Imogen Hi Imogen, tbh, I don't know how you got to see the medium rectangle being activated for Desktop. It's definitely not what I wanted there, and I'm pretty sure that after "fighting" with this for a month now I've checked multiple times to make sure the settings are exactly as I want them. So, you are right, I didn't want that format on desktop, and now when I'm looking at it in EzoicAds it's not activated for Desktop. Maybe you deactivated it. If it's activated when you view it, but not activated when I do, then I don't know what might be causing it. I cleared the cache of my browser, and tried editing the placeholders in EzoicAds, I still can only edit boxes for devices on those formats that have a tick in the first column. If I make any changed in the second column on formats that are unticked in the first column, my changes don't get saved. But you said it doesn't matter, so I'm not going to worry about it. So, all in all, the settings appear exactly as I need them to, but then I look at my website, and the ad sizing is still out of control on mobile. I cannot check it on desktop, cause currently ads don't appear on my website on desktop. I don't know why it happens, and it seems to be quite random, but sometimes all ads disappear from my website when I view it on desktop, and later they appear again. It might have something to do with my VPN, but unfortunately, I cannot turn it off. Anyway, from my perspective nothing has changed since the last time I reported the issue, at least not on mobile, nor in EzoicAds. So, the issue is persisting - I don't have the level of control of the ad sizes being displayed on my website that I want to have.
Placeholders ignoring sizing settings
Ezoic Employee
Manu123 Hi, you won't be able to view the ads if you have a VPN, so if you want to test the as in desktop you need to turn off your VPN temporarily.
Just taking a look at this, I don't think you've quite set the potential placeholder sizes up correctly. For example, you said there was a mismatch of ads on mobile, but you do have a half page ad enabled for mobile. Can you tell us what sizes you want exactly for each of your placeholders, per device? I feel this is the best way to try resolve this.
Lastly, in your first message you mentioned 'I don't even want to mention the fact I hate the way this grey box looks and the stickiness element of these placeholders. I figured that's something Ezoic insists on having.' - you can easily turn that off in EzoicAds, just scroll to in-content and turn them to static (it removes the padding from the placeholders too)
Hi Ethan, just wanted to come back to you on this. I removed the stickiness from in-content ads, and now the problem with uncontrollable sizes is not as noticeable. I'm happy with this resolution.
Imogen Hi, my blog placeholders are not generating, can you fix it?
Ezoic Employee
haseebjutt
Ads will not fill in placeholders until the domain is fully approved by Google. Once Google approves your domain, ads will start to fill
Charlie I am not about filling them, I am talking about generatong them so that they could be filled after approval. Just regenerate them.
Ezoic Employee
Please check again in the next hour or so - we've regenerated the plugin placeholders for you.
Tucker_P_Ezoic Can this placeholder issue cause "Google served ads Without Publisher Content"? Or that is something else? Because I got that issue
Ezoic Employee
haseebjutt Sorry for the miscommunication, but the site was actually denied for low value content. Please check out our MCM guide for full information on what each of the different Google domain denials mean, as well as for recommendations which you can apply to your site so you are more likely to be approved by Google for Ad Manager:
https://support.ezoic.com/kb/article/my-account-or-domain-was-disapproved-by-google-mcm-how-do-i-fix-this
Some of our most recommended actions for getting sites approved is:
Ensuring your content meets Google’s content policy guidelines
Ensuring you have a suitable amount of content on the site (15 posts at least, at minimum 500 words per post)
Ensuring that your content is well organized, and categorized, and that the site is easy to navigate
Domains that are disapproved by Ad Manager are all reviewed by a team of experts at Ezoic, and if they determine the usual criteria for ad manager approval is met, will be sent directly to Google for a site consultation. This usually results in the disapproval being overturned, but only sites that are deemed suitable will be submitted. As a result, we’ll not provide specific site feedback and recommendations on MCM domain approvals in the Ezoic Community. If your site is sent to consult and then approved, you’ll be informed in your Ezoic dashboard.
In the meantime, you’re welcome to reapply for Ad Manager yourself using the link in your dashboard, once you’ve ensured that all guidelines and recommendations are met.
Ethan thanks for help. My website got approved now. But I don't know why ads are not showing on my blog. Can you tell me the details?
Ezoic Employee
haseebjutt Can you switch to Cloud integration and make sure to set your Ezoic traffic to 100%?