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Google AdWords Expanded Headlines Now Live

April 28, 2016 at 4:44 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google AdWords Expanded Headlines Now Live

Google has a new closed beta for AdWords advertisers which expands the length of the title and descriptions significantly. In this new beta, descriptions can be up to 80 characters while the headline space is doubled.  Display URLs can also be further customized to show two directories instead of the usual single one. Himanshu Sharma […]

Google Testing Both Lighter & Darker Blue Links in Search Results

April 28, 2016 at 4:16 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Testing Both Lighter & Darker Blue Links in Search Results

At SMX West earlier this year, Paul Haahr commented that Google recently tested 41 different shades of blue to discover which one was best.  Well it looks like their experimenting isn’t over because in the past couple of days, searchers have noticed both darker and lighter shades of blue being tested. Here is the darker […]

Google Adding Neighborhood Info in Local Knowledge Panel

April 28, 2016 at 4:00 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Adding Neighborhood Info in Local Knowledge Panel

Google is now adding neighborhood information to the local knowledge panel for some businesses.  Joy Hawkins was the first to notice the addition.  When neighborhood information is available, Google will show it prominently near the top of the local knowledge panel. Here is how it appears in the search results: And here is a closer […]

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