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How to Show Ads in Ad Location

After creating Banner & Campaigns, using them is straightforward. When you want to add and show Ads in different Ad locations, the procedure is nearly the same. Here we describe an example for using a Banner/campaign in “After Header” location and the same procedure for all other locations.

AMP theme has its own Ad locations; for example “Header Ads” are not showing in AMP theme, you can find AMP Ad locations under AMP Ads tab in below image. Also it just shows AMP format Ads. Read How to Create Banner for more information about Ad format.

How to Add a Banner Ad

If you have read Ad Locations you know how to find “After Header” location, go there and click on + in front of After Header to open its accordion. Select Banner in Ad Type field.

Show Ads in Ad locations

1- Banner: Select one of the banners you created before. If didn’t create any, read How to Create Banner.

2- Align: Choose align of Ad. Available options are:

  • Left
  • Center
  • Right

How to Add a Campaign Ad

If you have read Ad Locations you know how to find “After Header” location, go there and click on + in front of After Header to open its accordion. Select Campaign in Ad Type field.

Now a list of options will appear. We describe them one by one.

Ad Campaign options in Better Ads Manger

1- Campaign: Select one of campaigns you have created before. If you didn’t create one, read How to Create Campaign.

2- Max Amount of Allowed Banners: You can add as many as Ads you want to one banner but you can select how many of them display to visitors. Leave it empty to show all the banners in selected campaign.

3- Columns: Show Ads in 1, 2 or 3 columns.

4- Order By: Select an order for displaying campaign Ads. Available options are:

  • Date
  • Title
  • Random

5- Order: Select an order for displaying Ads. For example you selected Order By: Date, now choose to show Ads in the sequence they have added or in reverse order. Available options are:

  • Ascending
  • Descending

6- Align: Choose align of Ad. Available options are:

  • Left
  • Center
  • Right

How to Create Campaign

What is Ad Campaign?

Ad campaign allows you to display several Ads in one Ad location. You can show every Ad in a separate column or show one Ad at a time but with rotation. Group your related Ads in one place and get the best from your Ad location by displaying several Ads (rotationally or at once). It significantly increases your Ad showing performance. Let’s see how we can set it up.

How to Create Ad Campaign?

Go to Better Ads → Campaigns, here you see a list of existing campaigns and also Add New Campaign button at top of the page, click on it.

Create a new campaign in Publisher

1- Enter a name for campaign

2- Write a description for it. It’s just for your guidance and won’t show to website visitors.

3- Click Publish.

It’s done.

Add Banner to Campaign

If you have created banners, now you can add them to a campaign. To do this go to Better Ads → Banners, now edit Ads you want one by one and add them to a campaign. Let’s edit one of them.

Add a banner to a campaign in Publisher

Select one of the campaigns in Campaign of Ad and click Update.

Banner added to a campaign in Publisher

Add as many as Ads you want to one campaign but you can manage how many of them display in every Ad location; wherever you want to use it, you see an option for number of displaying Ads. Find more information about these options in How to Show Ads in Ad Location and How to Show Ads in Widgets.