{"id":699766,"date":"2025-11-18T07:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T04:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/most-chatgpt-links-get-0-ctr-even-highly-visible-ones\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T07:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T04:50:14","slug":"most-chatgpt-links-get-0-ctr-even-highly-visible-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/most-chatgpt-links-get-0-ctr-even-highly-visible-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Most ChatGPT links get 0% CTR \u2013 even highly visible ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af0d5e9280fe\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af0d5e9280fe\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/most-chatgpt-links-get-0-ctr-even-highly-visible-ones\/#Newly_revealed_data_exposes_how_little_traffic_ChatGPT_drives_to_publishers_Spoiler_alert_The_gap_between_visibility_and_clicks_is_huge\" >Newly revealed data exposes how little traffic ChatGPT drives to publishers. Spoiler alert: The gap between visibility and clicks is huge.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Newly_revealed_data_exposes_how_little_traffic_ChatGPT_drives_to_publishers_Spoiler_alert_The_gap_between_visibility_and_clicks_is_huge\"><\/span>Newly revealed data exposes how little traffic ChatGPT drives to publishers. Spoiler alert: The gap between visibility and clicks is huge.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\n<p>A leaked file reveals the user interactions that OpenAI is tracking, including how often ChatGPT displays publisher links and how few users actually click on them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By the numbers. <\/strong>ChatGPT shows links, but hardly anyone clicks on them. For one top-performing page, the OpenAI file reports:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>610,775<\/strong> total link impressions<\/li>\n<li><strong>4,238<\/strong> total clicks<\/li>\n<li><strong>0.69%<\/strong> overall CTR<\/li>\n<li>Best individual page CTR: <strong>1.68%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Most other pages: <strong>0.01%, 0.1%<\/strong>, <strong>0%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ChatGPT metrics.<\/strong> The leaked file breaks down every place ChatGPT displays links and how users interact with them. It tracks:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date range<\/strong> (date partition, report month, min\/max report dates)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher and URL details<\/strong> (publisher name, base URL, host, URL rank)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impressions and clicks<\/strong> across:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Response<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sidebar<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Citations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Search results<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>TL;DR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fast navigation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>CTR calculations<\/strong> for each display area<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total impressions and total clicks<\/strong> across all surfaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where the links <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear. <\/strong>Interestingly, the most visible placements drive the fewest clicks. The document broke down performance by zone:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Main response:<\/strong> Huge impressions, tiny CTR<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sidebar and citations:<\/strong> Fewer impressions, higher CTR (6\u201310%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Search results:<\/strong> Almost no impressions, zero clicks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why we care.<\/strong> Hoping ChatGPT visibility might replace your lost Google organic search traffic? This data says no. AI-driven traffic is rising, but it\u2019s still a sliver of overall traffic \u2013 and it\u2019s unlikely to ever behave like traditional organic search traffic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the data.<\/strong> It was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7396255188509986816\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on LinkedIn by Vincent Terrasi<\/a>, CTO and co-founder of Draft &amp; Goal, which bills itself as \u201ca multistep workflow to scale your content production.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/chatgpt-links-0-ctr-464718\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly revealed data exposes how little traffic ChatGPT drives to publishers. Spoiler alert: The gap between visibility and clicks is huge. A leaked file reveals the user interactions that OpenAI is tracking, including how often ChatGPT displays publisher links and how few users actually click on them. By the numbers. 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