Ctr

Whats good? Whats not!

[rj87uk]

Hi,

I was wondering whats a good CTR in %?

Im not aksing for you to tell me your own, but more whats the normal for information website and guides etc?

rj

[MrAnchovy]

CTR is dependant on so many thing it's nearly impossible to say w/o knowing your site's topic, traffic, demographic, number of repeat visitors, placement, ad targetting, etc etc.

CTR is typically site-unique & not something to compare from site-to-site.

Obviously you still want a number, so I'll throw out two. I have one site that gets less than 0.5% CTR, and I have another site that rarely dips below 10% CTR. I consider both to be good, considering all factors.

Use your own CTR as a base and try to improve it, not compare it to others.

Not the answer you were looking for, but the correct one imho, as one site could be doing excellent, and nearly topped out with a 1% CTR, while another site could have massive room for improvement, depsite a 5% CTR.

[rj87uk]

Thanks i think that was a good answer :)

My new site im working on gets maybe around 4% so i guess thats ok...

what i need now is more traffic :)

thanks agn

[djohnson]

My sites get between X% and Y% :) I wish the payout was more than $Z though! :(

[xxxxxpp]

I have a 3% rate on my site, but I recently put an adsense box on my blog, and I have a 0,2% Ctr there, so It varies

[rj87uk]

djohnson:

Thanks for the very helpful comments i'll keep them in mind...

[djohnson]

No problem, just trying to be as vague as possible. Wouldn't want to breach some hidden TOS.

[david_uk]

It's difficult to be precise without violating TOS. My average ctr for the main index page of my site is consistently somewhere between 0% and 10% (about the mid-point). This provides a monthly check.

However, it's a very mixed experience on various pages of the site. CTR is low on one page, but the income is high due to the page views. Nothing I can do brings up this CTR - I've been trying! However, ctr is high on other pages, but the income is poor due to low page views. I have no advertising on most pages of the site.

It's your site, you can find out the popular pages from the logfiles, and you know your site visitors. Experimentation should provide the answers you need. it's always worth trying new formats to increase earnings / ctr.

[Macro]

As I posted in another thread:

Sometime ago I suggested we setup an Adsense FAQ page for these annoying questions that keep getting asked with monotonous regularity.
If anyone is working on such a page please add:

What are the best paying keywords?
Why has my EPC dropped over the last five minutes?
What is the average CTR people get?
Hoe can I click my ads and not get banned? (!)
I clicked my ad, OMG, will I get banned?
Has anyone received their cheque/check yet?
How much is everyone here making (& related questions like, "what's your CPM")?

[blubb]

No need to play forum police...

Just dont read them...

[Macro]

blubb, they are a distraction. They get in the way. The more of these threads we have the more difficult it will be to find the good stuff. Browing through the thread headings in some forums it's getting increasingly difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff. That's why the Google forum went pre-moderated. And I'm sure nobody wants pre-moderation in the Adsense forum.

[rj87uk]

Sorry Macro, i get the point :)

So is there or will there be a FAQ?

So i guess there should be a place where all the people who post i got a check each month :p

> ( ive not had 1 yet lol! )