Hide ads on a specific device via CSS

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Hide ads on a specific device via CSS

are we alowed to hide ads via css

Nazhahp

8:58 pm on Jul 19, 2018 (gmt 0)

Hi guys!

I am using "Ionmag" as a template for my website. it has an option for ad spots. within each ad sport there are options allowing to disable or enable ad unit on specific device. to make it work they use CSS. I have read somewhere that using CSS is against adsense TOS.

could you elaborate please ?

not2easy

9:43 pm on Jul 19, 2018 (gmt 0)

CSS against AdSense TOS? Um, CSS styles most every site online if they aren't using antiquated code. There is no reason to believe such advice. It is possible that someone was thinking of "cloaking" being against Google's guidelines. That means hiding some content for some visitors or showing different content to different visitors. That is not the same thing as tailoring content (or ads) to devices.

levo

11:26 pm on Jul 19, 2018 (gmt 0)

It is OK to hide ads using CSS, see the last example here: [support.google.com...]

Make sure that display:none is applied before the ad code is executed/loaded - you can inspect the ad slot code, and look for '' comment to make sure. Also some new native ad units don't support hiding: for example in-feed ads throw an error.

Nazhahp

12:00 pm on Jul 20, 2018 (gmt 0)

Thank you guys for taking the time to answer my question!