christmas gift…
Anyway, I tried wearing the headset and it looked quite cool, but then I realized that it looks much better on my girlfriend.
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| Yeah, this looks really nice! |
Thank you Chitika team and especially Ryan Travis for helping me with the optimization tips that kicked my Chitika earnings into new heights.
I wish you a happy and wealthy New Year 2008!
Tomaz Mencinger
Chitika Premium Publishers Surprise Email
I got a surprise email two days ago from Ryan Travis of Chitika.com. He sent me my monthly Premium Publishers Report which shows lots of useful stats.
I could actually get most of these stats from my account too, but it would take me some time to sort and organize them into a clear and understandable manner.
The first part shows best and worst performing channels:
Why is this useful?
Chitika Launches Premium Publishers Program
Chitika officially launched their Premium Publishers program yesterday which gives special services to “outstanding” publishers.
Some of these services are:
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1. Real Time Auditing – no more waiting for the end of the month audit
2. Customized backup categories – tailored specifically to the site
3. Live Chat with the Account Rep – get answers in real time
4. The possibility of guest blogging on Chitika blog – Guess what a one-way link from that blog could to do your blog’s authority ranking
5. PremiumAds – Get paid for impressions (CPM) as well as for clicks (PPC) – Can’t wait to see this in action…
Above is a part of the new welcome screen that you see when you log in into the Chitika account.
It shows you whether your Account Rep is available for chat and detailed description of the Publisher levels.
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You can find out more about this program by clicking on this beautiful badge (yes, it’s real and referral enabled).
I’ll update this post soon with my impressions of the PremiumAds and other cool features of the Premium Publishers program.
Top 10 Reasons Why Chitika Rocks
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If you haven’t yet implemented Chitika ads on your site, you may be missing out on some extra revenue.
I’ve been using Chitika for some months now, and as you can see from the image on the left, it works great for me.
It may be difficult to decide whether Chitika rocks or not if you don’t have some inside info, so I’ll try to shed some light on this program to help you decide.
Here are 10 reasons why Chitika rocks:
What’s Your Real CTR?
I often come across forum posts where people complain about their poor CTR in Adsense.
But in my opinion the Adsense CTR numbers don’t tell you the real story.
Adsense stats report clicks / page impressions and that’s your adsense Click Through Ratio.
What is important is the real CTR which for means how many of the visitors clicked on something!
I love to combine Adsense and Chitika and occassionaly sneak in an Amazon affiliate link.
So the real question is whether your overall CTR is good.
