Did you see three ads at the top of Google search results, rather than the one or two that sometimes appear? If so, it wasn’t your imagination. AdWordsRep, Google’s
official rep for AdWords who participates in our Search Engine Watch Forums, confirmed to a member asking that there’s a test going on:
AdWords tends to test stuff from time to time, and you’re seeing one such test. Probably only a few folks will see it, and then not for long. It’s not a permanent change.
Want to comment or discuss? Visit the thread he commented in, 3 Ads at top of Listings.
How do you get into the existing two "text banner" positions that have traditionally showed? Top
position? Impossible? is another thread with AdWords rep explains how some ads end up in this position.
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