IS 3- 17 % CTR is too good to be true?

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    I'm looking to buy a website having the CTR i mentioned.Is it too good to be true? Fraud clicks?
     
    iluminatus, Jan 21, 2007 IP
  2. Wyla

    Wyla Well-Known Member

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    17% is pushing it.

    3% sounds reasonable. It all depends on the site and its integration.
     
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  3. iluminatus

    iluminatus Well-Known Member

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    It's an automated blog about gadgets and stuff like that.
    The avg page impression is 218 and avg clicks is 11. Safe buy or a risky one?
    Any help will be appreciated.
     
    iluminatus, Jan 21, 2007 IP
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    frankcow Well-Known Member

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    I can't imagine an automated gadget blog with 17% ctr

    that seems sketchy
     
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    iluminatus Well-Known Member

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    the 17% was only once. Avg is 5.39% .
    Another thing is alexa is showing a clear drop in traffic while the stats pics show same traffic :confused:
     
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    frankcow Well-Known Member

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    I dunno what to tell you. I've only seen that kind of CTR on a hobbyist website, but hey, maybe their ad placement is great
     
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    If it is a low traffic, niche, content site, that seems like a reasonable range. It's obvious that CTR is all over the place depending on lots of impossible to measure factors.
     
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    Alexa stats as you know have webmaster bias so they shouldn't be trusted.
    I had a 12% CTR on one of my websites, but with few impressions a day it is too risky to go for the buy.
     
    adsense4money, Jan 25, 2007 IP