Google dropping right hand side ads: the experts’ view

November 14, 2011 | Online Marketing

Last week, Google announced that it would be changing the placement of PPC ads on its search results pages, moving them from the right hand side to the bottom of the page. Econsultancy asked PPC professionals about what these changes mean.

According to Google's blog post, moving the ads to the bottom means they 'fit better into the user's flow', and that this new placement improved average CTR.

It is likely that this move will force advertisers to increase CPCs to ensure they are consistently appearing in the top positions. Advertisers who have traditionally positioned keywords according to performance will suffer the biggest losses through this change.

Advertisers that have historically run a domination strategy will see CPCs increase as competitors raise bids in an effort to retain click volume from PPC traffic. This will result in budgets needing to be increased in order to maintain current market share.

Get the full story at Econsultancy

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