click-through

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noun

ˈklik-ˌthrü

: an instance of clicking on a link on a web page

click-through rate

also : the volume of click-throughs on a link

click through

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verb

clicked through; clicking through; clicks through

transitive verb

: to click on (a link, such as a link for a promotion or advertisement) on a web page that opens a new page or site

They have been pressing all Web sites, including those dedicated to journalism, to accept payment completely or partially based on the number of people clicking through an advertisement or even on the number of people who buy a product.—

Joseph Menn

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Noun

Prioritize metrics that indicate genuine engagement rather than click-through rates. —

Kevin Dam, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 The click-through rate, industry-wide, is less than 1 percent—and chalk some of that up to mouse error and click fraud. —

IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011

Verb

One of the problems is that employees will often click through single sign-on and authorization screens, potentially granting permissions to unknown third-party apps, Vivek Ramachandran, founder of SquareX, said. —

Davey Winder, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 As prosecutors clicked through the images, Juror No. 11—a young corporate lawyer from Michigan whose grandmother struggles with mental illness—calmed his nerves with chewing gum. —

Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for click-through