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Google Ads Tests Anchor Text Hyperlinks In Ad Descriptions

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4 Aug
Google Ads Tests Anchor Text Hyperlinks In Ad Descriptions
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Google Ads Tests Blue Hyperlinks In Ad Descriptions

Google is testing blue hyperlinks in the ad descriptions within the sponsored results. These are clickable, keyword rich, links in the ads, similar to what we saw last week with

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9 Jul
Google Ads Tests Favicons In Sponsored Results Sitelinks

Google is testing placing favicons in the sitelinks portion of the sponsored results from Google Ads. Generally, we only see the favicon in the main sponsored or organic listing,

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2 Oct
Google Ads Sitelinks Format In AI Mode

Google Ads show up a lot within AI Mode these days and with that, Google is testing various ad formats to see which formats get the highest click-through rate (unlike links in AI

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10 Jun
Google Ads Testing Top Pages Links

Google seems to be testing new "top pages" links within the Google Ads sponsored listings. These look like sitelinks or those old tags but they are titled "Top pages."

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30 Jun
Google Ads Tests Open In New Window Icon

Google is testing adding an open in new window icon on sponsored results within the Google Search results. This icon appears at the end of the URL in the Google search ads.

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7 Jul
Google Tests Visit Site Button On Google Ads Sponsored Results

Google is testing a large "Visit site" button on the sponsored results, the Google Ads, within the Google Search results. Google has done this before for organic sitelinks and map

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20 Oct
Bing Tests Not Showing Sitelinks

Microsoft seems to be testing not showing sitelinks under the main Bing search result snippets. I am honestly not sure if this is new but I was able to replicate Bing showing

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