{"id":4884,"date":"2017-06-09T22:30:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2019-07-22T22:52:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:22:11","slug":"product-update-expanded-text-ads-preview-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/product-update-expanded-text-ads-preview-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"[Product Update] Expanded Text Ads Preview Tool Upgraded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">A year back, Google announced their new ad format, Expanded Text Ads. Following that announcement, we launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/expanded-text-ad-preview-tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expanded Text Ad Preview Tool<\/a> to help advertisers create ads in the new format, share the ads and review it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We have recently upgraded the tool and added features to further optimize the Expanded Text Ads creation process. Here are the changes with which the tool has been updated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Expanded Text Ads Preview Tool Changes<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0Description added to Sitelink Extensions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We understand the importance of Sitelink Extensions. Hence we have added a new section that lets advertisers add description to their sitelink extensions.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sitelink-extension-description.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"507\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sitelink-extension-description.png\" alt=\"sitelink extension description\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>User can toggle the checkbox named &#8216;<strong>Add Sitelink Description<\/strong>&#8216; to see how their ad will be displayed with and without sitelink descriptions.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how your ad with the sitelink description appear in web results:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/preview-sitelink-description.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"222\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/preview-sitelink-description.png\" alt=\"preview sitelink description\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Message Extension Added<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Google announced <a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.googleblog.com\/2016\/10\/click-to-message-ads-bring-new-and-easy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click-to-message extension<\/a> that lets users on mobile send an instant SMS to the advertiser. Knowing that users are moving on mobile and advertises wish to tap their audience there, we have updated the Expanded Text Ad Tool to include the message extension messaging<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adwords-message-extension-eta-preview-tool.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"70\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adwords-message-extension-eta-preview-tool.png\" alt=\"adwords message extension eta preview tool\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can also use our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/track-messages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Message Extension Tracking Software<\/a> that helps you track the conversions being driven from your message extension.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Call Extension display updated<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The call button displayed in the mobile search results has been made akin to how google displays it. Google recently changed how the call button is displayed on mobile. Here is how it previously looked like:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/previous-call-button-display.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"441\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/previous-call-button-display.png\" alt=\"previous call button display\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We updated the preview tool to make the change in display and format. It now looks like this:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adwords-call-extension-eta-preview-tool.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1102\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adwords-call-extension-eta-preview-tool.png\" alt=\"adwords call extension eta preview tool\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Ad\u00a0label color<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google had updated its previous yellow ad label to a green one, as shown in the snapshot below:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/expanded-text-ads-green-label.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"111\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/expanded-text-ads-green-label.png\" alt=\"expanded text ads green label\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year it was reported, that Google was sporting a <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/official-googles-green-outlined-ad-label-replacing-solid-green-version-269868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">green outlined ad label<\/a>, instead of the solid green background.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have updated the same in the preview tool too, to give you how your ads will appear in real-time. Here is how the new ad label appears.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/expanded-text-ads-new-ad-label.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"102\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/expanded-text-ads-new-ad-label.png\" alt=\"expanded text ads new ad label\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All these changes are live and active for you to use. You can access the Expanded Text Ads Preview Tool by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/expanded-text-ad-preview-tool\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Test Your Expanded Text Ads<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once you launch 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\/\">AdWords script to find best performing ads<\/a>\u00a0will help you find the winning ads in your account. Run this script an pause the poor performing ads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Go ahead, give our updated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/expanded-text-ad-preview-tool\">Expanded Text Ads Preview Tool<\/a>\u00a0a try!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/expanded-text-ads-truncation-and-how-it-affects-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expanded Text Ads Truncation and How It Affects Your Ad Message?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/stealing-seo-best-practices-expanded-text-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stealing SEO best practices for Expanded Text Ads<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year back, Google announced their new ad format, Expanded Text Ads. Following that announcement, we launched the Expanded Text Ad Preview Tool to help advertisers create ads in the new format, share the ads and review it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expanded-text-ads","category-karooya-product-updates"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kirti","author_link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/author\/kirti\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4884"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4900,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions\/4900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}