Google’s Removing Right-Side Ads

[Roy Milson]

Hello all,

Did anyone notice? Google Removed Right-Side Ads from search result but Will It Impact Organic Search Results?

[JohnVilson]

Yes it's confirmed that Google has removed the ads on the right side of their page results, see more here: http://searchengineland.com/google-no-ads-right-side-of-desktop-search-results-242997

I think the change will also affect organic results. However, I am not sure if it is a positive or a negative change.

One possible (positive) change we may see is fewer ads may mean more organic results on the page.

But if there will be a fourth ad on Google SERPs, the organic results may be pushed further down the page, which will decrease visibility. This may be a negative impact.

[Shikha Singh]

Google is rolling out a dramatic change that removes ads from the right side of its desktop search results, and places ads only at the top and/or bottom of the page. At the same time, the company says it may show an additional ad — four, not three — above the search results for what it calls "highly commercial queries."