Google Sponsored Places That Expand On Hover

Sep 17, 2026 - 7:11 am 0 — by
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Google Expand Hero

Google is testing the Sponsored Places ads that expand when you hover over the ads within Google Search. Google has been testing expandable ads on hover for a while, but here is one with the Sponsored Places ads.

This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who posted some screenshots on X - I made it into a GIF:

Google Sponsored Places Expanded

Here are static images - this one is not expanded:

Google Sponsored Places Normal

This one is expanded:

Google Sponsored Places Expanded

Forum discussion at X.

 

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