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  "id": "google-ads-expanded-text-ads-still-available",
  "slug": "google-ads-expanded-text-ads-still-available",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/google-ads-expanded-text-ads-still-available/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/google-ads-expanded-text-ads-still-available.json",
  "claim": "You can still create expanded text ads in Google Ads",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Write 3 headlines and 2 descriptions for your expanded text ad\"",
  "verdict": "outdated",
  "verdict_definition": "Source found and quoted correctly, but old enough that the market has changed.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 3,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Google Ads Help",
    "title": "About expanded text ads",
    "year": "Retired June 30, 2022"
  },
  "quote": "Starting June 30, 2022, you’ll no longer be able to create or edit expanded text ads. Expanded text ads will continue to serve, and you'll still find reports on their performance going forward.",
  "method": "Official Google Ads Help documentation.",
  "drift": [
    "Superseded: new search text ads must be responsive search ads; old ETAs can still serve, be paused or removed"
  ],
  "interest": "Google sells the ads it is describing.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Google Ads stopped letting advertisers create or edit expanded text ads on June 30, 2022; existing ones can still serve, but new text ads must be responsive search ads.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Google Ads Help — About expanded text ads",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7056544",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Documentation read on 2026-10-17",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-17",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}