How to Use click-through in a Sentence

click-through

1 of 2 noun
  • This could increase click-through rates and attract users who otherwise wouldn’t click on an ad.
    — Ming Zhu, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This, in turn, can lead to more engagement, return visits and click-through rates.
    — Olya Osokina, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Google's new search box, the drop in click-through, the rise of AI overviews … none of it is a fluke.
    — Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Every month, log your open rate, click-through rate, unsubscribe rate, and revenue per campaign.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Engagement is high, click-through rates spike, and the media plan is working as expected.
    — Sergii Denysenko, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Success used to be measured by impressions, click-through rates and website visits.
    — Jay Sen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Adjusting these elements to reflect better search intent can improve click-through rates when users see the page in search results.
    — Jason Phillips, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • According to recent research by my agency, click-through rates can drop by more than 15% within the first week of a campaign launch.
    — Sergii Denysenko, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The ads delivered 8% higher click-through than the brand's own creative, with conversion metrics on benchmark.
    — Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • For leaders, the certainty of a click-through rate provides more comfort than the ambiguity of belief.
    — Isaac Tebbs, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Pages with high impressions but lower click-through rates often benefit from quick title or description updates.
    — Jason Phillips, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This software determines which advertisement to display, to which user, and at what time, aiming to enhance click-through rates and engagement.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Traditional metrics like rankings, impressions and click-through rates don't capture what matters in AI search.
    — Imri Marcus, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Banner placements, impression counts, click-through rates and conversion metrics were not just abstract marketing ideas but practical tools.
    — Vincentas Grinius, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • This is an entirely different control mechanism, where influence is not about click-throughs but belief formation.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Optimization should include a combination of cultural impact and click-through rates.
    — Tony Gonzalez, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Campaigns run on one publisher typically deliver only basic metrics such as impressions, click-through rates, or page views.
    — Harshit Jain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • DataSlayer analysis showed a 61% drop in organic click-through rates when an AI Overview is present.
    — Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • The move comes after Google’s AI summaries in search results have decimated click-through rates for online publishers.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • In my experience, the technology is already proving its ability to increase click-through rates and reduce cost-per-conversion.
    — Ivan Ostojić, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Since the emergence of generative AI, publishers have seen drastically lower click-through-rates.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Microsoft recorded 83–93 percent drops in click-through rates for some news plaintiffs, and 51–94 percent drops for others.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Rankings and click-through rates are joined, and in some cases superseded, by share-of-voice measures such as brand mentions, algorithmic citations and real-time sentiment synthesis.
    — Paul M. Wilson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • According to research cited by Search Engine Land, AI overviews dropped click-through rates for top results by more than 30%.
    — Frances Dillard, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Recent research shows that when an AI Overview appears, click-through rates for top-ranking organic results can fall significantly.
    — Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Research from Ahrefs found that Google’s AI Overviews substantially reduce the click-through rates for the top organic search result.
    — Jay Sen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The first banner ad — AT&T, on HotWired, October 1994 — pulled a 44% click-through rate.
    — Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • To answer this question, professionals have to search logs and telemetry, which can include firewall records, email click-through data, DNS records and browser histories.
    — Alex Lanstein, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Figures like click-through rates, page impressions, and conversions have traditionally provided marketers with the insight needed to make decisions about how, when, and where to present their products and services to us.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • His internal data showed that when AI Overviews began showing for queries on cocktails from Inspired Taste, click-through rates to his site were down 30%.
    — Davey Alba, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025

click through

2 of 2 verb
  • For more specifics on each app, make sure to click through to our in-depth reviews.
    — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 16 July 2025
  • If anything, just click through to marvel at it.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
  • To see the images from this shoot, click through the gallery below.
    — Emily Burns, ELLE, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Some images were blurred out, with no option to click through and view the post.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Ahead, click through to see the couple's finest moments so far through the years.
    — Jennifer Algoo, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Avoid clicking through to a website from an ad or social post.
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • No need to click through five dashboards or submit a help ticket.
    — Amiad Solomon, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Go straight to the source – Don’t reply or click through a message.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Space and motion freeze, and time just continues to click through.
    — Eliza McGraw, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Sites don’t make money unless users click through and see ads or buy products.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Just don’t click through from any emails or download and open any attachments.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Straight from the email, subscribers can click through the full articles.
    — Nashville Tennessean, 5 June 2025
  • The customer never clicks through to ten websites.
    — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Linda, the teacher, clicked through slides with one finger.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Be sure to click through for a video of the actor twisting in the dress, making the fringe fly.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Comments that made people click through to my profile and hit follow.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Other users were able to access the site but were unable to see photos or click through links.
    — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Open a bunch of box scores, click through to see if the runs were all scored in one inning, close that tab when the answer is no.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Once there, click through and begin the registration process.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
  • Emails will ask you to click through to what looks like official company login sites.
    — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Users who click through to partner programming will be redirected to those apps.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
  • That's why clicking through Instagram under a tree doesn't quite cut it.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026
  • Consumers are no longer typing keywords and clicking through pages of results.
    — Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • The options for hotels are offered through small modules within the chat, and users can click through each one.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2023
  • So, giddy up and click through the slides ahead to discover and shop the best cowboy boots on the market for fall.
    — Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 17 Oct. 2024
  • For a chance to reserve a campsite, make sure to mark your calendar, set your alarm clock, and be ready to click through www.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Be sure to book in a browser, not through the app, and to click through the link below before applying the code.
    — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Apr. 2026
  • His game has been clicking through the tournament, and he's drawn fans in with both his swagger and shot-making.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • Some may even ask you to copy and paste a link into your browser instead of clicking through it directly.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
  • In many cases, the buyer never clicks through to verify.
    — Anisha Chawla, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

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