Use a bulksheet to create Google Ads account-level sitelinks

Account-level sitelink refers to a sitelink that is configured for inheritance by campaigns and ad groups. That is, the sitelink's account-level asset setting is selected.

Even though Google Ads sitelinks are created and stored at the account level in Search Ads 360, the sitelinks are only called account-level sitelinks if they are configured for inheritance.

Complete the following steps to use a bulksheet to create up to 20 account-level sitelinks in an account.

If you don't want sitelinks to be inherited from the account level, you don't need to set up inheritance. You can still use a bulksheet to only create the sitelinks. Or, you can use a bulksheet to create and apply sitelinks directly to a campaign or ad group. Ad groups automatically inherit sitelinks from a campaign if the ad group allows sitelinks or if sitelinks aren't directly applied to the ad group.

The overall process for creating Google Ads account-level (inheritable) sitelinks is as follows:

1. Download an editable report (bulksheet) that contains at least one sitelink that you can use as an example.
2. In the downloaded bulksheet, create the sitelinks:
   • Add a column and name it “Row tag”. You'll use the “Row tag” column to assign a temporary ID to the new sitelinks.
   • Add rows and enter information in the sitelinks columns for each new sitelink.
3. To set up inheritance, paste the temporary ID from the sitelink's “Row tag” column into an account row.
4. Upload the bulksheet.

The process for using a bulksheet to edit account-level sitelinks is similar to the process for creating sitelinks, except you don’t need to add a Row tag ID.

Download a report that contains Google Ads accounts and sitelinks

1. Sign in to your new Search Ads 360.
2. Click Reports in the main toolbar and click Predefined reports (dimensions).
3. Click Assets and select “Sitelink assets”.
4. Add a filter to the reporting table. Click the filter icon and click Account type.
5. Select the check box next to “Google Ads” and click Apply.
6. You can choose a specific date range from the date range picker, which is above the reporting table.
7. To download the report, click the download icon . You can choose the format (for example, .csv, .pdf and so on) in which you want to download your report.

Create sitelinks and set up inheritance

Complete the following steps to create account-level sitelinks that can be automatically inherited by campaigns and ad groups.

Learn how to create and apply sitelinks directly to campaigns and ad groups using a bulksheet.

In the downloaded report/bulksheet:

1. Add a Row tag column to the bulksheet. You can insert the column before or after the other columns that are already in the bulksheet since the order of the columns doesn't matter.
2. Add a row for each sitelink that you want to create:
   • Copy an existing sitelink row to a blank row.
   • Edit the information in the sitelink columns. For example, in the Action column, replace edit with remove.
3. An account can contain up to 20 sitelinks.
4. In each new sitelink row, in the Row tag column, specify a row tag ID.
5. To create sitelinks that can be inherited by campaigns and ad groups, in a client account row, in the Sitelinks column, add a row tag ID for each new sitelink, separated by a vertical bar "|". When you upload the bulksheet, the sitelinks will be created as account-level sitelinks.
6. Save the bulksheet and then upload it into Search Ads 360.

Edit sitelinks

Edit the information in the sitelink columns for existing sitelinks, but leave the Row tag column blank.

Bulksheet columns for creating and editing sitelinks

Column name	Description
Action	Enter create to create a new sitelink. Enter edit to edit a sitelink.
Row tag	Enter a temporary identifier for the sitelink. The identifier should be unique within the bulksheet, but because it is not stored in Search Ads 360, it can be reused in a different bulksheet to create other sitelinks. The row tag can include alphanumeric characters and _(underscores), but cannot include wildcard characters such as @ or *. The row tag can start with upper or lower case letters or an _ (underscore). For example, _Sitelink_tag_4 is a valid row tag. 4_Sitelink_tag_@ is not a valid row tag.
Account level asset	You don't need to make any changes in this column. Search Ads 360 doesn't use the information in the column to set the Account-level asset setting that enables inheritance from the account. Instead, if you want to create an account-level sitelink that can be automatically inherited by campaigns and ad groups, in a client account row, add the row tag ID for the new sitelink to the Sitelinks column. See the Sitelinks column description later in this table.
Sitelink text	(Required) Enter the link text that you want to display in the ad.
Sitelink Description1 and Sitelink Description2	Optionally enter ad text in both columns.
Final URL	(Required) Type the URL for the website that appears after the user clicks the link. Be sure to start the URL with http or https. If you add a URL that doesn't start this way, you'll see an error when you try to upload the bulksheet.
Asset start date and end date	Optionally enter when you want the sitelink to be eligible to appear in ads. The format is yyyy-mm-dd (for example, 2018-08-15)
Asset mobile preference	The default is All; enter Mobile if you prefer that the sitelink appear on mobile devices. If a campaign or ad group contains only sitelinks set to Mobile preferred (not recommended), the sitelink may also appear on desktop, laptop, and tablet computers. You don't need to remove the existing values from the Item ID or Sitelink tracking URL column. When you specify create as the action, Search Ads 360 automatically generates a new Item ID and tracking URL when you upload the bulksheet.
Item ID	In the sitelink row, leave the Sitelinks column blank. To set up inheritance, in the client account row, add the row tag ID for the sitelink. Separate each ID with a vertical bar ( | ). If you don't want campaigns and ad groups to inherit a new sitelink, don't add the row tag ID in the Sitelinks column in the client account row. For existing account-level sitelinks, if you want to remove the inheritance and turn off the account level asset setting, in the Sitelinks column in a client account row, remove the sitelink's Item ID. Learn more about using a bulksheet to remove sitelinks.
Sitelink URL template	Optional. Enter a Search Ads 360 URL template if you want to override a template specified at a higher level. If the sitelink inherits a URL template that doesn't contain a URL placeholder, Google Ads ignores the higher-level template and directs clicks to the sitelink's final URL without applying the template. For example: You specify the following landing page URL for a sitelink: http://example.com/red-shoes You don't specify a URL template for a sitelink, but you do specify this URL template for a keyword: http://tracker.com?id=1234 A search matches the keyword and Google Ads serves an ad along with the sitelink. A customer clicks the sitelink. Google Ads directs the click to http://example.com/red-shoes without applying the URL template inherited from the keyword. If instead the keyword's URL template specified this: http://tracker.com?url={escapedlpurl} Google Ads would apply the URL template, and the click would redirect to: http://tracker.com?url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fred-shoes To edit an existing URL template that has been directly applied to a sitelink, edit the value in this column. To remove an existing template, enter remove_content.
Sitelink final URL suffix	Optional. Enter Final URL Suffix parameters. The suffixes at lower levels override suffixes from higher up. Search Ads 360 might add additional parameters to the Final URL Suffix that won't be visible or editable in the bulksheet.

Example

Here's an example of creating a sitelink and adding it to the account as an account-level sitelink. (To save space, not all of the required columns are displayed here.)

Row Type	Action	Campaign	Item ID	Row tag	Sitelink text	Sitelink Description1	Sitelink Description2	Sitelink final URL suffix
sitelink	create			_Sitelink_tag_4	Learn more about sitelinks	Desc 1	Add with Desc1	src=google&kwd={keyword}&product=1234
client account	edit	Campaign #1	30502000013800 | _Sitelink_tag_4