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Understanding the Correlation Between Ad Extensions and Ad Rank

SmartBug Media

Google Ads are based on search intent, so the keywords you’re competing against take on a crucial role in this section because this directly correlates with your budgeting and positioning strategy. Ad extensions are extra lines of code added to your ad when it's shown in the search engine result pages (SERPs). Related Auctions.

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3 Marketing Activities to Increase Your Google SERP CTR

Directive Agency

SERPs are personalized to each individual. The trick is to focus on increasing your SERP click-through rate instead of swapping rank positions. Studies show that organic CTR data can make an impact on Google’s rankings. Therefore, if you focus on your CTR, first, higher rankings could follow later. image source ).

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ELI5: brand combination searches

Kevin Indig

  SERP dynamics.  Watch the  Watch the percentage change in impressions, clicks, CTR, active pages, and ranking in dynamics. View the performance of all the keywords, new and lost keywords, zero-click keywords, along with winners and losers (by impressions, clicks, CTR, and positions).

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What is CTR and 7 Things You Must Know to Improve It

Outbrain

CTR, or clickthrough rate, is a pretty simple calculation of how many people clicked on an ad (clicks) divided by the number of times the ad was shown (impressions). Anyone who’s ever even dipped a toe in the performance marketing ocean has heard of CTR. So, what is CTR? What’s a “good” CTR? What’s a “good” CTR?

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It’s True. Google Ads Do Affect Organic Search Results.

LeadSquared

We knew for sure that there is a correlation. But we could see that webpages/articles that are indexed (not ranking in top 10 position) for those keywords start appearing in SERP. So, here are the key learnings from our test: Google SERP may/may not look different to everyone else vs. your target audience. The answer is simple.

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Will Your SEO Strategy Be Impacted By Google’s Removal of Right-Hand-Side Ads on SERPs?

Content Standard

As of Friday of last week, Google confirmed that it had permanently removed all right-hand ads on its SERPs (search engine results pages) worldwide, making room for ads at the top and bottom of the page. Though they differ per campaign, Google has reported the average CTR (click-through rate) is around 2 percent. Two percent!

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Will Your SEO Strategy Be Impacted By Google’s Removal of Right-Hand-Side Ads on SERPs?

Content Standard

As of Friday of last week, Google confirmed that it had permanently removed all right-hand ads on its SERPs (search engine results pages) worldwide, making room for ads at the top and bottom of the page. Though they differ per campaign, Google has reported the average CTR (click-through rate) is around 2 percent. Two percent!

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