Google Sponsored Places Search Ad Unit

Feb 20, 2026 - 7:11 am 0 by
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Google may be testing a new ad unit named Sponsored Places. I think this is new, I mean, have any of you seen this before in the search results? Instead of it saying "Sponsored results" or a local pack with sponsored listings.

This was spotted by Alex Sparks who posted a screenshot of this test on X - here is his screenshot:

Google Sponsored Places Search Ad Unit

Is this new?

Forum discussion at X.

 

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