Responsive, width and height Oh my!

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Responsive, width and height Oh my!

What is too small?

farmboy

3:13 am on Aug 14, 2016 (gmt 0)

I find there's always someone here who can give a useful opinion to a question.

AdSense recommends certain ad sizes such as 320 x 100, 728 x 90, 336 x 280, etc.

So if I use Responsive, is it possible to make a size that's too small or not wide enough to attract good-looking ads? (I'm more concerned about small sizes than larger sizes right now)

Lately I have used a size that's 90 tall and about 100 wide. After several days, the ads that are showing are, not so attractive, I don't seem to be catching the good looking ads.

Am I missing something?

Thanks,
FarmBoy

denisl

1:37 pm on Aug 14, 2016 (gmt 0)

I have used a few 300x250 though I know some here are worried they fill too much of the screen, although G says they are ok. They have the benefit that they dont need to be responsove - just move them around.

Otherewise I use 320x100 on mobile. I feel the need to use near enough the whole width for an ad in mobile - can't see it looking right otherwise.

netmeg

12:21 pm on Aug 15, 2016 (gmt 0)

Stick to IAB standard ad sizes (even for text) for best compatibility. If you get cute with it, you never know if Google is going to do a font test or some such and make your oddly sized ad look really weird. Me, I make my ads responsive but use CSS to specify a minimum and maximum size allowed.

Here are all the AdWords ad image sizes. They're a pretty safe bet.

[support.google.com...]

Broadway

3:06 am on Aug 16, 2016 (gmt 0)

I tend to use 300 X 250 too but for all platforms. This is a common size to see on mobile pages.
My sites are responsive, so like denisl said I just move them around (float left or right or center them, depending on the format).
The only drawback is you can't really position a page top ad (on desktop this would be fine but on mobile you end up with the blank space with slow-loading ads, plus I think doing so is against TOS on mobile).

keyplyr

3:57 am on Aug 16, 2016 (gmt 0)

I use responsive 300 X 250 on mobile phones near the bottom. On desktop & tablets I use a completely different campaign of various skyscrapers & banners.

farmboy

5:47 pm on Aug 16, 2016 (gmt 0)

Thanks to everyone for your comments.

FarmBoy