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Click-Through Rate (CTR)

Click-through rate is the percentage of people who click on a link after seeing it, calculated by dividing clicks by impressions. In search, CTR measures how often users click your listing after it appears in results. In advertising, it measures ad effectiveness. Higher CTR typically indicates more relevant, compelling content.

How This Applies to Home Care Marketing

CTR is a crucial metric because even if you rank well, you’re not getting traffic if no one clicks. For home care searches, CTR depends on how compelling your title tag and meta description appear compared to competitors. A listing that says “Home Care Services - We Care” loses clicks to one saying “24/7 In-Home Senior Care in Phoenix | Free Assessment.”

Improving organic CTR involves optimizing title tags with location and service specificity, writing meta descriptions that include calls-to-action, and earning rich results through structured data. For paid search, CTR affects Quality Score, which affects ad position and cost.

Key Takeaway

Monitor CTR in Google Search Console for your key pages. If a page ranks position 4 but has below-average CTR, test more compelling title tags and meta descriptions. Small CTR improvements compound into significant traffic gains.

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