Can I show more than 3 ad units on one page

or is it against the policy

[saraah]

Hi

I know we can only show 3 ad units per page and if we have more than that - only the top 3 show up. But is it allowed to have more than 3 or will I be violating any of their terms.

Actually I'm having YPN and AS on my site. I show YPN ads to US visitors and AS ads to international. YPN does'nt have any restriction on how many ads we can show in a page.

So my programming logic is built such that it is either YPN or AS ads. So the code for AS ads repeats more than 3 times in a page. No ads are being shown but I'm just not sure if i'm violating their terms.

Any advice
Thanks
--Sarah

[david_uk]

The maximum is three ad blocks per page, plus one search box, one adlinks unit and then you can have referral buttons. By that time, visitors will only see a wall of ads and hit the back button :)

On a serious note though, you really need to be careful that multiple blocks work for you, not against you. Put a channel on each of the banners to make sure they do. Several times I've tried multiple ads, mixing adlinks / adsense blocks on the page and each time epc has slowly declined without any real increase in clicks. I've found that one block per page works best for me. I've just removed an adlinks unit that was doing reasonably well on the same page as my main earning ad block. The epc and earnings on the main banner doubled.

Everyone has different results, but I really would caution you to make sure all the ad blocks work. A lot of people find that less is more - certainly where bottom line $$ is concerned. Having a wall of ads doesn't necessarily give you a bigger income. IMHO visitors are more likely to click on an ad when they only see minimal advertising on a page of content than they are when given a wall of ads. Just my £0.02 worth!

[saraah]

Thanks for your advice David. :)
Do appreciate your input. I'm still in the experimenting stages till I figure out what works best for me. But thanks for sharing your experience.

--Sarah

[OptiRex]

I show YPN ads to US visitors and AS ads to international.

How are you doing this?

I agree with david, too many ads can push your earnings down dramatically, the general consensus is a maximum of two ads and some swear only by one to keep up their EPC!