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

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 The platform improves return on advertising spend (ROAS) threefold, boosts click-through rates (CTR) by 200% and reduces production and testing costs by approximately 50% on average, according to the company. —

Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024

Verb

Email newsletters are admittedly pretty common, but those that entice audiences to routinely click through and engage with their content are a rare breed. —

Jodi Amendola, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 As can be seen by way of a few clicks through Sportico’s College Sports Finances Database, the Longhorns’ football budget in 2022-23 was a tidy $61 million. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for click-through