Are you wondering how many google adsense ads are alllowed per page? Google clearly states the number of ad units allowed per page but a lot of people never took the time to read through the terms of service when signing up. I was using two adsense for mobile unit per page on the mobile version of this blog not knowing I was breaking the rule. I came across one of google’s help articles on adsense guidelines which clearly states that I was going against the big ‘G’ golden rules.
When you add more than three adsense for content units on a web page, only three are shown and the rest won’t be displayed automatically but the case is different with mobile web. The other ads will still show up even when you’ve exceeded the limit.
Google Adsense For Content – You’re allowed to show a maximum of three ad units per page
Link Units – You’re also allowed to display a maximum of three link units per page
Adsense for search – Only two search forms are allowed. Anything more than that is clearly going against the terms of service
Adsense for mobile – Only one adsense for mobile unit is allowed on a mobile web page. There are two types of adsense for mobile unit: single and double unit. It’s allowed to put the single unit anywhere on your web page but it’s clearly stated that if you’re going to use the double unit, it must be placed at the bottom of the page.
Placing more than the allowed ads per page attracts a ban and there’s no excuse even if you didn’t know.

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Good stuff.
Thank you for the heads up
thanks for sharing. it is that i want to know because i confuse about maximum ad can be placed in single page. thanks a lot
You’re welcome, glad to be of help.
helpful for me. thanks for sharing…..
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LMAO foolish me.. I’ve been trying to add mobile ads at footer and header lol – thanks..
Lol. We all make mistakes.
Thanks that’s really good to know. Now let’s go make some mooooooooooooooney =))
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There are few different ways you can show more than 3 AdSense Ads units per page without violating any AdSense policies:
1. Become a premium publisher
2. Use DoubleClick For Publishers to serve third party Ads and enable AdSense. You can find the steps to use this option here:
http://www.techulator.com/resources/6245-More-than-3-AdSense-Ads-per-page.aspx
3. Use third party ad networks which serve AdSense Ads.
Does that mean you can have 6? 3 text and 3 adds?
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You can have 6, but three have to be text and/or images and the other three should be link units.
it wasn’t mentioned anywhere….thank you
i was quite confused about adsense ads..now clear about it..thank you friend

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Thanks, helpful!
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wait, so with the google adsense for content and google adsense link combined you can have a total of 6 ads on your website, 3 for content and 3 for link, is it allowed?
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Yes, that’s right, James. That’s just how it is.
I think No, On my blog home page… I have two ads for content and display both.
On inside single post, I have two ads for content and two ads for link but is display only three ads (one for content and two for links….. 4th ad shows blank) so I think content+link =3 allowed total.
As you can see here, I have 3 content units, one link unit; that’s four in all. I can still add two more links if I want.
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Thanks for sharing nice info.. I have question about this topic.. I get message from google adsense..
Earn more by placing additional ad units on webname.com
I have already used 3 ads unit. so can I use 4 ads units????? any one tell me?????
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That mail is probably a mistake or something. The method is automated so, there’s bound to be hitches once in a while. You can’t use four.
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I really wanna make sure that total 8 items can be used, is that for sure?
Yes, 8 in all. 3 + 3 + 2.
You have a great blog and this post is very helpful for me and I hope for others. Thanks! Keep posting.
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Hi Don Caprio,
Thanks for sharing such an important information to us. This article is really help me a lot. I was thinking that we can use 5 Adsense ads. But as per your article these are 3 Google Adsense Ads.
Thanks a Lot.
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thanks a lot for your helpful information ..
I don’t understand how you know how many ads you have per mobile? I have 3 on my site, a banner, upper right side bar, and under the post. Is that legal?
The number of google adsense for content unit shown on your mobile phone should not be confused the number of adsense for mobile unit. So far you have only 2 MOBILE AD UNITS, its ok. You can have Content units as well if your site isn’t optimized for mobile.
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I am still confused and using 3 in all to make it a secured one
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hey Den,
Can you tell me… how many ads unit are allowed in my homepage for desktop users…
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It’s just the same as explained in the post.
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You are allowed to have only 3, Gaurav
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Nice Tip. I want to know about adsense unit that how much i used.
See my site and give me suggestion thanks.
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is it three ads per post or per page???For example this page has 4 adsense ads rite???
This page has 4 units: 1 link unit, three content units.
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That’s correct only 3 ads can place on website and rest blank.
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3 ads mean any size ads ??
Yeah, any size. But you’re only allowed to use one 300 X 600 unit on a page, you can stuff a page with three of those. Of course, you can use it with two other units of different size(s).
That means only One 300 X 600 with other two units like one 300 X 250 + One link unit in whole page ? over all making three ads unit in page ?
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One 300 X 600, other two units like 300 X 250, and three links units. That makes 6 units all together: 3 content units, 3 link units.
Good article, I will be sure to keep this post in mind when getting my mobile app. thanks
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Hi Don,
I notice you have 3 ads per pages, i read some post that if you used large skyscraper 300×600 , its not allowed to ads some more. it is true?
Not totally correct. You’re only permitted to use one 300 x 600 ad unit along with two other smaller units. You’re not permitted to use 2 or 3 300 x 600 together on a page.
Hi Don
Could you please share your experience regarding the best place to put link units to earn maximum revenue and how many link units should be placed ?
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Hi Karan,
You can place three link units on a page but based on my observation, it looks like link units have low CPC. I’m using just one at the header as you can see and it seems to be performing well.
Thanks for this article. Now, I’ll be more aware.

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Hi Don,
Thanks for this very useful info. I really don’t have an idea how many ad units I can place on my blog. Really thankful I discover your post.
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Hi Don !
Thank you for sharing this great information. It helped me to get well understand the Google ads unit policy.
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Hi Don ! I have seen many websites where I can see 4,5 ads a page. espncricinfo.com in this website I see 4-5 Ads Unit a page.
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Hi Qamar,
It’s either the site is a premium Adsense publisher (premium publishers can have more than three units) or using some other ad networks.
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Thanks Don Caprio. I have question about premium publishers. how I can get this account????
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I think you must be generating like a million page views monthly to qualify to be one.
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@Don Caprio: They all traffic will genuine or we can generator any type traffic for this account???
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This is all useful stuff…..and don’t forget to regularly check your Adsense stats sot that you understand which ads are bringing you most clicks and most revenue (the most clicks will not necessarily be bringing in the biggest bucks). The Google search is always good to add in a sidebar if you already have your 3 main adverts already allocated. I am just going to add that on my site http://www.meanygoat.com
thanks Don, informative….
thank you.. how many ads i can place on my http://www.way2run.in
I am not sure what will be the Ad unit. I was trying three text/content Ad and three Link Unit for my http://www.allmedialink.com site. But I am scared. I am using two Link Unit.