What is CTR?

CTR is known as click through rate. It means if you get 1 click on adds for per 100 page impressions your CTR is 1%. If you get 3 clicks on Adds per 100 page impressions it makes a CTR of 3%. CTR largely depends on the
· Positioning of Adds on your site.
· Color and content combinations of your page with the Adds color and contents.
CTR is considered to be
GOOD – If it is 3 - 5%
VERY GOOD – 5 - 10%
EXCELLENT – 10 – 15%
SUSPICIOUS – more than 15 %

Make money from your website

The different ways to make money from your website are
Google Ad sense: Make a website and place the ads from Google on it. You have to register yourself for get an account. You will get the ad code which is to be placed on your webpage. The Google will pay you if someone clicks on these ads. You will get the payment only after your account reaches 100$.
Affiliate programs: Some companies pay you commission if someone buys their product through your site. To become an affiliate you need to register yourself on their website. You will get a referral link or banner which you have to display on your site. If someone buys their product going to their website through this referral link you will be paid a commission. Example. http://www.amazon.com/ is one of the major sites which offer affiliates programs.
Online business: You can also sell your product online.

How to divert traffic to your site

There are several methods to divert the traffic to your website. The main sources of traffic are
· Direct traffic
· Traffic through search engines
· Through Referrals
To draw the traffic to your site you should
· Submit your site to the search engines
· Use the original contents and articles. Do not use the material copied from other sites.
· Make a sitemap of your website and submit it to Google. To know more about the sitemap go to http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=34575
· Use the web address of your site as a signature in your e-mail.
· Take part in forums and blogspots to advertise your site.
· The site design should be simple as per the Google requirements. To know more about the friendly site design go to http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=40349&topic=15260
· Make a blog and discussion forum for your website.

Google introduces voice and video chat

Google has introduced a new voice and video chat software. You need to install the software on your system to use it. To make use of the software your operating system should be
· Window XP or later
· Intel Mac OS X 10.4 or later
By using this application you can chat within Gmail.
Try this new voice and video chat by downloading it from http://mail.google.com/videochat