Google Switching Ad Size

What Google decided I should use is screwing the entire page up!

[azlinda]

I have a 300x250 ad at the bottom of the second (content) column. That particular ad is messing with the entire page and throwing it off. It looks absolutely HORRIBLE. I inspected the element, and here is what it shows:

<ins id="aswift_1_anchor" style="display:block;border:none;height:90px;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative;visibility:visible;width:980px;background-color:transparent">

980 pixels wide? I don't know how to remedy this except to remove the Google ad.

[netmeg]

Is your ad unit set to responsive, or a fixed sized?

[azlinda]

It was set to responsive, netmeg. The only change I ever saw it make on the site was from a 300x250 to a 300x600 until this happened.

[bhukkel]

You need to set an explicit width on the parent div.

[netmeg]

Yep; that should fix it. Put it in a div that's set to 300x250. A responsive unit will flesh out the max space it's given.

[azlinda]

Thanks, bhukkel and netmeg. I'll do that.