Search CTR, Terrible

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by dkin69, Jun 16, 2007.

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    hey everyone, just wondering if my search ctr is as bad as everyone elses. Im getting less than 1% ctr, have earned less than a nickle with 200+ searches.

    That sound normal??

    Think if I remove the search my ad block ctr will increase?

    Thanks

    Dylan
     
    dkin69, Jun 16, 2007 IP
  2. pozer

    pozer Active Member

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    yep, that's normal from my experience
     
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    mine is worse than you. i think it's a good ctr
     
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    htmlindex Prominent Member

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    Yep, definately sounds normal. In all the time I've been with them, I think I've only had 2 clicks from the search box. Now I just don't bother putting the Google search box on my sites
     
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    dkin69 Active Member

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    if I remove the search bar do you think my ad block ctr will improve??? I've heard of an increase of up to 1% when removing search.

    Dylan
     
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    aceeca Well-Known Member

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    Thats pretty normal. I get between 0.0% to 1.5%. And yeah, gets dimes per click. In total I get 700+ searches per month & with high number of searches, Google offsets whatever I make from Google search.
     
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    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    You can improve it by changing the search results page.....change the background color to match your site....ect...
     
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