Comparing data...how do we stack up?

[wellzy]

I just started using AdSense this month. I am very happy with my earnings so far, but was wondering how my clickthrough rate compares. My average daily clickthrough rate for the month is only 3.9%. Is this low? I realize with all the different topics out there I'm not exactly comparing apples to apples.

FWIW I did start out with lower CTR until I changed them to skyscaper.

Any inout is appreciated.

wellzy

[alika]

Yes you are right -- you are comparing apples to apples :o)

Many will say that the CTR you mentioned is very high; some will say that it is about par; while some will say they get even higher CTR. But you will seldom get any specifics from the others here. Against TOS, they say :o)

[StatiX]

I would tend to believe the CTR is more about the content you display.. o I have no data or stats to back this up... but I believe a more newbie oriented site that focuses more for users new to the internet or not as tech saavy as most to have a higher CTR than say an advanced users site, such as a lets say for instance 'assembly-code.com' admin would have a lower CTR than 'reality-show-update.com'. again its just my opinion , but i think even tho the ads are targeted, more tech saavy people don't tend to click the ads as much as new users.

[IanCP]

I'd say you're around average but I would urge you to edit your post and remove the specific figure.

[markus007]

really depends on unique pageviews per visitor. CTR is a completely meaningless stat

[Sunflux]

Of course, to bolster the ego of low CTR earners, there's always the old line "are people finding what they want on your site, or are they looking for a reason to leave?" :-)

[wellzy]

Sunflux - I've wondered that too. They have to be clicking on AdSense because they cannot find what they want on my sitee :(

wellzy

ps. Tried to edit the figure out. Too late.