clickthrough

or click-through

[ klik-throo ]

/ ˈklɪkˌθru /

noun Computers.

the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.

Also called clickthrough rate, clickthrough percentage. a percentage obtained by dividing the number of clicks on a link, especially an advertisement, by the number of times the link was viewed: a successful ad with a clickthrough of three percent.

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Origin of clickthrough

First recorded in 1995–2000

Words nearby clickthrough

clickety-clack, clickjacking, clicks and mortar, clickstream, clicks‐and‐mortar, clickthrough, clicktivism, clickwrap, client, client state, client-centered therapy

British Dictionary definitions for click through

click through

verb (tr, adverb)

to navigate around (a website) using the links provided to move onto different pages

adjective click-through

(of a website) able to be navigated by means of links between different pages

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