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

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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. For location-based businesses, this irrelevant traffic skews CTR data.

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7 strategies to maximize your AI-powered search market share

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Producing purposeful, high-quality content drives essential KPIs such as impression share, SERP saturation and CTR, making it critical to focus on the KPIs that align with your goal, whether it’s driving visibility, engagement or conversion. Saturate SERPs and real estate It’s important to think holistically about the SERP.

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Search ad costs rise, conversion rates decline again in 2024

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The 2024 edition once again features data on the average conversion rate, cost per lead (CPL), click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). CTR: 6.42%. CTR increased by 5%, on average, for 70% of industries. The average CTR was 6.11% in 2023 and 5.91% in 2022. It’s basically more of the same story as 2023.

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Study: Blogs appear most often in top Google positions

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Multiple CTR studies show most organic clicks go to the top 5 positions on Google Search (around 69% to 74% ). Blog posts are the most common content type found in the top 5 Google positions, a new study has found. Why we care. So prioritizing the types of content Google rewards with more visibility is only logical. By the numbers.

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Search ad conversion rates down, cost per lead up in 2023

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It features data on the average conversion rate, cost per lead (CPL), click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC), compared to 2022. Industries with the lowest average conversion rates: Apparel, Fashion, and Jewelry: 1.57% Furniture: 2.57% Real Estate: 2.88% CPL: $53.52. CTR: 6.11%. Real Estate : $1.55

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How to transform your Google Ads headlines with anti-audiences

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Include qualities that relate to your offer, such as: Location Scope of service Compatibility Requirements Style Consider a Japan-based real estate investment company using Google Ads to attract investors. The problem is clicks and click-through rates (CTR) are poor metrics for determining an ad’s effectiveness.

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How out-of-order ad promotion works on Google Search

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So even if an ad wins the top auction rank, it may not be eligible to show in the number one slot because its ad rank is below the reserve, its expected click-through rate (CTR) is below the relevance threshold, or the ad is unreviewed and hence can’t be guaranteed to meet editorial standards. This increases potential revenue.

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