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Mobile site might be in violation, need help!

Sillysoft

7:41 pm on May 28, 2016 (gmt 0)

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So not to long ago I created a mobile version of my adsense site via a responsive layout. Everything looks good, then this past week I re-evaluated my mobile site to see how I can optimize the site further. I did research reading Adsense articles and came across their policy. After reading through it I believe my site is in violation. For the mobile version I have a 300x250 ad above the fold, a big no no apparently. So I decided to change that out with a responsive ad and using CSS media queries to load a 320x100 mobile Adsense ad in place of the 300x250 ad for the mobile version.

However the question I have is, how do I handle my above the fold ad with regards to the post title? Their polcy seems kid of vague. Basically you cant have text above an ad if it misleads the viewer to click on it? For example:

View Hot Deals Below
//Show Adsense Ad

But my post titles do not mislead like that. However to be safe, what is the optimal way of fixing this? I make a good chunk of my revenue apparently from these above the fold ads, so I dont want to lose that earning power. Could I just move the title below the ad?

//Ad here
Title goes here
Page content goes here

Right now its

Title goes here
//Ad here
Page content goes here

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!

nomis5

7:58 pm on May 28, 2016 (gmt 0)

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my adsense site

Forget absolutely everything else.

If you have designed an adsense site then you are either very gifted or doomed to failure. Judging from your your post you are doomed to failure.

lucy24

10:38 pm on May 28, 2016 (gmt 0)

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I took it to mean simply "my site that has adsense on it". But, yeah, anything with the configuration

Title
Ad
Content

is asking for trouble.

netmeg

10:49 pm on May 28, 2016 (gmt 0)

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I put my mobile ad at the very top, with enough space to make it clear it's not part of the content.

Rasputin

5:15 am on May 29, 2016 (gmt 0)

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Either put the ad before the title or (my preference) in the content after the first couple of paragraphs.
You are right to make this change, I am convinced that 300*250 ads high in mobile pages cause excessive accidental clicks, and adsense then removing almost all clicks on these ads whether they are valid or not.

trebuchet

8:42 am on May 29, 2016 (gmt 0)

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Adsense seems to be cracking down on this. I copped a warning a couple of months ago for an old low-traffic site which I'd forgotten to make fully responsive. It also had 300x250s units high on the page. A quick switcheroo seems to have fixed it.

Sillysoft

1:11 pm on May 29, 2016 (gmt 0)

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Yes I meant to say my site with adsense on it, sorry for the wrong choice of words...

"Either put the ad before the title or (my preference) in the content after the first couple of paragraphs.
You are right to make this change, I am convinced that 300*250 ads high in mobile pages cause excessive accidental clicks, and adsense then removing almost all clicks on these ads whether they are valid or not."

Yeah I put a responsive ad above the fold in place of the 300x250. This is what their policy says about that:

Mobile implementations: Publishers should ensure that their mobile site layouts do not cause ads to push the page content below the fold. For this reason, we don�t allow 300x250 ad units (or larger) above the fold on mobile as this layout requires the user to scroll down to view site content. To ensure a good user experience, the site content should be clear and accessible above the fold. We would therefore encourage publishers to implement smaller ad units for above the fold placements on mobile sites. See our optimization guide for the mobile Web for tips on where to place your ads.

I put the ad below the first couple of paragraphs and right away my clicks just plummeted. I guess I will have to play around with it, kind of hard during memorial day weekend. My traffic usually drops during this time to begin with but for example since making the change I have an ad that got 500 impressions and only 2 clicks. Yikes!