diff --git a/apps/web/app/page.tsx b/apps/web/app/page.tsx
index 21f4d85..07c6556 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/page.tsx
@@ -31,13 +31,10 @@ export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 
 /**
  * ad.network publisher claim for hqtui.com. The meta tag lets ad.network
- * verify ownership from the server-rendered HTML. The home page unit is a
- * plain iframe to crawlproof's ad frame rather than ad.js: the site CSP has no
- * frame-src for srcdoc frames to inherit, so `frame-src https://crawlproof.com`
- * in next.config.ts is what lets it load.
+ * verify ownership from the server-rendered HTML. The home page carries no ad
+ * unit; the blog's text_link line is the site's only placement.
  */
 const AD_NETWORK_CODE = "KGszGjGwRQ4SSvKg";
-const HOME_AD_SLOT = "a20c56e3-c608-4a38-be7d-9cc12d2d7dff";
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
   other: { "ad.network": AD_NETWORK_CODE },
@@ -272,23 +269,6 @@ export default async function Home() {
         </div>
       </section>
 
-      <aside
-        data-ad-network={AD_NETWORK_CODE}
-        data-cp-ad=""
-        data-slot={HOME_AD_SLOT}
-        data-format="banner_300x250"
-        className="mx-auto flex max-w-7xl justify-center px-4 pt-16 sm:px-6"
-      >
-        <iframe
-          src={`https://crawlproof.com/api/ads/frame?slot=${HOME_AD_SLOT}&format=banner_300x250`}
-          width={300}
-          height={250}
-          loading="lazy"
-          style={{ border: 0 }}
-          title="Advertisement"
-        />
-      </aside>
-
       <section id="languages" className="mx-auto max-w-7xl scroll-mt-14 px-4 pt-20 sm:px-6">
         <h2 className="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight">
           One terminal UI, {SPELLED} language demos