What's considered a good CTR for Adsense?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by flipmytext, Jan 20, 2009.

  1. #1
    I just added adsense to a section of my website as a test for the last 7 days.

    I have 7,400 Page Impressions over the week, but a 0.84% CTR (62 Clicks) - Is this decent? What is a good %?
     
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  2. JAPPO312

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    i have 0.8-1%
     
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  3. Nystul

    Nystul Well-Known Member

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    #3
    depends on niche
     
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  4. Mecal

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    #4
    from what I've seen people post here 3% is probably good.
     
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  5. ttomp13

    ttomp13 Active Member

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    #5
    Poor CTR - Anything under 1%
    Okay CTR - Anything between 1% - 2%
    Pretty good - Anything between 2% - 4%
    Extremely good - Anything above 4%
     
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  6. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    #6
    higer the better, given that its legit CTR. however, CTR depends on niche, site layout, and ad positioning along with blending
     
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  7. lifeplayer

    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    #7
    0.84% consider as low. The average shall be aound 3% and i can say more than 5% is good.
    It is depend on your niche too, my game site able to achieve 7% CTR but health site can only get 0.7% CTR
     
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  8. Sarah1408

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    yes,it depends on niche
     
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  9. mytor

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    #9
    The CTR depends on a bunch of factors:

    1. How well targeted ads are in relation to the site content/search term where the visitor arrived from
    2. If you have too low keyword/term density compared to other words, irrelevant adsense ads will be displayed
    3. Placement of the ads / the better they merge with the regular content the higher the CTR (trick the user mind to think they are just menu links for extra information)

    Here is the "old" trick that can increase your CTR tremendously:
    Display the search term (extracted from the referrer URL) as a header for the ads area. Place the ads as the first visible text links on the page under that header.


    At least 3% CTR should be you goal.
     
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  10. jesi

    jesi Active Member

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    CTR always should be round about 3% to 4%
    So of people are having more than 8% CTR but it is not good
     
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    Looking for 100% CTR ?
    Here is the trick =D

    [​IMG]
     
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  12. Zmay

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    #12
    Mine is 0,12%

    :eek::eek::eek::eek:
     
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  13. Adpubster

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    #13
    Yes, that is a good trick. A good trick that could get you banned, that is.
     
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    eLeSlash Active Member

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    I got 4.5% and i consider it fine. Im in the arcade games niche.
     
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    I get a 10% about, why is this not good??? :confused:
     
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    #16
    Exactly, there is no magic number for CTR. As the good sultan rightly states above, as long as the clicks are legit, a high CTR shouldn't provide a problem. You may have to be concerned about conversions on the publisher's site with real high CTRs but if the clicks are legit, the conversions may be there.
     
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  17. dmi

    dmi Well-Known Member

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    #17
    What a great picture. LOL.

    A good CTR is around 4%.
     
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    #18
    That is true, you can get banned. The safest way is to blend ads into your website style by placing them next to other link choices.
     
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  19. Adpubster

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    #19
    So you probably really shouldn't be offering that as a suggestion...
     
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  20. topcash

    topcash Peon Affiliate Manager

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    #20
    anything over 3% will be good.
     
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