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Added Chitika Related Product Units (RPU) To My Site

January 8th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

I’ve just added my final Chitika unit to my site.Â In addition to my Shoplinc store and the manual product deeplinks I’ve created with the custom shoplinc alinks module I wrote, I have just added the Chitika Related Products Units (RPU) to my site. I think these units could work quite well. You can see them in operation in the ‘Read more’ tab at the bottom of all my posts. Under my ‘related posts’ links I now have 3 ‘Related Products’ links.

Thanks to some coding magic from Ajay, these links show links to products based upon keywords I set for each post. The code seems to be working quite well, although I’m waiting for one more line of code that allows me to control the order in which the unit scans the keywords I’ve set for matching products.

To learn about the products available from Chitika click here. If you already have a Chitika account and are interested in a Shoplinc store, click here.

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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#1

Comment by Ajay on 9 January 2007:

I’ve written the tutorial on the same. It should go live in around 10 hours.
#2

Comment by Thilak on 9 January 2007:

I just add the title tag into Chitika Code to contextually target it. Works fine on my blog.

I had some great success with Chitika RPU ads, I hope you’ll have the same.
#3

Comment by Everton on 9 January 2007:

I’m not sure I’d be comfortable using just the title tag. What I’ve done is put my UTW tags in, plus manual keywords as well. I should get my first data tomorrow so it’ll be interesting to see if Chitika finally starts to make a few dollars
#4

Comment by Ajay on 10 January 2007:

My article is now online.

EB please give it some publicity.
#5

Pingback by Poll: How Much Did You Make From Chitika Last Month? » Connected Internet on 11 January 2007:

[...] I’ve gone Chitika mad this month as despite hardly making any money in the past, I thought I’d give Chitika one last big push this month by adding 2 banners, a Related Product Units, a Shoplinc search box and Shoplinc deeplinks. [...]
#6

Pingback by I’ve Given Up On Chitika For Good | Connected Internet on 3 March 2007:

[...] generate any clicks and usage. I wanted to see if the new shoplinc store and associated alinks, and RPU units would work on my site, where the eMinimalls hadn’t in the [...]