HELP - Mobile Adsense ADs are microscopic on high end devices

[jost]

One of my sites is community picture based and I built a mobile version of the site.

If I use full size images, the high end devices like android/iphone/ipad have no problem showing them, but then the google ADs are sooo tiny in comparison they are useless.

So I tried using smaller image versions that are closer to the size of the google mobile AD, but now everything is just small on my android phone.

Ive experimented with different width:100% CSS type stuff but I cant seem to find a solution.

Id like to simply show a list of pics that fit the width of the mobile screen **AND** have a google mobile AD that fits the width of the screen too.

Possible?

[netmeg]

Different devices have different screen sizes. I'm not sure you're ever going to get a happy medium there.

[HuskyPup]

Half a dozen of us were looking at a Wikipedia page on a Blackberry a couple of days ago...only one person could read anything including some early 20s! I've no idea if it was their setting or the default setting but it was useless for me.

[jost]

If google allowed us to set a width:100% for the ADs that would solve everything.

The best I can do at this point is to use images the same size as google biggest 336X AD, so on my android screen I see a list of small images, have to zoom in once so they all fit, and then you can see the google AD fine at the end.

But its annoying to have to zoom in once for every page.

The other choice is to have all big images with width:100%, which looks great, but then the google AD is so small in comparison its not worth putting it in there at all

[levo]

You need to set the viewport.

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[ThatsBoBo]

I've asked it before and I'll ask it again: What's the point (these days) of having mobile versions of your site?

Most of the new smartphones and pads show webpages just like it is shown on a PC/MAC. The pages look the same, as do the ads. Things seem only to be going more in this direction.

Back in the day when everyone used a Blackberry with mobile browsers, I understand the need, but today I just think it is worth the effort.

Am I missing something? Thanks!

[netmeg]

Yes, you are missing something.

But that's okay, more for me.

[Leonard0]

Have you tried using the Mobile leaderboard ad (320x50)?
That should easily fit above or below a photo if you display it at max width/height of 320 on a 320x480 screen - assuming that the user is holding the phone in the standard position (portrait orientation).

If you are showing thumbnails (max width 80-100 pixels) you can fit three thumbnails per row.

What's the point (these days) of having mobile versions of your site?

To prevent having to scroll sideways?