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Google Ads Tests Blue Hyperlinks In Ad Descriptions

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17 Aug
Google Ads Tests Blue Hyperlinks In Ad Descriptions
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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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14 Sept
Google Search Tests Blue More Link In Shopping Results

Google is testing a blue background color on the "More" link within the product results in Google Search. The link is normally just a basic "more" link with no prominence or color

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22 Sept
Google Sponsored Results Sitelinks Tests More From Advertiser Name Title

Google Search is testing placing a title above the sitelinks for the sponsored results, the title says "more from [advertiser name goes here]." I think it makes it super clear

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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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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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11 Jun
Google Tests Dotted Underlined & Shaded URLs In Search Snippet

Google is testing using a dotted underline and a shaded URL for the search result snippet's URL. Yesterday, we covered how Google was testing a blue dotted underline for sitelinks

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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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