Comments on: Digg now shows Chitika ads can they stoop any lower

By: opportunites

opportunites — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:58:22 +0000

I’m just now trying chitika, I wish the ads weren’t as intrusive, but i’m working on it. The adds that show on my site are search targeted, i think they are different than the mini malls.

By: Stuart Richardson

Stuart Richardson — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:14:35 +0000

Chitika has continued to bill me each month despite a request and their confirmation of closing my account. You may be interested to note that despite my having NO CAMPAIGNS running I am still being billed for CLICKS!

I am taking action through my credit card company.

Google adwords rules!

By: Will

Will — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:18:29 +0000

If digg got a little spamier and started offering exclusive deals on Apple products (since digg users love anything Mac related) they would see tons of conversions. Better be more aggressive then they are, or they may never be bought.

They need to do things that encourage more narcissism than already exists on the site and have it revolve around the users spending money. Spend 5 bucks a year to have special features on your account…features that make you feel superior to the other members.

By: diabetes

diabetes — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:10:48 +0000

nice post about digg…thanks bos

By: tony dee

tony dee — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:11:53 +0000

Digg, should maybe invest in their own network. Without the backend of non-relevant garbage pinned within the contextual search.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:07:29 +0000

I think due to the massive amount of users that they would get some clicking through to purchase things… but it must be a seriously low conversion rate. I think what you suggested would be best where they track what you are in to and then display ads that are relevant. That shouldn’t even be too hard to implement.

By: Chris Angus

Chris Angus — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:50:52 +0000

Nice post Patrick, I’ve thought for a while now that Digg and other Social Networks are hollow as a business model and are massively over-inflated in terms of value.

Digg is valued at billions of dollars, but I’d like to see the true advertising ROI. The CTR sucks big time and the traffic converts ten times worse than traffic referred by the search engines.

Are we heading towards the social media bubble bursting when advertisers realise just how much money they have wasted?