Auto ads settings

Auto ads settings let you customize the Auto ads experience on your site. You can use these settings to control which Auto ads formats appear, how many Auto ads you show, etc.

Auto ads

Setting	Description
Auto ads	Turn this option off if you don't want to show Auto ads on your site.

Note: If you see an Auto ad in an area that doesn't work for your site, you can use the ad settings preview to remove the ad from that area.

Overlay formats

Overlay ads are placed over a page's content without affecting its layout.

Setting		Description
Anchor ads		Turn this option off if you don't want to show anchor ads. Anchor ads stick to the edge of the user's screen and are easily dismissible. These ads mainly serve on mobile but can appear on desktop too. They appear at the top of the user's screen unless we determine that this would negatively affect the user experience, in which case we show them at the bottom. When shown at the top, anchor ads only appear after the user has scrolled down far enough, so that they never cover your site's branding or navigation.
Vignette ads		Turn this option off if you don't want to show vignettes. Vignette ads are full-screen ads that appear between page loads and can be skipped by users at any time. Vignettes are displayed when the user leaves a page or comes back to it, rather than when they arrive on one, so the user doesn’t have to wait for them to load. We limit the number of vignettes per user to maintain a good user experience. Note: Vignettes will be triggered by hyperlinks created by <a> tags with the href attribute, but might not be triggered by JavaScript redirection techniques such as location.href. Learn how to choose the frequency for your vignette ads.
Side rail ads		Turn this option off if you don't want to show side rail ads. Side rails are ads that stick to the sides of your pages when they're viewed on widescreen devices, such as desktops.

Overlay ads on wide screen

Setting		Description
Overlay ads on wide screen		Check this box if you don't want anchor ads to appear on screens wider than 1000px, like desktop. Check this box if you don't want vignette ads to appear on screens wider than 1000px, like desktop.

In-page formats

In-page ads are placed within areas of a page based on the page's layout and amount of content.

Setting	Description
Banner ads	Turn this option off if you don't want to show banner ads.
Multiplex ads	Turn this option off if you don't want to show Multiplex ads. Multiplex ads are a type of native ad format that serve multiple ads in a grid.
Related search	Turn on this option if you want to show related search for Auto ads on your site. Related search for Auto ads lets you show your users search terms that are related to the content of the page they're viewing.

Ad load

Setting	Description
Ad load	Use the slider to control the number of ads you show on your pages. Learn how to choose the ad load for your Auto ads.

Existing ads

Setting	Description
Existing ads	Turn this option on if you're interested in letting Google optimize your existing ad units and your Auto ads together and place ads in the best performing ad placements.

Excluded areas

Setting	Description
Excluded areas	Use this setting to exclude areas on your pages from showing in-page Auto ads.

Excluded pages

Setting	Description
Excluded pages	Use this setting to exclude specific pages from showing Auto ads.