How to Increase CTR, What CTR is a good CTR ??

[zaki.ahmed]

Hello Friends,


I have only seen we all discussing on CPC more than improving CTR so here are some areas on which lets share our views on Domain Parking CTR

Do You have any tips and suggestions on how to Increase the CTR for a parking page.
For your portfolio what features matter the most.
1 Is it the Templates.
2 Is it the Manual keyword Setting.
3 How Much Average CTR you get on your Portfolio per month
4 What do you think is Best Parking company which gives highest CTR for your portfolio.

 

[decades80]

simple answer is with relevant keywords, some with relevant photos. If this isnt much of a help, you cant do anything. I have 1 domain having approx. 30 uniques per day, it migrated in above and here is the news. In 1 year not a single click. So I will let it drop.

 

[smurge]

simple answer is with relevant keywords, some with relevant photos. If this isnt much of a help, you cant do anything. I have 1 domain having approx. 30 uniques per day, it migrated in above and here is the news. In 1 year not a single click. So I will let it drop.

What's the domain? I'll buy it from you. Send me a P.M.


Thanks,

Richard

 

[zaki.ahmed]

What's the domain? I'll buy it from you. Send me a P.M.


Thanks,

Richard

What ever smurge touches turn gold.
approx 11000 visitors in a year without a click. amazing.

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simple answer is with relevant keywords, some with relevant photos. If this isnt much of a help, you cant do anything. I have 1 domain having approx. 30 uniques per day, it migrated in above and here is the news. In 1 year not a single click. So I will let it drop.

cool thanks.

On Average what CTR you get on your domain.
5-10%
10-20%
20% above.

 

[decades80]

5 - 50 % On average per 400 uniques 100 clicks

 

[biggie]

For your portfolio what features matter the most.
1 Is it the Templates.
2 Is it the Manual keyword Setting.
3 How Much Average CTR you get on your Portfolio per month
4 What do you think is Best Parking company which gives highest CTR for your portfolio.

1. sometimes the template matters, sometimes it doesn't

2. if you have keyword rich names, then you don't have to do manual

3. if you have #2, then your ctr is likely to range aboe 50%...depending on ppc company

4. if there was a best, then no need for the rest

5. ctr and epc go hand in hand, see example below.



snagged a 3 word/22 letter name a few months ago, parked it a voodoo

January stats:
Visitors Searches Clicks RPM CTR RPC Revenue
16 7 10 $265.03 62.500% $0.42 $4.24

then have another 3 worder/14 letter name

Visitors Searches Clicks RPM CTR RPC Revenue
11 8 9 $25.46 81.820% $0.03 $0.28


as you can see, one name has higher CTR, but lower RPC (revenue per click)


from an earnings standpoint, i'd rather have higher EPC or RPC, than higher CTR....if i had to choose one over the other, for a domain with traffic.


imo...

 

[Name Trader]

All the parking companies will tell you that a for sale link on will hurt the CTR. So removing any for sale link will improve the CTR.

For me. Anything above 20% is good.

 

[biggie]

All the parking companies will tell you that a for sale link on will hurt the CTR. So removing any for sale link will improve the CTR.

For me. Anything above 20% is good.

:talk:

never heard that, from any representative of any ppc i've used.

maybe it's some new jedi mind trick to keep your visitors from knowing the domain is for sale.
thus, more likely you'll keep using that ppc and they'll keep clocking some of your duckies.


otherwise, if visitors see link for sale, THEN it may get sold "out of domainer circulation". to one who will develop the name.
thus, a loss of revenue source for that ppc....but a gain for you if you made a profit.

to me, it seems like it's in the best interest of the ppc to keep your name parked, unless they also facilitate the sale/transaction process for the sellers/buyers.

sedo championed this niche' early in the game which is why their volume is still strong today.

imo...

 

[zaki.ahmed]

All the parking companies will tell you that a for sale link on will hurt the CTR. So removing any for sale link will improve the CTR.

For me. Anything above 20% is good.

I was not aware of this point Thanks

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1. sometimes the template matters, sometimes it doesn't

2. if you have keyword rich names, then you don't have to do manual

3. if you have #2, then your ctr is likely to range aboe 50%...depending on ppc company

4. if there was a best, then no need for the rest

5. ctr and epc go hand in hand, see example below.



snagged a 3 word/22 letter name a few months ago, parked it a voodoo

January stats:
Visitors Searches Clicks RPM CTR RPC Revenue
16 7 10 $265.03 62.500% $0.42 $4.24

then have another 3 worder/14 letter name

Visitors Searches Clicks RPM CTR RPC Revenue
11 8 9 $25.46 81.820% $0.03 $0.28


as you can see, one name has higher CTR, but lower RPC (revenue per click)


from an earnings standpoint, i'd rather have higher EPC or RPC, than higher CTR....if i had to choose one over the other, for a domain with traffic.


imo...

THank you for sharing your views. Nice !! to know few things..

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:talk:

never heard that, from any representative of any ppc i've used.

maybe it's some new jedi mind trick to keep your visitors from knowing the domain is for sale.
thus, more likely you'll keep using that ppc and they'll keep clocking some of your duckies.


otherwise, if visitors see link for sale, THEN it may get sold "out of domainer circulation". to one who will develop the name.
thus, a loss of revenue source for that ppc....but a gain for you if you made a profit.

to me, it seems like it's in the best interest of the ppc to keep your name parked, unless they also facilitate the sale/transaction process for the sellers/buyers.

sedo championed this niche' early in the game which is why their volume is still strong today.

imo...

What I see is some of the Visitors may think seeing this domain is for sale.... that content or ADS showing up may be not of worth....
and remember its just a milli second impulse in which visitor makes a decision to click or not to click to the AD whatever that AD is for based on that domain...so may be they get distracted

 

[Name Trader]

:talk:

never heard that, from any representative of any ppc i've used.

Ask your representative at Bodis, Voodoo, DomainSponsor. You do use them, right?

 

[NameDriver]

CTR depends on many different factors, for example:

The way in which the parking company measures uniques. i.e. is it counted, if a visitor comes back after 30 minutes? After one hour? If he presses the refresh or back buttons? We take into account all views which may make your CTR appear lower, however as we list all hits and views giving you a much fuller overview of the traffic . While other systems often show a ctr of 65% and higher, we at NameDrive would definitely take a deeper look into traffic with a CTR over a certain amount.

Another reason could be the type of domain. While typos of very familiar websites (like G**gle or FB) don't normally receive a high ctr, because people know exactly where they want to end up (also you might get into trouble if you park these names ) Certain products or trendy terms instead will get a higher ctr.

Traffic origin is another variable. Do you get expired traffic from backlinks or pure type in? Does it content lots of bot traffic? Things like that.

If you force your keywords, which definitely makes sense especially for those names, that do not include the relevant term, this doesn't automatically mean, that G**gle or other feed providers take them. Because to some point they trust their own cookies and knowledge about a certain user more, than your keywords. Still, well related ads are of course one of the most critical point regarding the ctr.

A good template also definitely helps to increase ctr. What’s interesting is, that a nice template doesn't automatically mean a good performance. Still, fitting and visually appealing templates help a lot.

Anyway, I wouldn't concentrate too much on ctr, and try to look more at the overall stats.

 

[biggie]

Ask your representative at Bodis, Voodoo, DomainSponsor. You do use them, right?

:talk:

of the three i use voodoo and DS, but i wouldn't ask them such a question.

as experience tells a different story....at least for my domains

 

[Name Trader]

OK. So are you saying that you have tested your domains with and without For Sale links at these parking companies and you get better, or in the worst case, no difference in CTR. Personally, I think it's a legitimate question to ask your parking provider. You may be surprised.

 

[zaki.ahmed]

CTR depends on many different factors, for example:

The way in which the parking company measures uniques. i.e. is it counted, if a visitor comes back after 30 minutes? After one hour? If he presses the refresh or back buttons? We take into account all views which may make your CTR appear lower, however as we list all hits and views giving you a much fuller overview of the traffic . While other systems often show a ctr of 65% and higher, we at NameDrive would definitely take a deeper look into traffic with a CTR over a certain amount.

Another reason could be the type of domain. While typos of very familiar websites (like G**gle or FB) don't normally receive a high ctr, because people know exactly where they want to end up (also you might get into trouble if you park these names ) Certain products or trendy terms instead will get a higher ctr.

Traffic origin is another variable. Do you get expired traffic from backlinks or pure type in? Does it content lots of bot traffic? Things like that.

If you force your keywords, which definitely makes sense especially for those names, that do not include the relevant term, this doesn't automatically mean, that G**gle or other feed providers take them. Because to some point they trust their own cookies and knowledge about a certain user more, than your keywords. Still, well related ads are of course one of the most critical point regarding the ctr.

A good template also definitely helps to increase ctr. What’s interesting is, that a nice template doesn't automatically mean a good performance. Still, fitting and visually appealing templates help a lot.

Anyway, I wouldn't concentrate too much on ctr, and try to look more at the overall stats.

So in Depth information from NameDrive. thank you.

Everyone can take atleast one or two points from this
Important are.

1- As mentioned Typos get very few clicks as the user know where they have to go.
as per my obervation either typo will have a 30 to 40 % CTR or 0 % CTR
If typos is getting clicks then they will have a good CTR or else almost zero.

2- Forcing a keyword doesnt help always. As user latest browsing history (cookies ) etc also count.

 

[NameDriver]

1- As mentioned Typos get very few clicks as the user know where they have to go.
as per my obervation either typo will have a 30 to 40 % CTR or 0 % CTR
If typos is getting clicks then they will have a good CTR or else almost zero.

Yes, I can agree on that. It really depends on the kind of domain. A typo of a famous newspaper might get a lot of traffic, but won't convert very good. On the other side I've seen typos of let's say comparison websites for insurances, flights, cars, etc., that made four figures each month in parking. Especially if they have difficult names and spent a lot of money on TV-spots and marketing.

 

[zaki.ahmed]

Yes, I can agree on that. It really depends on the kind of domain. A typo of a famous newspaper might get a lot of traffic, but won't convert very good. On the other side I've seen typos of let's say comparison websites for insurances, flights, cars, etc., that made four figures each month in parking. Especially if they have difficult names and spent a lot of money on TV-spots and marketing.

lol. I vouch for news related sites.


as i have few such names for which i am waiting for a click since months. Few are good to give me a atleast one click a month.lol.


One more point to add on Typo:::

when we have a typo 80% of the cases the meaning of the word/keyword of the domain also changes due to which irrelevant ads are shown as per new meaning of the word.
Which gives very poor CTR