Google Shifts Search Ads Closer To Free Results

James Carswell noticed that Google, on some browsers, has shifted the search ads on the right hand side of the search results page, closer to the free (organic) results. I personally was able to replicate this change, by comparing Firefox to Safari and posted a video illustrating the change. In the video below, you will […]

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James Carswell noticed that Google, on some browsers, has shifted the search ads on the right hand side of the search results page, closer to the free (organic) results. I personally was able to replicate this change, by comparing Firefox to Safari and posted a video illustrating the change.

In the video below, you will first see the Firefox browser, with the ads closer to the organic listings. Notice, when I expand the browser’s width, the ads don’t move to the far right, like it does in Safari (i.e. the old way). Here is that video:


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a technologist and 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.

In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.

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