diff --git a/client/src/components/adsense.tsx b/client/src/components/adsense.tsx
index ddfa3c1..e184b08 100644
--- a/client/src/components/adsense.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/adsense.tsx
@@ -150,6 +150,28 @@ export default function AdSense({
 
 let adSeedCounter = 1;
 
+// Vodoravni pas med vrsticami mreze. Oglas v celici je vrstico raztegnil na
+// svojo visino (546 px proti 399 px kartice) in pod izvlecki je ostalo prazno.
+// Pas cez vso sirino na visino kartic ne vpliva in ima boljso zapolnjenost.
+export function GridBannerAd() {
+  const [filled, setFilled] = useState<boolean | null>(null);
+  if (filled === false) return null;
+  return (
+    <div className="my-2" data-testid="ad-grid-banner">
+      <div className="text-[9px] text-muted-foreground/40 text-center pb-1 uppercase tracking-widest">
+        Anzeige
+      </div>
+      <AdSense
+        slot="1023820241"
+        format="auto"
+        responsive={true}
+        style={{ display: "block" }}
+        onAdStatus={setFilled}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 export function ArticleCardAd() {
   const seed = useMemo(() => adSeedCounter++, []);
   const [filled, setFilled] = useState<boolean | null>(null);
diff --git a/client/src/pages/home.tsx b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
index eb57bdd..8eeba1b 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Eye, Play, Images } from "lucide-react";
 import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
 import Header from "@/components/header";
 import Footer from "@/components/footer";
-import AdSense, { ArticleCardAd, SidebarAd, PageSideAds, MultiplexAd, TopBannerAd } from "@/components/adsense";
+import AdSense, { ArticleCardAd, SidebarAd, PageSideAds, MultiplexAd, TopBannerAd, GridBannerAd } from "@/components/adsense";
 import { NewsWidget } from "@/components/news-widget";
 import { BreakingNewsWidget } from "@/components/breaking-news-widget";
 import PushPromptBanner from "@/components/push-prompt-banner";
@@ -924,17 +924,13 @@ export default function Home() {
     // Oglas gre le v vsako drugo vrstico. Meritev 31. 8. 2026: od 13 enot na
     // naslovnici jih je 9 vrnilo unfilled, torej je mest vec, kot jih Google
     // za to stran zapolni. Manj mest z visjo zapolnjenostjo prinese vec.
-    let adCount = 0;
     let vidCount = 0;
     const totalRows = items.length / 4;
     for (let r = 0; r < totalRows; r++) {
       const rowStart = r * 4;
       const hasWidget = items.slice(rowStart, rowStart + 4).some((it) => it.type === "widget");
       if (hasWidget) continue;
-      if (r % 2 === 1) {
-        const pos = r === 1 ? 3 : adCount % 2 === 0 ? 0 : 3;
-        items[rowStart + pos] = { type: "ad", key: `ad-row-${adCount++}` };
-      } else if (r > 0 && videos.length) {
+      if (r > 0 && videos.length) {
         // video namesto zadnjega clanka v vrstici brez oglasa
         const v = videos[vidCount % videos.length];
         vidCount += 1;
@@ -1076,6 +1072,11 @@ export default function Home() {
                           ? <MediumCard key={item.key} article={item.article} focalPoints={focalPoints} />
                           : null
                 )}
+                {ri > 0 && (ri + 1) % 2 === 0 && (
+                  <div className="sm:col-span-2 lg:col-span-4">
+                    <GridBannerAd />
+                  </div>
+                )}
                 {ri > 0 && (ri + 1) % 3 === 0 && widePairs[Math.floor(ri / 3) % Math.max(1, widePairs.length)] && (
                   <div className="sm:col-span-2 lg:col-span-4 grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 gap-4">
                     <WideCardClassic article={widePairs[Math.floor(ri / 3) % widePairs.length][0]} focalPoints={focalPoints} />