diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/index.js
index 6be843ea5b4b4..2d7b850e552fc 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/index.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { noop, startsWith } from 'lodash';
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { Button, ExternalLink } from '@wordpress/components';
-import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
+import { Button, ExternalLink, VisuallyHidden } from '@wordpress/components';
+import { __, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { useCallback, useState, Fragment } from '@wordpress/element';
 
 import {
@@ -131,16 +131,29 @@ export function LinkControl( {
 	}, [ handleDirectEntry, fetchSearchSuggestions ] );
 
 	// Render Components
-	const renderSearchResults = ( { suggestionsListProps, buildSuggestionItemProps, suggestions, selectedSuggestion, isLoading } ) => {
+	const renderSearchResults = ( { suggestionsListProps, buildSuggestionItemProps, suggestions, selectedSuggestion, isLoading, isInitialSuggestions } ) => {
 		const resultsListClasses = classnames( 'block-editor-link-control__search-results', {
 			'is-loading': isLoading,
 		} );
 
 		const manualLinkEntryTypes = [ 'url', 'mailto', 'tel', 'internal' ];
+		const searchResultsLabelId = isInitialSuggestions ? `block-editor-link-control-search-results-label-${ instanceId }` : undefined;
+		const labelText = isInitialSuggestions ? __( 'Recently updated' ) : sprintf( __( 'Search results for %s' ), inputValue );
+		// According to guidelines aria-label should be added if the label
+		// itself is not visible.
+		// See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/listbox_role
+		const ariaLabel = isInitialSuggestions ? undefined : labelText;
+		const SearchResultsLabel = (
+			<span className="block-editor-link-control__search-results-label" id={ searchResultsLabelId } aria-label={ ariaLabel } >
+				{ labelText }
+			</span>
+		);
 
 		return (
 			<div className="block-editor-link-control__search-results-wrapper">
-				<div { ...suggestionsListProps } className={ resultsListClasses }>
+				{ isInitialSuggestions ? SearchResultsLabel : <VisuallyHidden>{ SearchResultsLabel }</VisuallyHidden> }
+
+				<div { ...suggestionsListProps } className={ resultsListClasses } aria-labelledby={ searchResultsLabelId }>
 					{ suggestions.map( ( suggestion, index ) => (
 						<LinkControlSearchItem
 							key={ `${ suggestion.id }-${ suggestion.type }` }
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/style.scss b/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/style.scss
index 00433276b8cde..32238baa40673 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/style.scss
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/style.scss
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@
 	}
 }
 
+.block-editor-link-control__search-results-label {
+	padding: 15px 30px 0 30px;
+	display: block;
+	font-size: 1.1em;
+}
+
 .block-editor-link-control__search-results {
 	margin: 0;
 	padding: $grid-size-large/2 $grid-size-large $grid-size-large;
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/test/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/test/index.js
index d0f174c25b4c2..88fa58ed6dde7 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/test/index.js
@@ -329,7 +329,10 @@ describe( 'Default search suggestions', () => {
 		const searchInput = container.querySelector( 'input[aria-label="URL"]' );
 
 		// TODO: select these by aria relationship to autocomplete rather than arbitary selector.
-		const initialSearchResultElements = container.querySelectorAll( '[role="listbox"] [role="option"]' );
+		const searchResultsWrapper = container.querySelector( '[role="listbox"]' );
+		const initialSearchResultElements = searchResultsWrapper.querySelectorAll( '[role="option"]' );
+
+		const searchResultsLabel = container.querySelector( `#${ searchResultsWrapper.getAttribute( 'aria-labelledby' ) }` );
 
 		// Verify input has no value has default suggestions should only show
 		// when this does not have a value
@@ -342,6 +345,8 @@ describe( 'Default search suggestions', () => {
 
 		// Verify the search results already display the initial suggestions
 		expect( initialSearchResultElements ).toHaveLength( expectedResultsLength );
+
+		expect( searchResultsLabel.innerHTML ).toEqual( 'Recently updated' );
 	} );
 
 	it( 'should not display initial suggestions when input value is present', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/url-input/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/url-input/index.js
index 34f934a9cd2fd..3f4d6d4e40e13 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/url-input/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/url-input/index.js
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ class URLInput extends Component {
 			placeholder = __( 'Paste URL or type to search' ),
 			value = '',
 			autoFocus = true,
+			__experimentalShowInitialSuggestions = false,
 		} = this.props;
 
 		const {
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ class URLInput extends Component {
 					buildSuggestionItemProps,
 					isLoading: loading,
 					handleSuggestionClick: this.handleOnClick,
+					isInitialSuggestions: __experimentalShowInitialSuggestions && ! ( value && value.length ),
 				} ) }
 
 				{ ! isFunction( renderSuggestions ) && showSuggestions && !! suggestions.length &&