Building & Navigating The New
Expanded Search Text Ads
Matt Umbro - Associate Director of
Search at Hanapin Marketing
About Me
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Agenda
● Today’s Text Ad
● What Does The Data Say?
● Takeaways
Today’s Text Ad
Current Format
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Legacy Format vs. Current Format
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3 Headlines Isn’t Necessarily A New Format
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Ads In The Wild
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Headline 1
Headline 3
Description 1 Description 2
Headline 2
Ads In The Wild
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Keep In Mind...
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● 3 headline ads show sporadically on google.com
● 3 headline ads are more apt to show on Search Partners
● The fewer the total headline characters, the greater the
potential for 3 ads to show (especially on mobile)
● Both description lines tend to show often, even if 3
headlines aren’t being utilized
Keep In Mind...
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What Does The Data Say?
Ad Type Breakout
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● Property management company
● Data is from roughly 200 accounts
● Timeframe for the data is 10/1/18 - 2/10/19
● Over 20,000 expanded text ads and new expanded text
ads ran during this timeframe
● Ads were set to “Optimize”
● Various automated bidding strategies were utilized
Ad Type Breakout
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Ad Type Breakout
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Headline 2 Text
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● Features/Benefits - “Brand New Luxury Apartments”
● Promotions - “Enjoy 1 Month Rent Free”
● Call To Action - “Schedule Your Tour”
● Ad Customizers - “Apartments Start At $2,000”
Headline 2 Text
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Headline 2 + 3 Combinations
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Headline 2 + 3 Combinations
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● Ad Customizers - Call To Action - “Apartments Start At $2,000 - Schedule
Your Tour”
● Call To Action - Features/Benefits - “Schedule Your Tour - Brand New
Luxury Apartments”
● Features/Benefits - Promotions - “Brand New Luxury Apartments - Enjoy 1
Month Rent Free ”
● Promotions - Ad Customizers - “Enjoy 1 Month Rent Free - Apartments
Start At $2,000”
Headline 2 + 3 Combinations
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Top 5 Conversion Rate Combinations
Headline 2 + 3 Combinations
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Headline 2 + 3 Combinations
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Bottom 5 Conversion Rate Combinations
Headline 2 + 3 Combinations
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Top 5 CTR Combinations
Headline 2 + 3 Combinations
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Headline 2 + 3 Combinations
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Bottom 5 CTR Combinations
Description Lines
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Something Surprised Me...
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Character Count
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Character Count
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Character Count
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Takeaways
All New Ads Should Utilize 3 Headlines & 2
Description Lines
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Include Your Call To Action In Headline 2
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Write 2 Description Lines - Even If They Are
The Same For Most Ads
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Overall Headline Length Matters
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Thank you!
● matt.umbro@hanapinmarketing.com
● @Matt_Umbro
● LinkedIn - Matt Umbro

Building & Navigating The New Expanded Search Text Ads