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August 8, 2016 by Ross Winn

How To Set Up Structured Snippet Extensions In AdWords

How To Set Up Structured Snippet Extensions In AdWords

What Are Structured Snippet Extensions?

adwords structured snippet extension example
In this case, there’s 2

Structured snippet extensions are one of the newer (although not the newest) ad extensions for AdWords.

They allow you to highlight a list of various headers (basically different categories). Currently, the choices for headers are:

  • Amenities
  • Brands
  • Courses
  • Degree programs
  • Destinations
  • Featured hotels
  • Insurance coverage
  • Models
  • Neighborhoods
  • Service catalog
  • Shows
  • Styles
  • Types

As you can see there are many different headers that apply to different types of businesses.

How To Set Up Structured Snippets

Setting up structured snippets is similar to setting up another ad extensions:

  1. Select the Ad extensions tabadwords ad extension tab
  2. Choose Structured snippet extensions from the dropdownstructured snippet dropdown
  3. Click the red + Extension button (I recommend creating your first one at the account level)
  4. Click + New structured snippet. You’ll see this:new structured snippet window
  5. Choose your Header, enter values and hit save. Here’s one that I created for a local mental health counslor:counseling business structured snippet

 

Structured Snippet Extension Tips & Tricks

  • Start by creating your structured snippets at the account level: use something that will apply to all your campaigns
  • Create campaign and ad group specific snippets as time allows
  • Create brand-specific structured snippets for your branded campaigns
  • Google recommends using as many ‘values’ as you can, but they often get cut off – especially on mobile
    • Create mobile-specific snippets with shorter values (or use less of them – 3 or 4 max)
    • Preview your ads to see how they look

Local Business

If you’re a local business, I recommend using the ‘neighborhoods’ or ‘service catalog’ header so you can show which areas you service or highlight some of your top services.

Do you have any questions on how to set up or best use structured snippets? Let me know in the comments!

Filed Under: Ad Extensions, AdWords

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