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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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Use this SEO forecasting template to gain insights for 2023

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Going into 2023, with a shaky economy likely to cap many budgets and headcounts far below optimal levels, it will be especially important for marketers to articulate a compelling case for why their area of expertise should get a fair share of resources. SEO forecasting template for 2023: How to use the tool.

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How Google SGE will impact your traffic – and 3 SGE recovery case studies

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Next, we use two parameters to define “how bad” or “how good” SGE will be for our websites: CTR and rank. Click-through rate (CTR) in SGE It is a mystery what will be the actual CTR of different positions in the SGE snapshot carousel. This is live data for June 2023, for informational non-branded keywords.

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How to prepare for Google SGE: Actionable tips for SEO success

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Great product images will likely have an impact on CTR, just like a good thumbnail on YouTube or attractive images in general. “> “> “> “> “> “> Processing…Please wait. Like any SERP with many SERP features, the CTR is affected by their appearance and placement. SUBSCRIBE See terms.

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How an ecommerce site increased commercial monthly organic traffic from 37K to 210K

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Organic traffic grew from under 40,000 to over 210,000 clicks from January 2022 to March 2023 (Figure 2). Figure 4 (Source: Advanced Web Ranking ) Although this CTR study shows CTR for standard blue links and not the feature snippets, we can assume that ranking in the top spots in any listing type could drive strong CTR.

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Google Ads broad match: What the data reveals for PPC marketers

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“Broad match gives you the most relevant reach and conversions within your performance goals.” – Google Marketing Live 2023 This is how Google describes broad match in their Google Marketing Live 2023 recap. Phrase match is the worst performing match type with a slight exception for CTR Poor phrase match. Wait, what?

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How to analyze Performance Max search terms insights for PPC success

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Relief seemed at hand when, in February 2023, Google introduced the campaign_search_term_insight report, which includes a field with the search term. In February 2023, Google introduced a new insights report exclusively for surfacing Performance Max search term data. Business email address Subscribe Processing.

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