As Taboola expands internationally, we’re getting more new data every day. We decided to see just how different user behavior is from geo to geo.
As you build out your content campaigns, take a look at the below data for some inspiration!
Negative & Positive Content
What do the United States and the United Kingdom have in common? It seems that users from both of these countries click on more negative content (graph shows the calibrated CTR score):
Not All Positives Are Created Equal
Three words that are commonly used to describe positive content were compared in the nine countries related to this study: ‘Top’, ‘Best’ & ‘Perfect’. Does anyone else see what I see regarding the CTR score in the U.S.? Is the American dream of success and perfectionism demonstrated perfectly in the graph below?
Punctuation Marks
Have you ever asked yourself if adding punctuation marks makes your titles more clickable? Well, the answer is – it depends!
In the graph below, you’ll notice that in the U.S., adding a question mark to a title may boost CTR. This is true as well for India, New Zealand and the U.K. On the other hand, titles using a comma in them do really well in Canada and in India.
Should You Write Titles with Even or Odd Numbers?
What does your gut tell you about even and odd numbers?
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In general, we see a really clear trend towards odd numbers:
But is it the same in all countries? Do you think it’s the same in your country? Check out these results:
It seems like Australia is the only country in which people click more on titles with even numbers!
And finally, now it’s your turn: Take a look at the graph below. Can you guess what impacted the CTR score in these different countries?
The title length. Locate the country that your clients come from and see the optimal title length for them!
So What Do We Learn from All of This?
At the end of the day, our technology is based on human behavior, and humans are always unpredictable. Even if this data shifts, the key takeaway is to always A/B test, and always look at what is working for you.