Google continues to experiment with sitelinks in its search results, and the latest round of tests introduces a new mobile sitelinks layout that stacks each link on its own line with a horizontal rule running down the left side of the snippet.<\/p>\n
The most recent design spotted shows sitelinks listed one per line in darker text, with a margin running down the left-hand side of the search snippet. A second variation drops that horizontal margin entirely, and a third variation adds small images next to each sitelink. An image side by side with text sitelinks inside a single ad block has not been widely documented before, which makes the image-inclusive variant the most novel of the three.<\/p>\n
Google has been iterating on sitelinks for some time. The variation without a left-side line has been observed before, and earlier tests have also placed images inside sitelinks. The new contribution in this round is the consistent left-side margin paired with darker sitelink text, applied across text-based ad units on mobile.<\/p>\n
The designs appeared in screenshots shared publicly on X, including one that read: “Google is testing out a new mobile sitelink display for text-based ads, featuring all sitelinks in darker text and a margin on the left-hand side.” A separate post included the image variant, with the caption noting it had not been seen before.<\/p>\n
Sitelinks sit inside both organic results and text ads, giving searchers shortcuts to deeper pages on a site. Google runs frequent layout tests to figure out which arrangement drives the most clicks, clearest scanning, and best fit on mobile screens, where vertical space and thumb reach matter most. A vertical stack with a clear left margin and darker text is easier to scan than the older grid of four links, and pairing each link with a small image gives users more visual cues about the destination page.<\/p>\n
Click-through rates on ads and branded organic results shift when Google redesigns sitelinks, so a single week of performance data can mislead.<\/p>\n
Sitelinks rank position across a service area is the kind of detail a geo grid report captures, and SEOScanPro<\/a>‘s GEO Grids show where a business appears and where it disappears on a map.<\/p>\n Google is testing a mobile sitelinks layout that lists each link on its own line in darker text, with a horizontal margin running down the left side of the snippet.<\/p>\n The spotted design appeared inside text-based ads on mobile, with the sitelinks stacked vertically and separated from the main ad copy by the left-side margin.<\/p>\n Earlier tests have placed images inside sitelinks, but the recent screenshots include a version pairing text sitelinks with inline images that had not been widely documented before.<\/p>\nFAQ<\/h2>\n
What is the latest Google sitelinks test?<\/h3>\n
Are the new sitelinks showing in ads or organic results?<\/h3>\n
Did Google test images inside sitelinks before?<\/h3>\n