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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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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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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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How entity-based strategies can contribute to PPC success

Search Engine Land

Entity presence: Where are the majority of my customers located and how does that relate to location-based entities? If your website follows an entity approach and the accompanying PPC campaigns are aligned with that approach, you will see high quality scores, which mean lower costs-per-click and higher click-through rates.

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Google rolls out AI Overviews in US with more countries coming soon

Search Engine Land

Hema Budaraju, the Senior Director of Product, Search Generative Experience, Google, told us that the link cards within AI Overviews generate a higher click-through rate than traditional web search results. However, Google will not break down impressions and click data for AI Overview links in Google Search Console.

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

Search Engine Land

Figure 1: Brand and non-brand keywords overview (Source: Semrush) Figure 2: Organic traffic growth (Source: Semrush) Figure 3: Brand search and traffic (Source: Semrush) Non-brand keyword CTR Ranking in the top three positions in Google generates the vast majority of clicks (Figure 4). Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on.

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Why it’s time to reevaluate your match type and bidding strategy

Search Engine Land

Although researcher and Optmyzr evangelist Navah Hopkins previously strongly supported broad match in favor of exact match type, the study found that exact match outperformed broad match for the majority of accounts in terms of: Cost Per Click. Click Through Rate. Conversion rate. Cost Per Acquisition. Why we care.

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