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Google Ads Testing Top Pages Links

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10 Jun
Google Ads Testing Top Pages Links
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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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4 Aug
Google Ads Tests Anchor Text Hyperlinks In Ad Descriptions

Google is testing adding keyword-rich anchor text hyperlinks to the ad descriptions in the sponsored results within Google Search. Clicking on the link takes you to the same ad

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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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17 Aug
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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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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4 Sept
Google Ads Collapsing Sitelinks That You Can Expand

Google Ads is testing another variation of expandable sitelinks, where sitelinks are collapsed by default and a number indicator shows how many more are available. You can then

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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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23 Jun
Google Ads Tests Strongest & Strong Match Labels On Sponsored Results

Google has confirmed it is rolling out a limited test in the search results to add labels to the sponsored results. The labels will say "Strongest match" and "Strong match," which

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