Which WordPress Themes have the highest CTR for your AdSense sites?

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Hey guys, can anyone recommend me a good AdSense theme for high CTR? I know different themes work differently for each of us depending on a lot of factors, but it would be nice to see the ones that are working for you as reference when choosing a theme. Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author cheapcpa
    CTR theme - is amazing

    until I started using it the only thing that gave a high Click through rate was sites designed with xsite pro
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  • Profile picture of the author unlimitedwealth
    Clickbump and CTR Theme. Using both with good results.
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    • Profile picture of the author clickbump
      Originally Posted by unlimitedwealth View Post

      Clickbump and CTR Theme. Using both with good results.
      Thanks UW and to all who've suggested my product here. Its really appreciated and I'm constantly improving my software to make raving fans of each and every owner :-)

      To Mesmerist and anyone else who might be considering a theme purchase:

      I've just released an "Express" version of my theme (see sig below) that's priced very aggressively (less than half the cost of CTR, for example) and comes with my newest premium template (Amaze) that's configurable in about 100 ways, shapes and sizes. Its also included with ClickBump Engine 13-in-1 and my Bundle package.

      I'm about to release version 4.4 that has support for Google +1, Facebook and Twitter and social sharing baked in without the need for plugins.

      Perhaps most importantly, if you want a site that's unique and doesn't look like every other site out there, my theme has something the others can't match: unlimited designs that plug in with a single click.

      For example, when you purchase my theme, you are getting a framework that can instantly morph into one of several dozen designs. And I'm releasing more every month.
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      • Profile picture of the author viryabosmith
        Originally Posted by clickbump View Post

        Thanks UW and to all who've suggested my product here. Its really appreciated and I'm constantly improving my software to make raving fans of each and every owner :-)

        To Mesmerist and anyone else who might be considering a theme purchase:

        I've just released an "Express" version of my theme (see sig below) that's priced very aggressively (less than half the cost of CTR, for example) and comes with my newest premium template (Amaze) that's configurable in about 100 ways, shapes and sizes. Its also included with ClickBump Engine 13-in-1 and my Bundle package.

        I'm about to release version 4.4 that has support for Google +1, Facebook and Twitter and social sharing baked in without the need for plugins.

        Perhaps most importantly, if you want a site that's unique and doesn't look like every other site out there, my theme has something the others can't match: unlimited designs that plug in with a single click.

        For example, when you purchase my theme, you are getting a framework that can instantly morph into one of several dozen designs. And I'm releasing more every month.
        Hi Scot,
        I'm very interested in your theme, but wish to know if it works only for blogs, or if its okay for both blogs and websites.
        I've just recently set up 2 websites, and i haven't earned zilch, and feel i need to do something.
        If its okay for websites, i definitely want it because it seems so highly recommended.
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  • Profile picture of the author simonbuzz
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    Why don't you test on your own...and I think that will be much better...
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  • Profile picture of the author hashbury
    Its an old theme but I do very good with prosense.
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  • Profile picture of the author mesmerist
    CTRTheme is one that I saw being mentioned everywhere...I might give that a try
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  • Profile picture of the author atrbiz
    I need to try out CTR Theme, sounds like you all are having great success with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author ehawkmarketer
    i think all you need is certain elements, like having the text ad show in article, on the left side, etc.
    Am I right??
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  • Profile picture of the author Blakers
    I use the CTR Theme too. It has 5 sub themes you can use to give your sites a different look. The owner had a 4th of July sale for $27.
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    • Profile picture of the author mesmerist
      Originally Posted by Blakers View Post

      I use the CTR Theme too. It has 5 sub themes you can use to give your sites a different look. The owner had a 4th of July sale for $27.
      how's it working for you so far?
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      • Profile picture of the author Blakers
        I am impressed with the theme. I like the ease of use where you can just enter in your publisher ID one time in the CTR Theme dashboard. There are 7 different Ad layouts to choose from....you can have the theme rotate thru all of them, or some of them, or just choose to display the same layout for your visitors. I'm still testing out which ones work for me.

        You can turn off ads from displaying on individual posts and most importantly your privacy page, contact us, about, etc. There's a ton of other features you can read about in Eppie's WSO too.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sara angel
    CTR is best theme. i like it.
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  • Profile picture of the author ale88
    I like bluesense by dosh dosh
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  • Profile picture of the author RW
    Another vote for CTR theme, my CTR is through the roof with it.
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    • Profile picture of the author zemiblast
      Yes, use the CTRtheme.com theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author warbar
    No question which is the best - The Clickbump theme is by far the best product on the market. Scott has done an amazing job with both the base theme itself as well as all the various templates he's come out with. Add his SEO! product to the mix and you've got an unbeatable combination.

    If any of you are doing business in the offline marketing arena, be sure to check out his Biz Local product as well. Same great components of his Clickbump Theme, but targeted very nicely to the local business.

    I've been using his products for nearly 2 years now and couldn't be happier with not only the theme, but his support as well. Second to none in my mind.

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  • Profile picture of the author retsek
    Seriously build your own. Wordpress makes it easy and you have the heatmap to guide you.

    It's almost crazy to use the same (ctr theme, clickbump) that are used by thousands of other websites. Yes it will work in the short term. But think! ...the average internet user has probably seen exactly the same layout several times already with the ads in the exact same position.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
    +1 for Clickbump Engine and BizLocal
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    • Profile picture of the author chas08
      I own several Clickbump themes and will now not use any other WP Themes. He has a whole suite of themes depending on your needs. I can also vouch for his oustanding customer support. He is continually improving his products and offering new ones all of the time. I give my whole hearted endorsement for Scott's themes.
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      • Profile picture of the author wendyann
        Clickbump for me! I now have 3 blogs running it including a neglected "test" blog. I can't rcommend it highly enough! Every blog has experienced a growth in traffic. It is not "just another theme".

        Scott will also go the extra mile in customer support.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
    Some reviews, including mine, of BizLocal:
    LINK - BizLocal Reviews

    A discussion identical to this one:
    LINK - Identical thread

    A short piece by me regarding Clickbump Engine:
    LINK - my post

    Me rambling about Adsense, niche sites, and "systems" and such:
    LINK - my thread
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  • Profile picture of the author rajeshwatts
    For me Clickbump and Thesis theme gave the best results. You will have to test, test and test.
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  • Profile picture of the author LucySands
    CTR is still the best and works for me
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  • Profile picture of the author petertremayne
    Just thought I'd add my thoughts. I have around 50 sites on mainly semiologic pro (which is very good by the way).

    One of my sites was ranked nowhere in Google. Last week I bought the Clickbump theme and installed the Amaze theme onto it. The same site now sits in position 4 on page 1 of Google.

    Not only are the templates brilliant to work with, the support from the creator Scott and his team is up there with the best I've ever experienced in over 6 years of being online.

    Ive tried almost every website builder, WP theme etc. there is and none have been as impressive and as easy to work with as the clickbump engine.

    Double thumbs up from me!!

    Peter
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  • Profile picture of the author WebVidDude
    Clickbump for me.

    So much good stuff "baked in" with this theme, I could write a novel.

    Highest recommendation and the support and upgrades Scott is constantly providing are beyond compare.
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  • Profile picture of the author Osawa
    Originally Posted by themesplice View Post

    If you ask me, ctr-themes.com is the best. I've reviewed this theme recently. You might want to take a look at it youtube.com/watch?v=ofyFKRP4baE
    Does ctr-themes.com same as ctrtheme.com I confusing on two website.
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    • Profile picture of the author jerytohn
      Originally Posted by themesplice View Post

      No these are two different sites. ctr-themes.com has a lot more functionality than ctrtheme. There's also my review on their site, you can check it out. I am making a lot more money than before...
      This is absolute bullshiit. Please do not listen to this guy. When warriors here talk about CTR Theme, they are referring to CTR Theme - The Ultimate AdSense Theme ... There is a Warriors Special Offer in the WSO sub-forum.

      Obviously, someone is trying to ride on CTR Theme's good name.
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      • Profile picture of the author jerytohn
        Originally Posted by themesplice View Post

        Have you ever tried any adsense theme from ctr-themes.com? If not, then how can you say anything without any justification? I have bought this theme and its working pretty well for me!
        Everybody here knows which is the real CTR Theme ...
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        • Profile picture of the author Rukshan
          Originally Posted by jerytohn View Post

          Everybody here knows which is the real CTR Theme ...
          Exactly

          CTR theme is the best!
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      • Profile picture of the author liita
        Originally Posted by jerytohn View Post

        This is absolute bullshiit. Please do not listen to this guy. When warriors here talk about CTR Theme, they are referring to CTR Theme - The Ultimate AdSense Theme ... There is a Warriors Special Offer in the WSO sub-forum.

        Obviously, someone is trying to ride on CTR Theme's good name.
        Confirmed!
        Stop the YouTube video themesplice posted at exactly 5:36. And see the appalling Daily Page CTR of 0.28% of Adsense For Content.

        1987 pageviews yielding 21 clicks = 0.0105687 = 1.05686965%.
        1.05686965% / 0.28% = 3.77453447 pages where the 21 clicks came from.

        2 Years ago (when I gave up on Adsense) I had a daily page CTR of just 1.2%, max. And with a lot less page views.
        And that was without any special Adsense themes or bundles.
        Now I'm getting from 2% - 4% Daily CTR with manually built (no special Adsense theme or bundles).

        Why should I pay ctrthemes.com for bringing that down to 0.28% ?

        Remember we are talking about the fact that these products should be increasing CTR.

        Even when the 0.28% is just after Google's cut off point of the previous day, it would take a tremendous effort from the theme to get anywhere near 2% - 4% on that same day. Because the pageviews are already sky high.

        Increasing a daily CTR of 0.28% shouldn't be too hard. With another product.

        This is about the CTR Themes product, not the CTR Theme product.

        EDIT:
        And one more thing. Does anyone of you have the red squigly underlining in your Adsense account ?
        See the screenshot below, under the words Adsense, earnings, Details ».
        Well I don't. Looks like we're looking at a spelling checker in action here.
        The Reply editor of Warriorforum gives the same red squigly lines under the word Adsense.
        Also the word adsense, in the comment on the YouTube site under the clip, does not have the red squigly line under it. If the Google Adsense page in the video clip is also a regular webpage, I wonder what happened.
        Unless Google displays their Adsense webpages through a spellchecker of course.


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  • Profile picture of the author v1ncen
    i use clickbumb
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  • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
    Originally Posted by LucySands View Post

    CTR is still the best and works for me
    Originally Posted by themesplice View Post

    If you ask me, ctr-themes.com is the best. I've reviewed this theme recently. You might want to take a look at it youtube.com/watch?v=ofyFKRP4baE
    What sort of CTR ranges are you guys getting with the CTR theme? Just curious.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rukshan
    CTR Theme is the best one for Adsense. Most of independent buyers tell it :p
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  • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
    Anyone got any (Adsense) CTR ranges to speak of for comparison purposes?
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  • Profile picture of the author zerofill
    We use the paid version of the heatmap theme and a few custom ones mainly anymore. Still have a bunch of static sites also.
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  • Profile picture of the author jerytohn
    This is the thread for CTR Theme: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ctr-theme.html
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  • Profile picture of the author dagaul101
    It might just be a case of trial and error
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    • Profile picture of the author TheOnlineEra
      CTR theme is paid theme.
      I suggest you use some free theme for the time being until you make enough money to purchase a paid theme.
      The reason behind this strategy is that it will give you confidence to tweak the various themes and it's always wise to make some money first rather investing it w/o seeing some potential results.

      For the start i recommend 2 themes:
      Blue Sense
      Flexibility 3

      F3 is highly customizable theme and graphics looks real good. You can tweak it to get good CTR w/o worrying about paid themes.
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      • Profile picture of the author mesmerist
        Originally Posted by TheOnlineEra View Post

        CTR theme is paid theme.
        I suggest you use some free theme for the time being until you make enough money to purchase a paid theme.
        The reason behind this strategy is that it will give you confidence to tweak the various themes and it's always wise to make some money first rather investing it w/o seeing some potential results.

        For the start i recommend 2 themes:
        Blue Sense
        Flexibility 3

        F3 is highly customizable theme and graphics looks real good. You can tweak it to get good CTR w/o worrying about paid themes.
        Thanks for the recommendation. Between Blue Sense and F3, which one works better for you?
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        • Profile picture of the author TheOnlineEra
          I've used F3 so far and the GUI is quite attractive once you know how to use this theme.
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          • Profile picture of the author jerytohn
            Originally Posted by TheOnlineEra View Post

            I've used F3 so far and the GUI is quite attractive once you know how to use this theme.
            I have to agree. Good recommendation. The free version is excellent except for the irritating hidden link at the bottom of the page.
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  • Profile picture of the author photodrew
    wow, i'd never heard of clickbump - will give it a try! I only found out about CTR Theme because of a Flippa auction I almost won, up until now I almost always used Thesis because of its great SEO properties, but I'm finding it hard to get developers or out-of-the-box skins.
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  • Profile picture of the author hashbury
    For paid themes I use CTR Theme at the moment, but Im just getting ready to do some split testing with the clickbump theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick Vikus
    I use prosense themes, and got nice clicks.
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  • Profile picture of the author BXPS
    I am happy with using the prosense theme.
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    • Profile picture of the author JoeUK
      CTR as you can specifically choose which ad layouts you want to show and not to.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anthony Phillips
    CTR Themes are dead. Anyone really banking from adsense will not risk their account. On a manual review your finished.

    Use regular themes, and you can customize most of them. All you really need is one sidebar on the left or right if you prefer and 2 large rectangles strategically in the post.

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    • Profile picture of the author tycoon828
      Originally Posted by Anthony Phillips View Post

      CTR Themes are dead. Anyone really banking from adsense will not risk their account. On a manual review your finished.

      Anthony
      Can you tell me why?
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    • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
      Originally Posted by Anthony Phillips View Post

      CTR Themes are dead. Anyone really banking from adsense will not risk their account. On a manual review your finished.

      Use regular themes, and you can customize most of them. All you really need is one sidebar on the left or right if you prefer and 2 large rectangles strategically in the post.

      Anthony
      I'd wager that you wouldn't be finished after a manual review of most of the Clickbump themes/templates.
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    • Profile picture of the author bleepli
      Originally Posted by Anthony Phillips View Post

      CTR Themes are dead. Anyone really banking from adsense will not risk their account. On a manual review your finished.

      Use regular themes, and you can customize most of them. All you really need is one sidebar on the left or right if you prefer and 2 large rectangles strategically in the post.

      Anthony
      No ctr themes are not dead yet, people like me and many other make good money using ctr themes, i have used magnum ctr theme in the past with great success
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  • Profile picture of the author menj
    I will check out CTR, looks like a really excellent AdSense theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sara angel
    CTR Theme is the best one for Adsense. Most of independent buyers tell it :p
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  • Profile picture of the author mesmerist
    I'm testing ProSense now. I added my AdSense pub ID and included channels for each ad unit in the php files. But when I log in to my adsense account, it is not tracking those ads. I then waited for 2 days and it's still not showing in my adsense reports overview. It is tracking my other ads that are using other themes but not the ones in the site that's using ProSense. Am I doing something wrong here? Can someone please help
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  • Profile picture of the author Look4VGames
    Originally Posted by mesmerist View Post

    Hey guys, can anyone recommend me a good AdSense theme for high CTR? I know different themes work differently for each of us depending on a lot of factors, but it would be nice to see the ones that are working for you as reference when choosing a theme. Thanks
    Bluesense without a doubt.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dustin Goode
    I prefer to custom make my adsense WP pages. You can browse the other theme and get and eye for what you should be shooting for and give it a shot...its worth a shot...its free.
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  • Profile picture of the author pcstation
    you can try prosenseor bluesense by dosh dosh
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    I also recommend prosense themes, it works on me and really easy to customize.
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  • Profile picture of the author networm
    Have anyone here tested the Heatmap theme for adsense?
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  • Profile picture of the author bleepli
    I use magnum ctr theme and it gives me 6.9% CTR on some of my sites and I'm lov'en it!
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  • Profile picture of the author ammie147
    i also vote for CTR theme this is really good for that.
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  • Profile picture of the author profilelinks
    Without a doubt, Adsense pro ultimate!
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by profilelinks View Post

      Without a doubt, Adsense pro ultimate!
      That theme is a ripoff for $49!

      Any free 3 column theme will do the same thing, for free.
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      • Profile picture of the author Cantbedone!
        Hey Profilelinks,

        Why are you resurrecting every single thread that has anything to do with CTR and adsense themes just to push "adsense pro ultimate"?

        There are currently a total of 8 threads on the front page of the adsense/ SEO forum all having to do with "best CTR themes". Amazingly, you are there chiming in on every one promoting that theme.

        Coincidence?

        If you are going to blatantly promote something, try to make it less obvious. I'm in this forum every day and I have never seen it spammed with so many "CTR Theme" related threads at the same time. If you were researching and looking for answers, that would be one thing but you seem to just be peddling and not offering anything of value.

        Stop spamming my favorite forum!!
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