New in AWR: Organic CTR Report

As probably most of you already know, back in may 2014 we released a standalone free SEO CTR tool that helps you understand how many clicks each SERP gets. Fuelled by the success this topic received, we integrated the “Google CTR” report in our app as part of the Google menu.

Today we’re excited to announce the release of a reinvented Organic CTR report focused on industries. The story behind this report revolves around the SEOs agencies’ need to measure their CTR efforts against different values for each industry. And there are quite some CTR differences between industries, we could tell. :)

Only think about the seasonal character some of them have, or the searchers' behavioural differences when browsing from desktop vs. mobile devices.

Furthermore, with these benchmarks in mind, it's a lot easier and more righteous to explain clients the CTR values achieved.

So let’s not waste any more time and have a look at how this new report could smoothen your SEO process! You’ll learn how to:

1. instantly spot underperforming projects from a CTR point of view

2. detect underperforming keywords

3. find potential sources of increasing traffic by focusing on the “right” keywords

Overview at industry level

Navigate through your projects and select their corresponding industry from the drop-down. Your project’s CTR average values for each position will be displayed next to the industry ones in the same chart. This way, you can spot at glance where your attention is being required.

Furthermore, you can easily split the data by device and / or by month, depending on your interests.

A more granular level

Once you’ve spotted the underperforming projects, it’s time to narrow your analysis down to keyword level. Comparing each keyword’s CTR value from the table with the industry’s averages for each position will show you exactly where to focus your efforts on.

These keywords can be filtered by your needs, between the ones from your project and the ones retrieved from your Search Console account. If you feel that certain keywords from your GSC account require a closer and more accurate position evolution tracking, simply add them to your project:

Pro level

Some keywords have a higher growth potential than other, which translates into higher traffic, and, of course, higher ROI. Such as, for example, keywords in top 3, with more than 20.000 impressions and with a clickthrough rate below the industry’s average.

To spot them, simply export the data to CSV and apply custom filters and formulas on it.

Bonus tip

Now since you’ve compared your keywords’ CTR against the industry’s average values, each of them will definitely fall in one of these 2 categories: above the average or below it.

Leonardo da Vinci once said that “Art is never finished, only abandoned”, but I doubt you will want to focus on the keywords with a higher CTR than average. :)

Therefore, a good starting point when finding out why some of your keywords have a below-the-average CTR would be to have a closer look at how the SERP shapes up for each case. There might be some featured snippets above your entry that influence your CTR (such as the emerging AI Overviews) and the best way check this hypothesis would be by using the SERP Features Visibility report.

That’s it for now

So how about you? How do you report CTR values? Individually for each industry or based on a different criteria? And, of course, how do you discover low-hanging fruit keywords?

Please make sure to let us know your thoughts, questions and feedback. And I’ll see you soon with more updates!