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Google tests a sponsored card carousel in the Images tab
Google is testing a sponsored card-style carousel in the Images tab of Search. The format presents sponsored products as a swipeable card carousel within image results, extending where ads appear beyond the standard text and Shopping placements and into image-led browsing.
What changed
It continues Google's push to put ads into more visual surfaces, following earlier card-based ad units in the Images tab. None of this is a confirmed global rollout, but it signals sustained experimentation with image-tab monetisation.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means image search is becoming a more active ad surface, with implications for how product imagery competes for attention. Worth monitoring placement reports for the Images-tab impressions and ensuring the product creative is strong enough to perform in a visual carousel.
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Google tests a sponsored card carousel in the Images tab
Google is testing a sponsored card-style carousel in the Images tab of Search. The format presents sponsored products as a swipeable card carousel within image results, extending where ads appear beyond the standard text and Shopping placements and into image-led browsing.
It continues Google's push to put ads into more visual surfaces, following earlier card-based ad units in the Images tab. None of this is a confirmed global rollout, but it signals sustained experimentation with image-tab monetisation.
For you, this means image search is becoming a more active ad surface, with implications for how product imagery competes for attention. Worth monitoring placement reports for the Images-tab impressions and ensuring the product creative is strong enough to perform in a visual carousel.
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