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Acronym for Click Through Rate.

Acronym for Click Through rate.

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Apparent Bot Impressions in Webmaster Tools

I've been watching some strange stats in Google Webmaster Tools for a particular page on our site, which has been getting some periods of very high impressions but little or no clicks, and then just this morning I checked and see a huge spike in our…
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Should I be more specific when naming my business in Google My Business profile?

I am creating a Google My Business (GMB) Profile and listing my language immersion school on various listings to build my Local SEO with NAP (Name, Address, and Phone number). At first glance, my name doesn't imply anything about the business. Is it…
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Can I use Google Analytics with commercials from other networks?

Does Google Analytics allow me to configure and evaluate statistics like CTR etc. for commercials from networks other than Google Adsense?
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Very low CTR in google organic results

My webpage is positioned for some phrases, but does not generate much visits. Eg. the most searched phrase had average 5.6 position in google, but the CTR is about 2%. What should I do to improve CTR? I myself, when I look for something, usually…
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How to improve my google adsense CTR?

My website over the past year has 6k ad impressions but the click through rate is 0.12%, which amounts to a mere 7 clicks. How can I increase the click through rate? (I'm looking for general strategies rather than specific instructions)
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Drastic drop in AdSense click through rate (CTR) from "Visit Site" button on mobile ad clicks

Google suddenly started showing a "Visit Site" button when a user clicks on my ads on my mobile site. This forces the user to click a second time to leave my site via the ad. Google has said that they are doing this to prevent accidental clicks. …
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How does Google track impressions for SEO: does it count times where it is in the results, but not visible?

I am quite aware about what SEO impressions are: i.e. number of times your site result are listed in the Google search results. But are the impressions are counted if they are visible at least once in user's viewport or just if Google has thrown…
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In Google Webmaster Tools why are impressions not correlated with clicks?

The impressions and clicks don't seem to correlate on Google Webmaster Tools for my site. Whereas the impressions vary widely, the clicks stay constant. I would expect the clicks to my site to go up (even if slightly) when the impressions go up.…
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Is click through rate from the search results an important ranking factor for Google?

I came across this video Attracta claim that the number ONE ranking factor is click through rate i.e. the title and meta description should be compelling, according to the video it claims that it accounts for 25% of the entire SEO. How valid is this…
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How does Bing know when a result is clicked to use in website ranking?

I know that Google uses redirect links to count clicks ie: https://www.google.com/url?q=http://html5test.com/&sa=U&ei=xlezU6DPIsqysQS824HwAg&ved=0CB0QFjAB&usg=AFQjCNEMhjMTe0TBrbgGmG6mlSygIF-mww but Bing doesn't do this it instead gives you the…
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Dropped impression 25 days after restructure

Our website is a non English property related website (moshaver.com) which is similar to rightmove.co.uk. On September 2012 our website was adversely affected by Panda causing our Google incoming clicks to drop from around 3000 clicks to less than…
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Do clicks on search results increase rankings?

I'm wondering if it helps to click on my listing in the search results to improve rankings on Google? If my page has content with keyword abcde, and somebody types "abcde" in Google and finds my website, say on page 5, and clicks on it, could it…
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Are SEO and SEM click through rates correlated?

If not, why; and how would you estimate click throw rates for a SERP?
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Increase in average CTR but decrease in average position in Google Search results

In the last few months, we have had created new content for some given pages of a hotel microsite. Upon comparing the performance of those pages (last three months to the previous period), it shows a decrease in average position in Google Search…
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Average position and click through rate (CTR) improved after Christmas

I'm newbie with SEO and I have observed that around Christmas, my CTR% and average position for my website decreased considerably. Before Christmas, at the beginning of December, I updated my sitemap.xml After New Year, I updated my sitemap.xml…
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