Tried to improve Ads CTR

[soccrt]

I took the steps to move ads above the fold, add ads to all pages. The ads are next to unique content filled pages.

The CTR is only 1-2% on average daily impressions of 500. This is terrible imo. How else can I improve this?

[btas2]

It's not terrible at all. My average CTR is similar, though my traffic is much higher.

Your CTR can be anywhere from 0.1% to 10%, depending on the nature of your site. 1-2% isn't out of line for a "normal" site.

[incrediBILL]

average daily impressions of 500. This is terrible imo

You're right, work on your traffic.

Get 20K-40K impressions a day and that 2% CTR will pay off well.

[edited by: incrediBILL at 4:05 pm (utc) on July 6, 2005]

[arrowman]

How else can I improve this?

With the limited information you've given we cannot give sensible advise other than: read Google's guidelines and use channels to analyze.

[infect]

if it makes you feel better my CTR is closer to 0.2%.

[hunderdown]

I strongly suggest that you use channels to analyze your stats. That 2% CTR could conceal a wide range of CTR. My site has some channels that average several times that, and others that I no longer have AdSense code on that did worse.

And yes, get more traffic.

[loganz]

i put an add at the very top of my website and it went from 2% to 5% the next day...