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Very low CTR on very targeted niche, why?

by igordr
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Hello guys,

My site has about 200 UV/day. Most of traffic comes from facebook fan pages, which are targeted and linked in.
CTR is about 1,5 - 2%. I read that some of you have about 5-7, or higher.
Once again, i am talking about targeted traffic
Bounce rate is very high too, 88%.

I will write here url, so you can check.

panicattackstreatment1. com

Your advice?

Thanks,
Igor
#ctr #low #niche #targeted
  • Profile picture of the author tylerherman
    Wow I can't even see your site under all of those ads.

    You are surprised by a high bounce rate?
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  • Profile picture of the author igordr
    Yes, that could be reason for high bounce rate.
    But all of these ads are targeted, so, few of visitors should click on it... Why they don't?
    Is there any other problem, which i can't see?
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  • Profile picture of the author cartman
    I dont want to sound horrible but dont you know that google will start penalizing sites that put too many ads "above the fold"?
    Reduce the ads, move them down and put more pics and content that will make a user engage with your site
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  • Profile picture of the author lovboa
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    One ad above your fold may even be better. Right now, it just looks like clutter that people will instinctively not pay any attention to and scroll right by.

    I would remove the 160x600 block in the sidebar, move up your sidebar links to the top and change their color to black. remove the 300x250 block on the right, and change the title color of the 360x280 block to a natural blue --maybe #0000ff or #000080 or #0200ac
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  • Profile picture of the author Mosa
    Wheres your traffic coming from? I don't see you ranking for any keywords in google - which makes me think that your driving traffic some other way. Whatever traffic your getting must not be very targeted.
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    • Profile picture of the author igordr
      I dont want to sound horrible but dont you know that google will start penalizing sites that put too many ads "above the fold"?
      Reduce the ads, move them down and put more pics and content that will make a user engage with your site
      Sure, i will try

      One ad above your fold may even be better. Right now, it just looks like clutter that people will instinctively not pay any attention to and scroll right by.

      I would remove the 160x600 block in the sidebar, move up your sidebar links to the top and change their color to black. remove the 300x250 block on the right, and change the title color of the 360x280 block to a natural blue --maybe #0000ff or #000080 or #0200ac
      I have done what you sad. We will see CTR now... Any other suggestion ?

      Wheres your traffic coming from? I don't see you ranking for any keywords in google - which makes me think that your driving traffic some other way. Whatever traffic your getting must not be very targeted.
      Main traffic comes from facebook group related with panic attacks treatment... It has over 7 000 users. Every post has maybe 30 likes or so... It's very targeted traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author joerudy1988
    Lots of return visitors? If so, then it is unlikely they will click on the banner every time they visit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mosa
    Originally Posted by joerudy1988

    Lots of return visitors? If so, then it is unlikely they will click on the banner every time they visit.
    Yeah, that's very true. It may also be that they are visiting your site just to show support vs. real commercial intent


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  • Profile picture of the author sackboy127
    Try making your ads blend in a bit more, or if it doesn't help, you can try a different (sub)theme as well.
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