Just discovered many people click on Contact Us

Kikos · 11-13-2011, 04:32 PM

Hi, I just saw in my analytics that lots of people click on "Contact Us". I use Wordpress platform and have a simple theme with menu on top.

My issue is I may be losing a lot of Adsense income if people go to contact page and probably leave from there and I don't even understand why up to 10% of people want to go there. None of them sent a mail because I didn't get any email.

I initially created Contact Us, About Us, Privacy Policy, etc because many threads said Google requires those pages to be present.

Maybe if I change it to Contact Form less people would click it?
Or what would you advice?

Thanks

chukcha · 11-13-2011, 04:48 PM

Perhaps they are looking for company details or want to find out your location.

webdevpro · 11-13-2011, 04:49 PM

Temporarily remove the 'contact us' link from menu but not the actual page and check the analytics report after a week or two.

yukon · 11-13-2011, 05:17 PM

Move the Contact & Privacy links from the Header to the Footer, should get less clicks.

Most traffic will focus above the fold & not even pay attention to the footer.

Barry Unruh · 11-13-2011, 05:56 PM

You may also be seeing traffic from programs designed to harvest email addresses from Contact Pages and not real human traffic at all.

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Originally Posted by Kikos

Hi, I just saw in my analytics that lots of people click on "Contact Us". I use Wordpress platform and have a simple theme with menu on top.

My issue is I may be losing a lot of Adsense income if people go to contact page and probably leave from there and I don't even understand why up to 10% of people want to go there. None of them sent a mail because I didn't get any email.

I initially created Contact Us, About Us, Privacy Policy, etc because many threads said Google requires those pages to be present.

Maybe if I change it to Contact Form less people would click it?
Or what would you advice?

Thanks

paulgl · 11-13-2011, 05:57 PM

You don't need a contact page or about us. Quite useless.

If you insist upon having them, turn them into
content pages, stick a search box there, or something else.

You can have adsense on those pages. Google does not like
adsense on pages that are blank except for adsense.

"Content" comes in many forms.

Paul

JSProjects · 11-13-2011, 07:14 PM

Take advantage of it. Set up a mailing list, for example. But if you'd prefer less people clicking it, move it to your footer area.

11-13-2011, 04:32 PM	#1
Kikos HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 125 Thanks: 39 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Just discovered many people click on Contact Us - what to do? Hi, I just saw in my analytics that lots of people click on "Contact Us". I use Wordpress platform and have a simple theme with menu on top. My issue is I may be losing a lot of Adsense income if people go to contact page and probably leave from there and I don't even understand why up to 10% of people want to go there. None of them sent a mail because I didn't get any email. I initially created Contact Us, About Us, Privacy Policy, etc because many threads said Google requires those pages to be present. Maybe if I change it to Contact Form less people would click it? Or what would you advice? Thanks

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chukcha HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 197 Thanks: 35 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Just discovered many people click on Contact Us - what to do? Perhaps they are looking for company details or want to find out your location.

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webdevpro HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 294 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Just discovered many people click on Contact Us - what to do? Temporarily remove the 'contact us' link from menu but not the actual page and check the analytics report after a week or two.
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yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,534 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,993 Times in 1,274 Posts	Re: Just discovered many people click on Contact Us - what to do? Move the Contact & Privacy links from the Header to the Footer, should get less clicks. Most traffic will focus above the fold & not even pay attention to the footer.
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paulgl Plundering the Web War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 4,851 Thanks: 804 Thanked 1,200 Times in 887 Posts	Re: Just discovered many people click on Contact Us - what to do? You don't need a contact page or about us. Quite useless. If you insist upon having them, turn them into content pages, stick a search box there, or something else. You can have adsense on those pages. Google does not like adsense on pages that are blank except for adsense. "Content" comes in many forms. Paul
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JSProjects Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 2,118 Thanks: 57 Thanked 201 Times in 177 Posts Contact Info	Re: Just discovered many people click on Contact Us - what to do? Take advantage of it. Set up a mailing list, for example. But if you'd prefer less people clicking it, move it to your footer area.
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