{"id":231,"date":"2005-05-15T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-15T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2005\/05\/15\/google-adsense-heat-map-helps-better-ad-placement\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T20:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:36:22","slug":"google-adsense-heat-map-helps-better-ad-placement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2005\/05\/google-adsense-heat-map-helps-better-ad-placement\/","title":{"rendered":"AdSense Heat Map: Best Ad Placements That Still Work in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where should you put ads on your site? Years ago Google AdSense published an AdSense heat map<\/strong> showing which parts of a typical page earn best, with dark orange for the strongest spots and pale yellow for the weakest. Many sites redesigned their layouts around it. Google has since retired the heat map from its help pages, because most traffic is now mobile and layouts are responsive. Here is what the heat map taught, what still holds in 2026, and where ads perform best today.<\/p>\n

\"Google<\/p>\n

Quick answer:<\/strong> The AdSense heat map showed that ads placed above the fold and next to the main content, especially near the top left where readers look first, performed best. In 2026 the same idea applies: put one ad near the top of the content (without pushing it down), use in-article ads between paragraphs, add a sticky anchor or side rail through Auto ads, and test with AdSense Experiments.<\/p>\n

\n

Table of Contents<\/p>\n