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General InformationGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
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OverviewAdSense is a free ad serving program run by Google Inc. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and video advertisements on their websites. These advertisements are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis. Google uses its Internet search technology to serve ads based on web page content, user's location, and other factors. Google AdSense is the current leader in content-sensitive web-based marketing. Web site owners can easily integrate Adsense with other Google services like Google Analytics and Google Webmaster ToolsThe Yahoo! Publisher Network (abbreviated YPN) is a beta network launched on August 2, 2005 by Yahoo!. As the service is currently in Beta, it is currently only accepting US-Based publishers. You must present your Social Security Number (SSN) or US tax ID number to get approval from YPN.Chitika offers search-targeted advertising solutions. Web publishers can earn money from their search engine traffic. There are also personalized targeting ad solution that provides premium content called: Chitika | Premium. These ad units can be used on websites with Google AdSense or as an AdSense alternative. You can run Chitika Premium on the same page as Google Adsense. Chitika Premium ads currently display to US and Canada site visitors only that enter the site through a search engine.Commission Junction connects online merchants with online publishers using advanced affiliate tracking and reporting software. As publisher you can place ads on your site and get paid when you refer a sale to one of your preselected merchant partners. Commission Junction advertiser list includes companies like Overstock.com, Buy.com, Home Depot, Yahoo!, HP, Apple, Staples, DELL, Zappos and Sears. Commission Junction supports multiple commission actions. With sale action, an advertiser pays a publisher a flat rate or percentage of the sale price when a purchase is made on the advertiser's Web site. Using a lead action, an advertiser pays a publisher a flat rate for each visitor the publisher refers to the advertiser's site that signs up for a service or fills out a form. Combinations called "Hybrid" program are also available.AdBrite uses a network for multiple ad format types. As a publisher with AdBrite, you can set target prices for your inventory and choose which ads appear on your site. AdBrite includes advertisers like Live Nation, GM, AT&T, Ebay, Digg and Verizon. AdBrite serves ads on nearly 1 billion pages daily. Text ads are paid out on a CPC basis (cost per click). Banner ads are paid out on a CPM (cost per thousand impressions) or a CPC basis. For CPM banners, you earn for every 1000 views on a banner ad. Full page ads are paid out on a CPV basis (cost per view). All campaign ads (CPM, CPV and CPC ads) are auctioned-based.
Website URLwww.google.com/adsensepublisher.yahoo.comchitika.comwww.cj.comwww.adbrite.com
Wikipedia Articleen.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSenseen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Publisher_Networken.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitikaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_Junctionen.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBrite
Web Site Blogadsense.blogspot.comwww.ypnblog.comchitika.com/blogblog.adbrite.com
Customer Supportadwords.google.com/supportapt.yahoo.com/contact_us.phpchitika.com/supportwww.cj.com/about/contact.htmlwww.adbrite.com/mb/contact_us.php
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Official Forumadwords.google.com/supportapt.yahoo.com/contact_us.phpchitika.com/supportwww.cj.com/about/contact.html
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Account Overview DemoGoogle AdSense Demos and GuidesOverview of the features for first time usersChitika Premium - How it Works and Chitika.com - How does Chitika Premium WorkCommission Junction PayPerCall DemoHow AdBrite Works
Program policiesGoogle AdSense Program PoliciesYahoo! Publisher Network Privacy PolicyChitika Terms and ConditionsCommission Junction Publisher Service AgreementAdBrite Publisher Acceptable Use Policy
Advertising presentationGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
Web site content Yes, AdSense for content Yes, Content MatchBeta Yes. Chitika Premium for Publishers Yes Yes
Search Yes, AdSense for search Yes, Search in context (Y!Q) is also available. Y!Q is contextual search technology that analyzes the contents of the web page you're viewing and then gives you a list of search results directly related. Yes, Chitika offers a search-targeted advertising solution to web publishers.
Mobile Content Yes, AdSense for mobile content Yes, Yahoo! Mobile Publisher Services - mobile.yahoo.com/business/publisher Yes, Chitika eMiniMalls have been upgraded to Chitika Premium Yes
Feeds (RSS) Yes, AdSense for feeds Yes, publisher.yahoo.com/help/RSSAdLayout.php
Video Yes, AdSense for video No Yes, Chitika also offers a Viral Branding Unit (VBU), which was created to bring the power of video and interactivity to advertisers. View Chitika’s Viral Branding Unit Yes, but currently is available to a select group of advertisers and publishers only
Domains Yes, AdSense for domains No
Alternate Ads what is this? Yes, AdSense Alternate Ads Guide No Yes, Alternate Ad With Chitika Premium Yes, Commission Junction also offers SmartZones. SmartZones allow you to select up to 25 text or image ads and banners that randomly rotate on your site. The SmartZone creates a small script that you place on your website where you want your ad to display. Once you place that script on your site, you don’t have to change the website code to change the ads. There is no limit to the number of SmartZones you can set up. Yes
Ad FiltersGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
Ad Filter by Advertiser Yes, you can block ads by Advertiser(s) Yes, you may block at domain and sub-domain level. Yes, but you have to submit a request and Chitika will enable URL blocking on your account. Yes Yes, you can approve each ad manually. If you choose this option you have to check into your account frequently to keep ads coming on to your site.
Ad Filter by Group Yes, you can block ads by group Yes, you may block at domain and sub-domain level. Yes, you can filter by categories. Yes Yes
Ad Filter by Keyword No No Yes, you can block certain words Yes Yes, if you enter keywords that describe your site or product, AdBrite will display ads on web pages with matching content. You can find keyword generators online to help you come up with your list of keywords
Competitive Ad Filter (URL Blocking) Yes, you can manage a list of websites whose ads you'd prefer not to show on your pages. Learn more Yes, you may specify up to 200 URLs to block at the domain and sub-domain level. Learn more Yes, select the category which you think you can promote and you will be shown a full list of advertisers of the same category. You can filter by hundreds of categories or search by keywords (phrase). Yes, you have an option to approve each ad manually. If you don't select 'Auto-approve ads' AdBrite will display targeted ads automatically.
Ads TargetingGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
Contextual targeting Yes, Google AdSense uses such factors as keyword analysis, word frequency, font size, and the overall link structure of the web, in order to determine what a webpage is about and precisely match Google ads to each page. Yes Yahoo! Publisher Network Ad Targeting allows you to identify the types of ads that you believe your visitors will find most appealing. Yes, Chitika PremiumWhat also uses Behavioral Targeting. This is a way to show advertisements to your web site visitors based on what they are interested in. For example, if a user who is interested in “cars” comes to your site, your Chitika unit will show an advertisement for 'cars'. Yes, Commission Junction also offers a variety of affiliate programs that you can promote on your site. Aside from big companies, CJ attracts the attention of many smaller merchants that are highly targeted and are focused on a particular niche. Yes, AdBrite’s targeting is not strictly contextual. It uses both user targeting and context to do the ad matching. AdBrite’s Open Targeting Exchange (OTEx) is open exchange for ad targeting technologies, brings multiple third-party targeting providers into the marketplace.
Placement targeting Yes, advertisers choose specific ad placements, or subsections of publisher websites, on which to run their ads. Ads that are placement-targeted may not be precisely related to the content of a page, but are hand-picked by advertisers who've determined a match between what your users are interested in and what they have to offer. 2 Yes, Yahoo! Ad Targeting enables you to target your visitors with ads based on specific interests. You can choose up to two sub-categories to apply to your web site. Yes, you can chose Category Hint targeting. By this option you can choose from a list of categories supported in the Chitika ads system. Your chosen category will be used as a "fallback" in the event that the system does not find an appropriate product for your preferred keyword(s). You can also rotate through popular products in a given category. Yes Yes
Ad Placement LimitationsYou may place up to three standard ad units on each page that complies with our program policies. This is in addition to three link unit.There is no limit to the number of ad units you can place on a single page, but Yahoo Publisher Network do not recommend placing more than three.There is no limit for Multiple Chitika Ad Units. However Chitika recommends up to 3 ad units on your page to be effective, especially if they are targeted differently.Certain restrictions might apply from some advertisers. Be sure to check each individual advertiser's designated search policies and bidding restrictions.
Ad Preview Yes, Google AdSense preview tool No Yes, Chitika Premium Formats preview using custom query Yes, you can preview each ad format prior to pacing it Yes
Ad ReportsGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
Custom Emailable Reports Yes, Custom and emailable reports No Yes, you can save Channel Traffic Reports and schedule to receive them by email daily, weekly or monthly. No No
Detailed Reports Yes, by assigning a channel to a combination of pages or ad units, you could track the performance of a leaderboard versus a banner, or compare your motorcycle pages to your automobile pages. Yes, also ad performance across reports for all products are available. Performance Report shows number of impressions, clicks, click-through rate, CPM and revenue; and the Payment Report, which shows when and how much you were paid by the Yahoo! Publisher Network. You can also generate a report for each individual web page that ads are displayed on. Learn more Yes, by assigning a channel or all channels. There is currently a limit of 1000 channels per account. Yes, publishers can review both performance and transaction reports. You can specify both types of reports, generating information based on commissions, clicks, sales, and payments. Yes
Advanced Reports Yes Yes Yes Yes
Automatic revenue recommendations Yes, using optimization notifications No, but Compliance Manager feature is available. It helps you pinpoint problems with the implementation of your Yahoo! ads, or problems with content on the same page as your Yahoo! ads. No Yes, Commission Junction offers CJ Performer. It is designed for top-performing publishers who have a proven track record of delivering results within the CJ Marketplace. CJ Performer includes designated account manager, expedited technical support, and custom transactional feeds. Publishers must qualify first Yes, AdBrite offers a set of metrics to help you understand and improve the performance of the ads running on your site. For every zone you have, you can check daily stats to see how many impressions or clicks the ads have received, with what CTR (click-through rate), eCPM (effective CPM), and total earnings.
Payment OptionsGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
Minimum Earnings Required$100$50 for PayPal option and $100 other methods of payment.$10 for PayPal and $50 for checks$100 when payment is by check and $50 for direct deposit$5
U.S. Dollar Checks Yes Yes, publisher.yahoo.com/sell/PaymentOptions.php Yes Yes Yes
Local Currency Checks Yes, Local currency checks Yes, in US only Yes, in US only Yes, US Dollar, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Swiss Franc, Danish Krone, Euro, GBP Sterling, Hong Kong Dollar, Japanese Yen, Norwegian Krone, New Zealand Dollar, Philippine Peso, Saudi Riyal, Swedish Krona, Singapore Dollar, South African Rand No
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). Direct Deposit Yes, Directly deposits your AdSense earnings into your bank account Yes, publisher.yahoo.com/sell/PaymentOptions.php No Yes No
PayPal No Yes, publisher.yahoo.com/sell/PaymentOptions.php Yes No No
Western Union Money Transfer Service Yes, Western Union Quick Cash is available No No No No
Rapida Yes, learn more No No No No
Other Payment Options No Yes, Transfer revenue to your Yahoo! Search Marketing account No No No
Display Ad OptionsGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
Ads Color Options Yes, there are pre-defined color palettes. You can also create up to 100 colors of your own. Yes, available are 216 web safe colors. You can also create your own color using hexadecimal codes Yes, Chitika offers changing the title color, text color, border color and URL color. Available customization options for Chitika Premium ad units Yes Yes, you fully customize your style including custom css style
Ads Fonts Options Yes, you can select from the font faces Arial, Times, and Verdana No Yes Yes Yes, you fully customize your style including custom css style
Languages SupportedGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
Arabic Yes No No Yes No
Bulgarian Yes No No Yes No
Chinese (simplified) Yes No No Yes No
Chinese (traditional) Yes No No Yes No
Croatian Yes No No No No
Czech Yes No No Yes No
Danish Yes No No Yes No
Dutch Yes No No Yes No
English Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Finnish Yes No No Yes No
French Yes No No Yes No
German Yes No No Yes No
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Greek Yes No No Yes No
Hebrew Yes No No Yes No
Hindi No No No Yes No
Hungarian Yes No No Yes No
Indonesian Yes, only for AdSense for search No No Yes No
Italian Yes No No Yes No
Japanese Yes No No Yes No
Malay No No No Yes No
Korean Yes No No Yes No
Norwegian Yes No No Yes No
Persian No No No Yes No
Polish Yes No No Yes No
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Portuguese Yes No No Yes No
Romanian Yes No No Yes No
Russian Yes No No Yes No
Slovenian No No No Yes No
Serbian Yes No No No No
Slovak Yes No No No No
Spanish Yes Yes No Yes No
Swedish Yes No No Yes No
Thai Yes No No Yes No
Turkish Yes No No Yes No
Ukrainian No No No Yes No
Vietnamese Yes, only for AdSense for search No No Yes No
Display Ad Formats (Ad Layout).
Text ads sizes
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Text only ads Yes YesChitika Premium shows images next to the ads Yes, Commission Junction provides many different ad formats. They are subject to availability from each Advertiser. When searching for Advertisers there are additional search options. You can filter by ad size, category, link type, targeted area or language. Yes
728 x 90 Leaderboard Yes, sample 728x90 AdSense placement Yes Yes, view a sample 728x90 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
550 x 250 Mega Unit No No Yes, view a sample 550x250 Chitika Premium No
550 x 120 Content Banner No No Yes, view a sample 550x120 Chitika Premium No
550 x 90 Content Banner No No Yes, view a sample 550x90 Chitika Premium No
500 x 250 Mega Unit No No Yes, view a sample 500x250 Chitika Premium No
468 x 180 Blog Banner No No Yes, view a sample 468x180 Chitika Premium No
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468 x 120 Blog Banner No No Yes, view a sample 468x120 Chitika Premium No
468 x 90 Small Blog Banner No No Yes, view a sample 468x90 Chitika Premium No
468 x 60 Banner/Mini Blog Banner Yes, sample 468x60 AdSense text ad Yes Yes, view a sample 468x60 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
450 x 90 Small Content Banner No No Yes, view a sample 450x90 Chitika Premium No
400 x 90 Small Content Banner No No Yes, view a sample 400x90 Chitika Premium No
336 x 280 Large Rectangle Yes, sample 336x280 AdSense text ad Yes Yes, sample 336x280 Chitika Premium Yes No
336 x 160 Wide Rectangle No No Yes, sample 336x160 Chitika Premium No
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334 x 100 Small Rectangle, Wide No No Yes, sample 334x100 Chitika Premium No
300 x 250 Medium Rectangle Yes, sample 300x250 AdSense text ad Yes Yes, sample 300x250 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
300 x 125 Mini Rectangle, Wide No No Yes, sample 300x125 Chitika Premium No
300 x 70 Mini Rectangle, Wide No No Yes, sample 300x70 Chitika Premium No
250 x 250 Square Yes Yes Yes, sample 250x250 Chitika Premium Yes No
234 x 60 Half Banner Yes Yes No Yes No
200 x 200 Small Square Yes No Yes, sample 200x200 Chitika Premium No
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180 x 300 Small Rectangle, Tall No No Yes, sample 180x300 Chitika Premium No
180 x 150 Small Rectangle Yes Yes Yes, sample 180x150 Chitika Premium Yes No
160 x 600 Wide skyscraper Yes, sample 160x600 AdSense text ad Yes Yes, sample 160x600 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
160 x 160 Small Square No No Yes, sample 160x160 Chitika Premium No
125 x 125 Button Yes No No Yes No
120 x 600 Skyscraper Yes, sample 120x600 AdSense text ad Yes Yes, sample 120x600 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
120 x 240 Vertical Banner Yes Yes No Yes No
Image Ads SizesGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
Image Only Ads Yes NoChitika Premium shows images next to the ads Yes Yes, AdBrite also offers BritePic. It adds interactivity and ads to the photos on your website
Full Page Ads. This Ad takes up the whole screen. No No No No Yes, view sample AdBrite Full Page Ad
728 x 90 Leaderboard Yes, sample 728x90 AdSense placements No Yes, view a sample 728x90 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
468 x 60 Banner Yes, sample 468x60 AdSense placements No Yes, view a sample 468x60 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
336 x 280 Large Rectangle Yes No Yes, sample 336x280 Chitika Premium Yes No
300 x 600 Half Page Ad No No No Yes No
300 x 250 Medium Rectangle Yes No Yes, sample 300x250 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
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250 x 250 Square Yes No Yes, sample 250x250 Chitika Premium Yes No
240 x 400 Vertical Rectangle No No No Yes No
234 x 60 Half Banner No No No Yes No
200 x 200 Small Square Yes No Yes, sample 200x200 Chitika Premium No
200 x 100 No No No Yes No
180 x 150 No No No Yes No
160 x 600 Wide Skyscraper Yes No Yes, sample 160x600 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
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150 x 50 Banner No No No Yes No
125 x 125 Button No No No Yes No
120 x 240 No No No Yes No
120 x 600 Skyscraper Yes No Yes, sample 120x600 Chitika Premium Yes Yes
120 x 90 Button No No No Yes No
120 x 60 Button No No No Yes No
88 x 31 Micro Bar No No No Yes No
Link Units SizesGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
Inline Ads. Embed interactive text ads in your site content No No No No Yes, up to 8 words that you already have on your site will be highlighted. You can also specify any area where you don’t want Inline ads
728 x 15 Yes, sample 728x15 AdSense placements No No Yes, Text Link Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your site
600 x 15 No No No Yes, Text Link Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your site
468 x 45 No No No No Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your site.
468 x 15 Yes, sample 468x15 AdSense placements No No Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your site
200 x 90 Yes, sample 200x90 AdSense placements No No Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your site
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200 x 15 No No No Yes, Text Link Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your site
180 x 90 Yes, sample 180x90 AdSense placements No No Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your site
160 x 90 Yes, sample 160x90 AdSense placements No No Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your sitetext
120 x 90 Yes, sample 120x90 AdSense placements No No Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your site
90 x 15 No No No Yes, Text Link Yes, you can customize the size and design of the text units to match your site
Other Custom Link Formats No No No Yes, Commission Junction provides many different ad formats. They are subject to availability from each Advertiser. Yes, can also customize vertical and horizontal layout (ads per row)
Video Ads SizesGoogle AdSenseYahoo Publisher NetworkChitikaCommission JunctionAdBrite
728 x 90 Leaderboard Yes, sample AdSense video ad No No Yes, Flash Video
468 x 60 Banner No No No Yes, Flash Video
336 x 280 Large Rectangle Yes, sample AdSense video ad No No Yes, Flash Video
324 x 275 No No No Yes, Flash Video
300 x 250 Rectangle Yes, sample AdSense video ad No No Yes, Flash Video
300 x 100 No No No Yes, Flash Video
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250 x 250 Square Yes, sample AdSense video ad No No Yes, Flash Video
234 x 60 Half Banner No No No Yes, Flash Video
200 x 200 Small Square Yes, sample AdSense video ad No No Yes, Flash Video
160 x 600 Wide skyscraper Yes, sample AdSense video ad No No Yes, Flash Video
120 x 600 Skyscraper Yes, sample AdSense video ad No No Yes, Flash Video
Other Rich Media Ads No No Yes, Chitika also offers a Viral Branding Unit (VBU), which was created to bring the power of video and interactivity to advertisers. View Chitika’s Viral Branding Unit Yes, as Commission Junction offers SmartZones. SmartZones allows you to select up to 25 text or image ads and banners that randomly rotate on your site. Yes, Rich Media ads. AdBrite is currently offering Rich Media advertising to a select group of advertisers and publishers

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