It seems that Bing is changing things up with new Yahoo-esque purple in their local map packs, changing the listing numbers and the map markers to purple. Bing hasn’t changed the formatting within the map pack at all, the color seems to be the only thing they are changing at the moment. They have also […]
Archives for April 25, 2016
Bing Also Showing Ads on Their Local Finder Page
Bing is also showing Bing Ads on their Local Finder page, the page that Bing displays when a searcher clicks through from one of their local pack listings in the regular search results. Here is how it displays: These look like typical search ads, with the blue title, green URL and black description text. They […]
Google Testing Purple AdWords Ad Tag & Local Map Markers
Google is testing purple “ad” tags on AdWords ads on their local map results, along with matching purple map markers and icons for the related search results. I actually spotted this back on the 19th, but wasn’t entirely sure if it was new or not. However, it seems others began noticing it within the last […]