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11 Jun
Google Ads Sitelinks With Images

Google Ads is testing showing images within the sitelinks portion of the ad unit. I've seen plenty of images in the main portion of the sponsored search results but I don't

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20 Apr
Google Search Tests Opening Search Results In New Window

Google is reportedly testing opening search results in a new window. Yes, there is a setting to turn this on or off, but the setting is turned off and Google is testing opening

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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 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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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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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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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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25 Aug
Google Ads Tests Loading Sponsored Results Using Gemini With Animation

Google Ads is testing loading the sponsored results in the mobile search results interface with an animation. It shows that Gemini is also involved by saying, "Evaluating

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