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Should I optimize for CTR?
CTR is useful—but incomplete.
A high CTR simply means people clicked.
It doesn't tell you whether those visitors became customers.
An ad with:
- 0.6% CTR
- $90 CPL
may outperform another with:
- 1.4% CTR
- $350 CPL
Always evaluate campaigns using downstream conversion metrics rather than clicks alone.
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