I run an arcade website with about 6.5% CTR(link in sig). I think 0.34% CTR is really bad but it also depends on your niche and ad placement.
0.34 is absolutely terrible. My sites run at about 2% and maintain a degree of respectability, so I'm happy with that level.
1% - 3% is average 10% is great 20% in amazing and google is probably monitoring your site for fraud as you're reading this post
0.34 is a very bad CTR. Mine was about 3-4% when I was into Adsense last year. I think most people have a CTR between 2-5, so you should try and find ways to increase it..
on average the CTR is 4-5% but it can be very easily raised to 8-10% by optimizing your ad placements and color schemes.
I am quite surprised at the answers here... I agree that 0.34% is terrible. I have been into Adsense for over 5 years and ALL of my sites achieve an average of at least 20%. Usually 25% - 30%. If you choose your niche and keywords carefully, make sure your ads are well-targetted to your niche AND ensure good ad' placement there's no reason anyone shouldn't be able to see at least 10% CTR%. In fact, having a consistently low CTR% (below 2% ish) could be detrimental. You could find that you are actually paid less per click as your site just isn't converting well. Google would much rather place their high paying ad's on sites that convert. Thanks, John.
John, your websites are obviously very successful with a CTR of 20%+. Perhaps you could divulge the URL so we can take a closer look how you manage it?? Cheers....
Hey 5ky, (and everyone else) O.K - First of all the most important thing is niche research and keyword research (2 entirely different things) - Are people spending money in that niche? See how many ad's appear in google when you type in your search phrase - 8 or more is a good indicator. Are other companies offering products or services within that niche? If they are that also shows it's profitable. Once you've established this THEN move onto keyword research. You're looking for phrases that have weak competition - (not just low number of competitors). If the top 5-10 results in Google average a PR3 or less and have few backlinks going to the listed page than that's good news. Remember, even if your target keywords are not particularly high paying - You can still place high-paying keywords within your content, meaning that you will still get the high-paying ad's appear on your web-pages. Google spiders read ALL of your content and place relevant ad's - Not just according to your main keyword. All this will add up to a higher CTR% - Relevant ad's mean a much higher chance of clicks. Once you've done all this then you can worry about ad placement etc. I am reluctant to give any of my site URLs publicly as they obviously have my Adsense code on them and a I value my Adsense account. But if you PM me and I'll see what I can do. Hope this helps, Cheers, John.
The CTR strongly depends on which niche you are in. But 0.34% is extremly low! Gaming: 2-3% SEO: 10-20% Health: 10% .....
So Page CTR represent the page that go the click ? Sorry for annoying question as i don't have any knowledge about it . am asking is because in morning it shows 1.40% & now it shows 0.88%
This is good job, SEO ae getting very low CTR. You know why? webmaster doesnt like to click ads, my friend
lol guyes 5.36 % is the best.if you have 10 or + definitely you will can from adsense !@! follow on twitter > twitter.com/freewebth
Total rubbish! - I've had my adsense account for years and none of my sites are as low a 5% CTR% I am also in connection with large group of adsense site-builders and they ALL achieve similar CTR% to me.
Yes it depends on the niche but this is only 1 factor. You can be in a great niche and still have a poor ctr% It's about targetting buying keywords - The keywords people use when they are most likely to click an ad. If you target the phrase "how to wire a network" then that searcher is looking for information - not to buy anything. If you target the phrase "cheapest dell inspiron" then you know that person is at least thinking about buying - Therefore likely to click an ad. Both of these keywords are in the same niche (more or less) yet both will give very different CTR%