{"id":2729,"date":"2016-06-16T22:51:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=2729"},"modified":"2020-06-27T01:17:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T19:47:20","slug":"adwords-expanded-text-ads-character-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/adwords-expanded-text-ads-character-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Ads Expanded Text Ads Character Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Ever since Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/google-adwords-performace-summit-announcing-new-mobile-ad-innovations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> an improved format of the text ads, marketers are excited about when the change will be rolled out from beta. With an increased character limit, one can benefit by adding more valuable content to communicate the message.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Rightly called &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/expanded-text-ad-preview-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expanded Text Ads<\/a>&#8216; ,\u00a0the revised format has 2 headlines (previously one) and one consolidated description (previously two).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Expanded Text Ad Character Limits<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the character limits of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/track-expanded-text-ads-performance-adwords-script\/\">Expanded Text Ads<\/a> in AdWords:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 85%;\" border=\"1;\" width=\"812\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 1%;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 2%; padding-left: 10px;\">Expanded Text Ad Character Limit<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 2%; padding-left: 10px;\">Current\u00a0Text Ad Limit<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\"><b>Headline 1<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">30 characters<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">25 characters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\"><b>Headline 2<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">30 characters<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">NA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\"><b>Description<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">Consolidated 80 character description<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">2 Description Lines with 35 character each<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\"><b>Display URL<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">Replaced with 2 path fields, each having 15 character limit and is an optional field<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">35 character limit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This change surely offers an opportunity for advertisers to invest in pay-per-click advertising. There is a significant change made to the display URL too, where the domain is extracted from your destination URL to avoid any errors in mismatch. Further, you can make edits to the URL path that you want viewers to see.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Preview Your Expanded Text Ads<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to know\u00a0how the <em>expanded text ads<\/em> will display your ad on mobile and desktop search results? Or are you planning to prepare your client&#8217;s account for this update? We, at Karooya, have recently developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/expanded-text-ad-preview-tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expanded Ad Preview Tool<\/a> to help you create your FIRST expanded text ads and view your\u00a0ad&#8217;s preview.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the tool looks like:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/expanded-text-ad-preview-tool\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/preview-tool-complete.png\" alt=\"Expanded Text Ads Preview Tool\" width=\"1240\" height=\"617\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, no more waiting! You can put\u00a0your creativity to test and try out various combinations of Expanded Text Ads for your client or business.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/expanded-text-ad-preview-tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Start creating your ads now!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Test Your Expanded Text Ads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once you launch a bunch of ads, you may have to come back and check their performance. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/adwords-script-find-poor-performing-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Ads script to find the best performing ads<\/a> will help you find the winning ads in your account. Run this script and pause the poor performing ads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/google-ads-analytics-innovations-keynote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Transcript] Google Ads &amp; Analytics Innovations Keynote<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/expanded-text-ad-preview-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Announcing Expanded Text Ad Preview Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/key-things-keep-mind-expanded-text-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Key Things To Keep In Mind With Expanded Text Ads<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since Google announced an improved format of the text ads, marketers are excited about when the change will be rolled out from beta. 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