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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Google Launches New Embedded Format For Ad Sitelinks
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By: Amanda Chaney2011-06-28
During the spring/early summer conference season, a lot of new information was rolled out by both industry experts as well as the paid search platforms themselves. One of the recent developments for Google AdWords is in regards to the Ad Extensions feature.
For advertisers who currently have Ad Sitelinks enabled, you'll be happy to hear that there is now another way Google can show these Ad Extensions.
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| Google Launches New Embedded Format for Ad Sitelinks |
Here's a quick summary of the different Ad Sitelink formats provided by Google AdWords:
Two-Line Format
This format allows up to four of your sitelinks to show across two additional lines under your ads. This format is typically used for highly relevant branded terms.
- Two-Line Format
One-Line Format
This format allows up to four of your sitelinks to show on one line under your ads. This format is typically displayed for high quality ads where the extra information will benefit the searcher. Note: Using shorter text for sitelinks will allow Google to show more of them in this format.
One-Line Format
Embedded Format
If your ad qualifies for the new embedded format of Ad Sitelinks, there will be no additional lines of text underneath your existing ad. "Instead," Google states, "text in your ad that exactly matches one or more of the sitelinks in your campaign will automatically be linked to that sitelink's destination URL." Google is experimenting with this format to try to give advertisers that don't quite meet the requirements for the other two sitelink formats a chance to take advantage of their benefits. I haven't stumbled across any embedded sitelinks, but here is an example Google provides:
Embedded Format
Most of the time, sitelinks are meant to provide additional information for your searchers, so why would you include a sitelink that exactly matches text in your current ads? It will be interesting to see what kinds of ads show with this sitelink format, and see how advertisers feel about them if they qualify.
Has anyone seen an example of this sitelink format during a typical search? How do you feel about them? Let me know @amandadchaney!
About the Author:
Amanda Chaney joined Search Mojo in November 2008 and serves as an Account Manager, managing both SEO and PPC campaigns for clients. She develops the SEO and PPC strategies for her clients and manages the daily tactics to improve performance. Her clients have included MazdaUSA, BookCircus, DS Cases and Liberty Tax Service. Amanda graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Business with a Marketing concentration.
