Google Lets Searchers Show 11 Search Ads On Top

A reader emailed me screen shots of Google testing AdWords top ads that can expand to eight additional ads. When expanded, you see a total of 11 ads, followed by the free organic Google search results. Here are screen shots: And when you expand them, they push the free listings down. Here is a cropped […]

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A reader emailed me screen shots of Google testing AdWords top ads that can expand to eight additional ads. When expanded, you see a total of 11 ads, followed by the free organic Google search results.

Here are screen shots:

Google 8 expanded top AdWords ads

And when you expand them, they push the free listings down. Here is a cropped image showing some of the top ads expanded:

Google 8 expanded top AdWords ads


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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