Responsive ads revenue

[StonePilot]

It will not happen when you use Smart Sizing

Of course after re-sizing the browser width, page should be reload.
it's not happening on mine.

Is this an option in xf? That would be nice to have the page reload when the browser is resized.

 

[rdn]

Is this an option in xf? That would be nice to have the page reload when the browser is resized.

Smart Sizing is adsense ad unit option

 

[Jeff Fuqua]

Sorry to bump an old thread but am dealing with working with ad networks and a new responsive design.

I understand the idea of having certain ads load based on the width the site is viewed but what can be done in a situation where four ad networks are chained? For example, I run Burst>Pulse Point> Conversant>Adsense. It would work fine for any 300x250 ads I'm running but not for leaderboards as the default is always size-specific.

Are there any solutions out there I'm missing? Thanks.

 

[jauburn]

I may go back to the good "old fashion" ads. I truly believe I have lost revs on the responsive ads. Responsive seems like an ever lasting battle to make something viewable on a small device working around the answer that is already here - Tapatalk...Sorry, just the way I see it.

The advent of mobile has hurt ad revenue, in my experience, and none of the solutions so far advanced worked for me. I agree that "responsive ads" added little to nothing to curb the downward trend in revenue.

Tapatalk? A huge disappointment, so far as ad integration is concerned.

 

[Jeff Fuqua]

Just an FYI for those interested...

There is an add-on which forces mobile devices to switch to a different style:
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/mobile-style-selector.1190/

This allowed me to keep the same leaderboards for larger-format viewing but switch to 300x250 for mobile. We'll see how it impacts my ad revenue. I'll be dumping Tapatalk so hope to get an ad revenue boost by those who had been using that previously.

 

[Paul B]

This allowed me to keep the same leaderboards for larger-format viewing but switch to 300x250 for mobile.

You can achieve that easily enough with media queries, even using a mixture of old and new AdSense code.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

There is an add-on which forces mobile devices to switch to a different style:
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/mobile-style-selector.1190/

This allowed me to keep the same leaderboards for larger-format viewing but switch to 300x250 for mobile.

Like @Brogan said above... you use media queries to do this with your default style, using the responsive adsense code. Your responsive adsense code has a class for that ad. You then just change it based on screen / browser width per media query in your css.

People can get upset about javascripts failure to resize without page load, however; the simplest way for mobile phones is to make your ad size to suit the portrait width and not resize until tablet portrait width. Tablets are much easier to run bigger adsense that fit both portrait and landscape, without need to resize.

 

[Jeff Fuqua]

I am using a network chain and many do not have responsive options.

 

[Anthony Parsons]

Argh... Adroll... yer, I've looked at those options, but they just don't cut if for me. I have better control over my ad display inserting and controlling things myself.

 

[Bram]

What I find the most frustrating about (S)adsense is that I am not able to just show a simple ad unit to mobile users but hide the same ad unit for desktop users.

Unless I am not understanding it fully Help?

 

[Anthony Parsons]

I am not able to just show a simple ad unit to mobile users but hide the same ad unit for desktop users.

You should be able to simply leave blank a position if you use responsive code such as: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/responsive-adsense.2084/

Display x to y size, above that mobile width, leave the next one blank with 0 0 for width and height, so it pulls nothing and does nothing. Have you tried that?

 

[rdn]

You should be able to simply leave blank a position if you use responsive code such as: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/responsive-adsense.2084/

Display x to y size, above that mobile width, leave the next one blank with 0 0 for width and height, so it pulls nothing and does nothing. Have you tried that?

Is it valid approach?

 

[Bram]

Display: none is allowed but then it will fetch the mobile size instead. The 0 0 approach I have never thought of.

Thanks for the suggestion @Anthony Parsons !!

 

[Anthony Parsons]

Is it valid approach?

I thought you just can't use CSS display: none to hide ads? Using their own responsive code and just displaying nothing... that isn't tricky, you just aren't pulling any js request from them under x circumstance.

 

[CTXMedia]

Display: none isn't usually valid as it will request an ad but won't display it - robbing the advertiser of an impression (although I suppose this depends on how you implement it).

 

[Bram]

Display: none is allowed but only on responsive adsense code.

 

[Bram]

For some reason I can manage to hide a unit for smaller size screens but the opposite (hiding it for larger screens) is still a nightmare.