Apply or remove AdWords sitelinks

1. Navigate to the campaign or ad group where you want to apply or remove sitelinks.

   Steps for navigating to a campaign

   1. In the left navigation pane, click All accounts.
      What if the left navigation pane isn't visible?

   2. Click the navigation bar to display navigation options.

   3. In the Agency list, click on the agency that contains the advertiser. You can search for an agency by name or scroll through the list.

   4. In the Advertiser list, click on the advertiser that contains the engine account.

   5. In the Account list, click on the engine account that contains the campaign.

   6. In the Campaign list, click on the campaign.

   7. Click Apply or press the Enter key.

   DoubleClick Search displays the campaign page.

   Steps for navigating to an ad group

   1. In the left navigation pane, click All accounts.
      What if the left navigation pane isn't visible?

   2. Click the navigation bar to display navigation options.

   3. In the Agency list, click the agency that contains the advertiser. You can search for an agency by name or scroll through the list.

   4. In the Advertiser list, click the advertiser that contains the engine account.

   5. In the Account list, click the engine account that contains the campaign.

   6. In the Campaign list, click the campaign that contains the ad group.

   7. In the Ad group list, click the ad group.

   8. Click Apply or press the Enter key.

   DoubleClick Search displays the ad group page.

2. Click the Extensions▼ tab and select Sitelinks.
   If the campaign or ad group has already specified sitelinks, the reporting table displays the specified sitelinks.
   If the ad group is inheriting sitelinks from the campaign, the View sitelinks for campaign link appears above the reporting table. Click the link to view the campaign’s sitelinks.

3. To specify sitelinks that can appear in the campaign or ad group’s ads:

   1. Click the +Apply sitelinks button, which appears above the reporting table.

      If an ad group is inheriting sitelinks from the campaign, click Select sitelinks.

      The sitelink list displays all sitelinks that have been created in the engine account (even sitelinks that have passed their end date or haven’t yet reached their start date).

   2. Select the check boxes next to the sitelinks you want to add and click Apply.

4. To prevent an ad group from displaying sitelinks:

   1. Click the +Apply sitelinks button.

   2. Click Disable sitelinks for the ad group.

   3. Click Apply.

5. To remove sitelinks that have been specified for the campaign or ad group, select the check boxes next to the sitelinks in the reporting table and click Remove sitelinks.

   Note that AdWords does not support completely removing sitelinks from an account. That is, you can remove sitelinks from ad groups and campaigns, and they will no longer appear in your ads. However, the removed sitelinks will remain within your account. You can apply them to campaigns or ad groups again at a later time or leave them unused.

   The reporting table displays all sitelinks that can appear in the campaign or ad group’s ads.

Apply, remove, or change sitelinks for AdWords campaigns in bulk

1. Navigate to the list of AdWords campaigns.

   Steps for navigating to a campaign list.
   1. From the navigation bar, in the Agency list, click the agency that contains the advertiser. You can search for an agency by name or scroll through the list.
   2. In the Advertiser list, click the advertiser whose AdWords engine accounts you want to edit.
   3. In the Account list, click the AdWords engine account that contains the campaigns to which you want to apply or remove sitelinks, and then click Apply.
2. In the reporting table, select the campaigns that you want edit by doing either of the following:
   • Select the check box next to each campaign that you want to edit.
   • Filter the table so that it contains only the campaigns that you want to edit, and then select the check box next to each campaign.
   To see the sitelinks that are currently applied to the campaign, include the Sitelinks column in the reporting table.
3. Click the Edit button, and then click Change sitelinks.

   The Applies to option shows the number of campaigns you selected.

   You also have the option to select all campaigns across all pages matching the filter.

4. In the Change Sitelinks row,  do one of the following to apply or remove existing sitelinks for the selected AdWords campaigns. 

   1. Apply or remove sitelinks.

      • To add sitelinks, leave Add selected. Click Select sitelinks.
      • To remove sitelinks, click Add to display the list, and then click Remove. Click Select sitelinks.

      • To replace sitelinks, click Add to display the list, and then click Set to. Click Select sitelinks.

        The sitelinks list displays all of the sitelinks that are available within the AdWords engine account.

   2. Select the check boxes for the sitelinks that you want to apply or remove, and then click Apply.

      Click None if you want to clear the selections.

      Click Select all to quickly select all of the sitelinks.

   The Change sitelinks row displays the number of sitelinks that will be added or removed.

   For information about how to a create sitelink and apply it to campaigns, see the steps in Create a sitelink in DoubleClick Search.
5. To schedule the sitelink changes to occur at a specific time or on a recurring basis:
   • Under Start, select At later time or Recurring.
   • If needed, use the Revert option to undo the changes at a certain time.
   • Enter a name that's meaningful to you. To see a summary of your scheduled edits, or to pause, resume, or remove them, click Scheduled edits in the left nav.  Note that DS will list a maximum of 2000 scheduled edits on the Scheduled edits page.
   • Enter the email addresses of the users to be notified of these changes. DS will send email when the scheduled edit completes.

   For more information about editing campaigns or ad groups in bulk, see the steps in Edit campaigns or ad groups in bulk.

6. Click Save, and then in the pop-up message, click Yes, I understand to continue.