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Ad Position

Also: Top of page rate; Absolute top

Where an ad appears on a results page. Google retired average position in 2019 in favor of top-of-page rate (share of impressions above organic results) and absolute-top rate (share in the first slot), because position numbers had become misleading as page layouts changed.

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