How to Add Adsense Link Ads in AMP

To create a new link ad unit that you can manage within your AdSense account, follow these steps:

1. Sign in to your AdSense account.
2. Click Ads.
3. Click Ad units.
4. Click Link ads.

let’s have a look at Adsense Link Ads Sizes

There is a total of 7 types of Links ads in Google Adsense. Among 7 there are only 4 link Ads, which Appear best and perform well in AMP.

1. Responsive – Unsupported in AMP X
2. Horizontal Large 728×15 – Bad Appearance X
3. Horizontal Medium 468×15 – Bad Appearance X
4. Vertical X-Large 200×90 – Best Appearance
5. Vertical Large 180×90 – Best Appearance
6. Vertical Medium 160×90 – Best Appearance
7. Vertical Small 120×90 – Best Appearance

How to get Data Ad Client & Data AD Slot:

1. Choose link Ad size > Generate Ad Code.
2. Copy Ad Code
3. Paste Ad Code in a Notepad
4. you can get Data Ad Client & Data AD Slot from Adsense code itself.

Once you get “data-ad-client” and “data-ad-slot” you need to follow below steps

In order to place link Ads in Accelerated Mobile Pages, one must use Advance AMP Ads Extension. If you don’t know, how to install Advance AMP Ads Extension Plugin, Here is a Quick guide, which lets you install Advance AMP Ads Extension.

First, go to WordPress Admin Area -> AMP option panel -> Advance AMP Ads

I am choosing Incontent Ad #1 & Incontent Ad #2,  for better understanding the Use of Link Ads in AMP. I am going to place two Different link Ads to show how they perform.

 Incontent Ad #1

• Incontent Ad#1: First, enable this option.
• Advertisement Type: Choose Ad Network. Here I am choosing Google Adsense because I want to show Google Adsense Link Ads.
• Position: Choose Where do you want to show Ads? Here I want to show Ads After 1st Paragraphs
• Width & Height. These two are Mandatory fields.
• Data AD Client: Enter Data Ad Client. It is nothing but Your Adsense Publisher ID.
• Data AD Slot: Finally Data AD Slot. Data AD Slot is a Unique Ad Id which is available inside the Ad code.

For instance, I chose 728×15, let’s see how it looks in AMP

You can see, how small does 728×15 look in AMP.

 Incontent Ad #2

So I recommend you to choose link ads which are having Appropriate Width and Height. For example, consider 200×90

In Incontent Ad #2, I chose Adsense Link Ad size 200×90.

Let’s see how 200×90 Link Ad appear in AMP

200×90 looks perfect in AMP version of your website. Isn’t it?

So it is recommended to use Adsense Link Ads which are having Appropriate Width & Height.