Images Alongside Google Adsense

November 15, 2006 · Filed Under Contextual Advertising 

I’ve been toying around with the idea of using Adsense Beautifier for quite sometime now, the whole thing looks so risky. I’ve seen a few well known bloggers using it for their blog, a very good example would be, Copyblogger (check out the ads after the article). I got a reply from the Google Adsense team about the plugin and this is what they have to say:

To be specific, we ask that publishers not place misleading images near Google ads or use images that appear to be directly associated with the advertisers and their offerings. The use of such images may confuse users or draw undue attention to the ads and result in unintentional clicks.

I guess copyblogger got it right, the images beside the ads at each post are irrelevant and it comes with a dotted border, but then Darren Rowse, a very well know blogger in the blogging world applied the same technique - images beside/above google ads, unlike Copyblogger, the ads in Darren’s blogs are relevant to the ads Google Adsense is displaying, with no border between the ads and images, this has been going on for almost a year or perhaps more.

It doesn’t affect me if they got a higher CTR but I’m just wondering if Darren Rowse can do it, why not others? Why not me? Why not the many other bloggers? Some examples of Darren’s blogs with images alongside adsense:

PDAs
Music Phone Review
Printers
Laptops

I hope Darren is not mad, I have much respect for him. His main blog - Problogger is a must read for all problogger wannabe. The content is great and his step by step guide on how to maximize earnings legally without breaking adsense TOS are beyond words.

I still couldn’t find the answer in Google Adsense official forum and don’t think I am able to find it anywhere else. What can I say, it is better to be safe than sorry and slow and steady win the race.

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