What's a normal CTR for Forums?

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  1. #1
    What's the normal CTR for Forums?

    Mine is 0.2%, I'd just like to get an idea if that's too high or too low.

    Thank you.
     
    vbwiz, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  2. ash1

    ash1 Active Member

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    id say around 1
     
    ash1, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  3. 1EightT

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    depends on the size. I run a half dozen or so decent sized forums, and none of them are close to 1 percent.
     
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  4. DLGx

    DLGx Active Member

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    #4
    like 0.1 for me :p
     
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    clasione Notable Member

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    #5
    yep - that is normal for a forum...
     
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  6. oninuva

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    #6
    I don't get it. Why is it so low for forums?
     
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  7. 1EightT

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    #7
    because forums have tons of page views per unique visitor.
     
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    clasione Notable Member

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    And most users of forums are firmiliar with ads....
     
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    I have a large photo gallery which is similar to a forum in both CTR and page views and I only did .57% last month. So, your CTR sounds reasonable.
     
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #10
    Many pageviews with visitors looking to chat not buy.
     
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    I think if I moved the location of the ads on my forum every day I might reach 1%
     
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    saky Well-Known Member

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    #12
    My forum is about 0.3%, so 0.2% looks a normal rate for a forum..
     
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    #13
    As the ads on forums always have lots of pvs,so 0.*% is normal
     
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    Danny Active Member

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    I avergage just under 1%

    You will find forums dont get high click throughs. You get lots of page views because users are either refreshing the page or reloading the page or just posting posts etc. In all you get a lot of views, but not many click throughs.

    This will always be the way with forums
     
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  15. UnderEstimated

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    #15
    min eis under 1% too
     
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    Mine is under 1% :)
     
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    #17
    i guess anything close to 1% is very good for forums. hadly any old member clicks on ads. they know what they are looking for and just goes there :)
     
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    0.2% here as well.

    Anything over 0.5% is outstanding for forums IMO.
     
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    i have forums with over 10% and none are below 2

    bcuz lots of my trffic from SE i guess
     
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    #20
    Ash if I had to guess I'd say that a large percentage of your clicks are coming from your index pages alone, a I right? Your index page is essentially just a content page with Adsense on it. From your forum itself I bet your not pulling a 10% CTR.

    I run a fairly popular forum that is getting a CTR of 1+% for August so far, and that is with nothing more than a leaderboard - but as Ash has said with his forum a large percentage of my traffic is coming from SE rather than returning members which does lead to lower impressions and higher CTR.
     
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