CTR on 0% Help!

Happytrousers · 07-16-2011, 10:02 AM

I have 3 sites with Adsense on them, 1 of them is No1 on google with around 40-50 visits per day, another is No 4 with around the same & the other is new but coming up in google but my CTR is on 0%. I am a newbie when it comes to Adsense & SEO. Can anyone suggest what i could do to help please?

Captain_Morgan · 07-16-2011, 10:29 AM

What theme are you using, and what size blocks are you using for adsense, what i know about adsense it comes down to themes and where you place the ads

reneeunderwood · 07-16-2011, 10:41 AM

i am very new as well to adsense, can you suggest an appropriate theme to maximize adsense purpose. any free theme would be very much appreciated.

Happytrousers · 07-16-2011, 10:49 AM

All 3 are wordpress, 2 with the Gazette theme with 2 blocks of adsense on all pages & 1 is CTR theme which i am told is made for Adsense. (see my sig) Strange thing is a couple of weeks ago they were doing ok.

That Guy · 07-16-2011, 10:53 AM

You can try to change the color of the text in your ads since you have the default colors. Maybe if you turn the blue title text into green, and the green link text into black. I have less traffic than you, about 20-30 unique visitors/day and I've gotten clicks here and there. Much better than a 0% CTR.

Also I just noticed you have no adsense ads on you pages/posts.

Andrei Rotariu · 07-16-2011, 10:53 AM

Dude, your getting 40-50 vistirors per day... chillax.

If you where getting 10,000 visits per day and your CTR was 0.00% then i would be worried. Its perfectly normal for your CTR to be 0.00% with 40-50 visitors per day.

If you expect even 1% of 50 would click on an ad that would mean that you expect 0.5% of the 50 people that visit you site to click on an ad. That is totally ridiculous.

Say your site was getting 10,000 visits per day, what is 1% of that? 100 clicks per day.

Keep working on it bro, for adsense you need huge numbers.

Happytrousers · 07-16-2011, 11:33 AM

Thanx for your help Guy's!

grotto_from_canada · 07-16-2011, 02:40 PM

try 300*250 image only

Incoan · 09-08-2011, 07:53 AM

Hey,

there may be one thing you should think about, first, if you are getting 0 ctr.

1)Is the KW (market/niche) you are targetting are actually "consumer" type of KWs? If you were a person searching for such a KW, would YOU be likely to click on contextual Ads, such as Adsense?? (it might be not the MARKET as a whole, but the KW, btw. Sometimes.)
2)Do these KWs have Relevant Adwords advertisers? (on the right of the Google search, with the "location you want to target"-specific, like US/UK, searches)

Just my 2 cents, of course, and from my experience in 6 types of markets (health, special occasions, furniture, music, education, Movies).

(Of course, it might be just that you were having a few bad days in a row, though)

Other than that, I just used Google's own tips for "maximum CTR" from the link following:
B. Blog - Article Page - AdSense Help

07-16-2011, 10:02 AM	#1
Happytrousers Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: U.K. Posts: 13 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	CTR on 0% Help! I have 3 sites with Adsense on them, 1 of them is No1 on google with around 40-50 visits per day, another is No 4 with around the same & the other is new but coming up in google but my CTR is on 0%. I am a newbie when it comes to Adsense & SEO. Can anyone suggest what i could do to help please?
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07-16-2011, 10:29 AM	#2
Captain_Morgan HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 488 Thanks: 9 Thanked 19 Times in 18 Posts	Re: CTR on 0% Help! What theme are you using, and what size blocks are you using for adsense, what i know about adsense it comes down to themes and where you place the ads

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reneeunderwood Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New York Posts: 16 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: CTR on 0% Help! i am very new as well to adsense, can you suggest an appropriate theme to maximize adsense purpose. any free theme would be very much appreciated.

07-16-2011, 10:49 AM	#4
Happytrousers Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: U.K. Posts: 13 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: CTR on 0% Help! All 3 are wordpress, 2 with the Gazette theme with 2 blocks of adsense on all pages & 1 is CTR theme which i am told is made for Adsense. (see my sig) Strange thing is a couple of weeks ago they were doing ok.
	IF I'M NOT IN THE TENNIS COURT, I'M ON THE GOLF COURSE It's JUST THE SPOT

07-16-2011, 10:53 AM	#5
That Guy Warrior in Training War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 347 Blog Entries: 8 Thanks: 40 Thanked 27 Times in 24 Posts	Re: CTR on 0% Help! You can try to change the color of the text in your ads since you have the default colors. Maybe if you turn the blue title text into green, and the green link text into black. I have less traffic than you, about 20-30 unique visitors/day and I've gotten clicks here and there. Much better than a 0% CTR. Also I just noticed you have no adsense ads on you pages/posts.
	ERTW

07-16-2011, 10:53 AM	#6
Andrei Rotariu LOLing To The Bank War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,646 Thanks: 368 Thanked 173 Times in 116 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: CTR on 0% Help! Dude, your getting 40-50 vistirors per day... chillax. If you where getting 10,000 visits per day and your CTR was 0.00% then i would be worried. Its perfectly normal for your CTR to be 0.00% with 40-50 visitors per day. If you expect even 1% of 50 would click on an ad that would mean that you expect 0.5% of the 50 people that visit you site to click on an ad. That is totally ridiculous. Say your site was getting 10,000 visits per day, what is 1% of that? 100 clicks per day. Keep working on it bro, for adsense you need huge numbers.
	LOLing To The Bank

07-16-2011, 11:33 AM	#7
Happytrousers Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: U.K. Posts: 13 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: CTR on 0% Help! Thanx for your help Guy's!
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07-16-2011, 02:40 PM	#8
grotto_from_canada Active Warrior Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: CTR on 0% Help! try 300*250 image only

09-08-2011, 07:53 AM	#9
Incoan Execution Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 39 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Contact Info	Re: CTR on 0% Help! Hey, there may be one thing you should think about, first, if you are getting 0 ctr. 1)Is the KW (market/niche) you are targetting are actually "consumer" type of KWs? If you were a person searching for such a KW, would YOU be likely to click on contextual Ads, such as Adsense?? (it might be not the MARKET as a whole, but the KW, btw. Sometimes.) 2)Do these KWs have Relevant Adwords advertisers? (on the right of the Google search, with the "location you want to target"-specific, like US/UK, searches) Just my 2 cents, of course, and from my experience in 6 types of markets (health, special occasions, furniture, music, education, Movies). (Of course, it might be just that you were having a few bad days in a row, though) Other than that, I just used Google's own tips for "maximum CTR" from the link following: B. Blog - Article Page - AdSense Help