Chitika eMinimall Milestone - Sort Of
A few days ago, I finally passed the Chitika eMinimalls ad revenue milestone of US$10. It's a milestone because it's the smallest amount they'll pay out via Paypal. Unfortunately, my excitement was short-lived.
Now, I know $10 is no big deal, and I'm by no means whining. I'm simply documenting my milestones for posterity, and for anyone new to blogging, so that they have a realistic idea of how long it takes to earn an income, and how much effort it takes.
Keeping in mind that Chitika audits out clicks by people from specific countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, I checked my audited totals, only to find that I'd lost 25% to auditing. So the bad news is no coin in my Paypal account for now.
The further bad news is that, after doing some simple MMAs (Multiple Moving Averages) analysis, aka "rolling average" graphs, on the Chitika revenue, I found that there isn't yet a discernible pattern forming (exponential growth).
The good news is that this is okay. It took at least 5 months before my Google AdSense revenue started to show any patterns. In fact, I suggest you wait 6-7 months before you see patterns in the rolling average graphs. Unless you have an establish website before you start running ads, expecting anything significant before that time is unfair to yourself.
The further good news, in a way, is that I haven't given my Chitika ads the same benefits as the AdSense ads. That is, my AdSense ads have been more prominent. What's more, because of Google's TOS (Terms of Service), I cannot use the Chitika ads in contextual mode at the same time. That means I have to randomly choose which Chitika ads I'm running on my sites. So they may not always be properly targeted to the content of my posts.
I can, however, run Chitika eMinimalls (or their text ads) on their own in contextual mode. I plan to do this with one of my blogs as a test lab sometime in the future. I'll document this test run once it shows patterns.
(c) Copyright: 2006-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/
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Now, I know $10 is no big deal, and I'm by no means whining. I'm simply documenting my milestones for posterity, and for anyone new to blogging, so that they have a realistic idea of how long it takes to earn an income, and how much effort it takes.
Keeping in mind that Chitika audits out clicks by people from specific countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, I checked my audited totals, only to find that I'd lost 25% to auditing. So the bad news is no coin in my Paypal account for now.
The further bad news is that, after doing some simple MMAs (Multiple Moving Averages) analysis, aka "rolling average" graphs, on the Chitika revenue, I found that there isn't yet a discernible pattern forming (exponential growth).
The good news is that this is okay. It took at least 5 months before my Google AdSense revenue started to show any patterns. In fact, I suggest you wait 6-7 months before you see patterns in the rolling average graphs. Unless you have an establish website before you start running ads, expecting anything significant before that time is unfair to yourself.
The further good news, in a way, is that I haven't given my Chitika ads the same benefits as the AdSense ads. That is, my AdSense ads have been more prominent. What's more, because of Google's TOS (Terms of Service), I cannot use the Chitika ads in contextual mode at the same time. That means I have to randomly choose which Chitika ads I'm running on my sites. So they may not always be properly targeted to the content of my posts.
I can, however, run Chitika eMinimalls (or their text ads) on their own in contextual mode. I plan to do this with one of my blogs as a test lab sometime in the future. I'll document this test run once it shows patterns.
(c) Copyright: 2006-present, Raj Kumar Dash, http://blogspinner.countwordula.com/
Technorati Tags: blogspinner, ad revenue, blog revenue, blogging, pro blogging, multi blogs, google adsense, chitika
