Google AdSense Ads ONLY appear in sidebar & NOT main content

  • Resolved Steve Biggs

    (@biggsytravels)


    6 years, 2 months ago

    I’ve just activated Advanced Ads and also been approved by Google Adsense. However when I use all the default settings the 3-4 Google AdSense ads ONLY appear in the right sidebar (on desktop – this sidebar menu then appears at the very bottom of the page on mobile). My single ad was set up to appear in the main ‘Content’. I tried tinkering with the settings (Secondary injection box(?)) but nothing seems to move the 3-4 ads out of the sidebar and into the main content. NB. I have disabled ‘Advanced Ads’ for now so that the User Experience isn’t affected – thanks

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  • Plugin Author Thomas Maier

    (@webzunft)

    Hi Steve,

    thanks for reaching out.

    Did you create ad units in your AdSense account or did you place the Auto ads code?

    The Auto ads code contains the enable_page_level_ads string and would place ads automatically where AdSense finds them suitable and not where you placed the code.

    Thanks,
    Thomas

    Thread Starter Steve Biggs

    (@biggsytravels)

    Thanks Thomas. I had indeed enabled various Auto ad formats in ‘Google AdSense’ > ‘Ads’ > ‘Auto Ads’ as well as having ‘Advanced Ads’ > ‘Settings’ > ‘AdSense’ > ‘Verification code & Auto ads’ enabled.

    I have now disabled the ad formats in Google AdSense, disabled the ‘Verification code & Auto ads’ as well as changing my Ad under ‘Advanced Ads’ > ‘Ads’ > ‘Ad Type’ to be ‘Plain Test and code’ instead (and have inserted the Google AdSense code in there)..

    Ads are still appearing in my righthand sidebar but I’m getting there … as an ad appeared at the top of my main content too. When I have the final solution I’ll make sure I post it ??

    Plugin Author Thomas Maier

    (@webzunft)

    Thanks for the update.

    As long as there is the Auto ads code on your site, AdSense will continue placing ads automatically. There is, unfortunately, no method of telling them to stop to put ads into your sidebar.

    Please keep me posted.

    Thomas

    Thread Starter Steve Biggs

    (@biggsytravels)

    I have re-enabled ‘Verification code & Auto ads’ under ‘Advanced Ads’ > ‘Settings’ > ‘AdSense’.

    What seems to have fixed the issue for me (and removed AdSense Ads from my website sidebar) is going to ‘Google AdSense’ > ‘Ads’ > ‘Auto Ads’ > and selecting just the in-page ads of In-article ads, In-feed ads and Matched content and DE-SELECTING Text & display ads (where “Google will choose the size, placement and style of ads you show”). That seemed to fix it and now the AdSense ads do NOT appear in my sidebar ??

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by Steve Biggs.
    Plugin Author Thomas Maier

    (@webzunft)

    Thanks for sharing it, Steve!

    Thomas

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