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Is click-through rate a valuable SEO metric?

Search Engine Land

The role of click-through rate (CTR) in SEO has been debated for many years. Several industry studies have asserted that CTR is a ranking factor – a claim that’s been ardently denied by many Googlers. Whether it’s a direct ranking signal or not, CTR has its place in SEO. SUBSCRIBE See terms.

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9 Ways to Supercharge Your Email Click-Through Rates

ConversionXL

You already know by now that high email open rates are useless if click-through rates (CTRs) are low. You need people to click the links in your email to end up on your website. Click-through rates are a much better indicator of email engagement and success than only open rates for that reason.

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The fallacy of CTR as a KPI: Redefining PPC ad success

Search Engine Land

Click-through rate (CTR) is a cornerstone metric of PPC marketing. Calculated as the percentage of people who click on an ad after seeing it, CTR is often treated as a key performance indicator (KPI), commanding disproportionate attention and optimization efforts.

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11 Sure-Fire Ways to Increase Email Click-Through Rates

Hubspot

But with the prevalence of preview panes and the emergence of tools like Priority Inbox, the metric that gets email marketers salivating most is email click-through rate (CTR). Let's start improving that email click-through rate to really give your CMO something to smile about. But don't feel bad.

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How to Increase Your Click-Through Rate by 1300%

Hubspot

The truth is, the only real way to know which CTA is going to have a better click-through rate on your website is to A/B test it. We were pretty shocked to discover that the new call-to-action buttons and page yielded a 1300% improvement in click-through rate (CTR).

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9 Ways to Supercharge Your Email Click-Through Rates

ConversionXL

You already know by now that high email open rates are useless if click-through rates (CTRs) are low. You need people to click the links in your email to end up on your website. Click-through rates are a much better indicator of email engagement and success than only open rates for that reason.

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Is CTR Dead? Why Email Marketers Are Tracking CTOR Instead

Hubspot

Ever since email marketing became a legitimate marketing channel in the 1990s , email marketers have largely measured their performance against two metrics -- open rate and click-through-rate. Open rate measures the percentage of recipients who opened your email, which helps you gauge the performance of your subject line.

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