WHat is a good ctr

[joeychgo]

Without violating the TOS -

What should I consider a good CTR? What should I consider to be average?

Basiclly im trying to set some reasonable goals.

Also - is it true that the higher the ctr the higher the payment per click?

Im wondering if I should drop adsense from non/low producing pages to get more $$$ per click on the better producing pages

[Shoemoney]

Without violating the TOS -

What should I consider a good CTR? What should I consider to be average?

Basiclly im trying to set some reasonable goals.

Also - is it true that the higher the ctr the higher the payment per click?

Im wondering if I should drop adsense from non/low producing pages to get more $$$ per click on the better producing pages

Hello- Good ctr... that is a tough one to define... From my experiences smaller sites that get 10-20k pageviews per day are VERY SPIKEY in that they can be 5$-85$ cpm!

Sites with more 400-500k/day seem to be steady at 1-2$ per cpm

It all just depends on the market your targeting and what the market for that target is bearing.

[joeychgo]

ok -- so lets say between pageviews 5k &10k per day

[schlottke]

Id say CPM anywhere between 5-12$

[joeychgo]

what about CTR? --- Im more concerned about CTR then CPM right now

[disgust]

I'd kill for a 12$ CPM... :)

as far as CTR, if you have anything much less than 1%, there's probably room for improvement. however, it really depends on the audience, and their viewing habits- almost no forums are going to be getting 1%...

[joeychgo]

Well - I have some channels that are not producing yet get high impressions - so if I were to remove those channels (or improve them dramatically as they are less then .3%) the overall CTR would climb........

First, I worry about getting CTR up - via ad placement tweaking and what not -



Being a forum - I have a difficult time getting ads with higher paying KWs - Im kinda stuck on the topic at hand.......

[disgust]

I'm assuming it's the site in your sig? are you concerned about the placement for the internal (threads, etc) pages or the main site?

[joeychgo]

I have some channels that are very high and some that are nearly non producing. SO im trying to improve that. Of course, I dont want to be unrealistic. I cant choose content much being that its a forum, so CTR is all I can improve.

Also, if a higher CTR gets my ads paying better, then it makes sense to eliminate non produing channels.

And yes, its the forum Im concerned with.

[schlottke]

Forum CTR is about .4 - 1.1%

[joeychgo]

well, im within that area, but could increase it dramatically if I pulled the ad's out of the individual threads.

[melfan]

To answer the question on your thread title.. Good CTR is the higher CTR. If you can make your CTR higher it will be better than your previous CTR.

[joeychgo]

To answer the question on your thread title.. Good CTR is the higher CTR. If you can make your CTR higher it will be better than your previous CTR.


I must thank you for that in-depth analysis ~ I find myself learning from just reading your words... :D

[misohoni]

On one of my sites I get 3% CTR