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Google: 5% of AdWords Ads Being Served with Green “Ads” Tag Globally

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green adwords tag testIt looks like Google is testing their green “Ad” tag to a group far larger than their usual 1% test… in fact, Google is serving 5% of ads with the green “Ad” tag.  This is a significant amount of traffic being served with this new tag.

Google AdWords DE posted (in German) a response on Twitter about the test….

Translated from German:

This is in fact a test phase, and at about 5% of global traffic the ads will appear in green 🙂

Searchers first began noticing the green “Ad” tag – which also appears in multiple languages – yesterday.

Here is how they appear:

google adwords green tag

The ad tag in this test doesn’t stand out nearly as much as the usual yellow tag that Google uses, as the new green ad tag matches the color of the URL.  But 5% is a pretty significant test for any search result test Google does, so this might be a change that sticks around.

H/T Goldbach Interactive & Ginny Marvin

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Jennifer Slegg is a longtime speaker and expert in search engine marketing, working in the industry for almost 20 years. When she isn't sitting at her desk writing and working, she can be found grabbing a latte at her local Starbucks or planning her next trip to Disneyland. She regularly speaks at Pubcon, SMX, State of Search, Brighton SEO and more, and has been presenting at conferences for over a decade.

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