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Friday, December 20, 2013

Chitika

What is Chitika?

Chitika is an advertising network that delivers search-based advertising on blogs and websites. The advertising that is displayed is selected based on the search terms that a user enters in search engines. This differs from context-based advertising such as Google AdSense in which the advertising selected is based on the contents of the webpage where the advertising will be placed.

Chitika is a word in the Telugu language spoken in India that means "in a snap".

How Can You Make Money with Chitika?

If you have a blog or website, you can sign up with Chitika to display advertising and start making money. You will get paid based on how many times visitors to your site click on the Chitika advertisements that are displayed. This is a form of Cost Per Click (CPC) Advertising. There also is an aspect of Cost Per Impression (CPM) Advertising with Chitika ads. I have noticed that even during times that I get zero clicks, I can get a small payment.

What is Chitika Gold?

The starting level of advertising is Chitika Bronze. If you have enough search engine traffic, for example a couple hundred visitors from search engines per day, you can advance to Chitika Silver or even Chitika Gold. The advertising you get with Chitika Gold pays more than the Chitika Silver ads.

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Monday, December 9, 2013

What is CPC Advertising?

CPC is an acronym that stands for "Cost Per Click". With CPC advertising, payment is achieved when a visitor views and ad and then clicks on the ad. Unlike CPM advertising, there is no payment for impressions unless the visitor clicks on the ad. No action other than clicking on the ad is required to generate payment.

How Can You Make Money with CPC Advertising?

You need to have ads that are relevant to your visitors in order to get people to click on your ads. AdSense advertising from Google is selected based on the content of your webpage or blog posts. This helps ensure that relevant ads are shown and are more likely to generate clicks. Chitika ads are selected based on the search terms that a visitor used to reach your site. This is a different method to select advertising of greatest interest to your visitors.

See also:
Definition of CPM advertising from ClickFact.
Definition of CPA advertising from ClickFact

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What is CPM Advertising?

CPM advertising is also known as cost per impression advertising. CPM is an acronym that stands for "Cost Per Thousand", where M comes from the roman numeral for 1,000. Advertisers pay a fee per every 1,000 times an ad is shown in CPM advertising.

For example, you might offer advertising on your blog or webpage for $10 per 1,000 impressions. The payment for CPM advertising depends only on showing the ad to visitors. Visitors do not need to click on the ad or take any other action to trigger payment for CPM ads.

How Can You Make Money with CPM ads?

If you have a blog or website, you can sign up for advertising programs that offer CPM, such as AdSense from Google, or Chitika ads. These services take bids for advertising on your blog or website and sell the advertising space to the highest bidder. This is an easy way to generate revenue from advertising and requires almost no work! Once you set up your advertising account, you will have a source of passive income that works for you all the time.

See also:
Definition of CPA advertising from ClickFact
Definition of CPC advertising from ClickFact

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Sunday, December 8, 2013

What is CPA Advertising?

CPA is an acronym describing internet advertising that means "Cost Per Action".

There are several types of advertising models for websites and blogs. CPA advertising results in payment if the website or blog visitor completes an action, for example clicking on a link to a website and purchasing a product.

Other forms of on-line advertising are Cost Per Impression (CPM) and Cost per Click (CPC).

CPA has the lowest conversion rate since a chain of events is required. The visitor must view an ad, click on an ad, and then purchase something to complete the action. However CPA pays more than other advertising models.

See also:
Definition of CPM advertising from ClickFact
Definition of CPC advertising from ClickFact

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Saturday, December 7, 2013

What is a Blogger?

A Blogger is someone who publishes a blog on the internet. A blog typically contains editorial content written in an informal style, similar to a personal letter. Bloggers develop a following over time as people discover their blog and revisit to read new blog posts.

Definition of a Blog from ClickFact

How do Bloggers Make Money?

Blogs may contain advertising or affiliate marketing that generate revenue. Advertisers pay either each time an advertisement is shown (cost per impression) or each time a reader clicks on an ad (cost per click).

Some bloggers recommend products in their blog through product reviews and other content on their blog. Bloggers may have affiliate marketing relationships and receive a commission for each sale that is generated from product links on their blog.

Bloggers may also receive free products to review on their blog. Bloggers may sell their own products on their blog such as e-books to generate revenue.

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What is a Blog?

The word blog is a combination of "web log" which became "blog" for short. A Blog is a site on the internet where the author (called a Blogger) posts content on a regular basis. The early blogs in the 1990's were in the form of a diary, journal, or general editorial content.

As the internet became more popular, blogs became more influential as the audience of popular blogs grew. Today, some companies publish blogs to communicate with customers, shareholders, and employees.

What is the Difference between a Blog and a Website?

The key features that typically distinguish a blog from a website:

Blogs are written as posts that are organized by date
Readers can subscribe to a blog to be notified when a new blog post is published
Blogs typically have an area for comments for each post
Blogs are generally written in an informal writing style- more like a personal letter than a formal publication

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