diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/page.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/page.tsx
index f891f461..19b06fd2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Metadata } from 'next';
+import type { Metadata, ResolvingMetadata } from 'next';
 import { getTranslations } from 'next-intl/server';
 import { headers } from 'next/headers';
 import Link from 'next/link';
@@ -18,11 +18,28 @@ import { Header } from '@/components/header';
 import { Footer } from '@/components/footer';
 import { RotatingText } from '@/components/RotatingText';
 
-export const metadata: Metadata = {
-  alternates: {
-    canonical: 'https://pairux.com',
-  },
-};
+// ad.network publisher claim for pairux.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 (not ad.js): the per-request CSP in
+// middleware.ts has no frame-src for srcdoc frames to inherit, so it allows
+// https://crawlproof.com in frame-src instead.
+const AD_NETWORK_CODE = 'dYMbKXer6PUc3meh';
+const HOME_AD_SLOT = 'f90b82f7-5e16-4419-b7b5-81723ca35c66';
+
+// generateMetadata so the root layout's `other` tags (msapplication-*) are
+// kept: a static `other` here would replace them rather than merge.
+export async function generateMetadata(
+  _props: unknown,
+  parent: ResolvingMetadata
+): Promise<Metadata> {
+  const { other } = await parent;
+  return {
+    alternates: {
+      canonical: 'https://pairux.com',
+    },
+    other: { ...other, 'ad.network': AD_NETWORK_CODE },
+  };
+}
 
 const softwareApplicationSchema = {
   '@context': 'https://schema.org',
@@ -126,6 +143,24 @@ export default async function HomePage() {
           <div className="bg-accent-100/50 absolute -bottom-40 -left-40 h-80 w-80 rounded-full blur-3xl" />
         </section>
 
+        {/* ad.network home page unit */}
+        <aside
+          data-ad-network={AD_NETWORK_CODE}
+          data-cp-ad=""
+          data-slot={HOME_AD_SLOT}
+          data-format="banner_300x250"
+          className="flex justify-center bg-white pt-12"
+        >
+          <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>
+
         {/* Features Grid */}
         <section className="bg-white py-20 sm:py-28">
           <div className="mx-auto max-w-7xl px-4 sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
diff --git a/apps/web/src/middleware.ts b/apps/web/src/middleware.ts
index 3838550c..7d7b444d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/middleware.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ function buildCsp(nonce: string, embeddable: boolean): string {
     "img-src 'self' data: blob: https:",
     `media-src 'self' blob: ${mediaOrigin()}`,
     "connect-src 'self' https: wss: https://crawlproof.com",
+    // The home page ad.network unit is an iframe to crawlproof's ad frame.
+    "frame-src 'self' https://crawlproof.com",
     // /embed/* is the public player — any site may frame it. That is the whole
     // point of the surface, and it is safe because the page is read-only: it
     // renders a <video> plus outbound links, and performs no authenticated