Superb ad blending, what do you say ?!

Check out: http://www.esemdesign.com/photoshop/tutorials.php

I think this is some of the best ad blending I saw recently. What do you say ? Do you think it is agains G's TOS ?

Anyway, good job to the author!

Cheers.

 

clever, though have seen quite a few other sites as well that have implemented this kind of blending

 

removed url is certainly not ok. also, not sure borders qualify for separators, but they might.

 

not bad
clean and simple design too

 

how can I remove the url? is it allowed?

 

Thanks -hug-.

 

google_ad_format = "234x60_as";
google_color_url = "585858";

I didn't attempt to hide the ad url, maybe that particular ad doesn't show urls? because i rearranged the page shortly to see if anything was blocked or hidden by the div below and it wasn't.

 

You are right. Some ads just don't show the URL.
Nice job.

 

Wow, that blending is really good, I actually had to hve a look around for it!

 

Google may take issue with the images being so close to the ads, but it's hard to say. I've seen posts on other forums where G has asked (demanded) that the person remove the pics or move them farther away from the G adblock. The sites that I saw this happen to had the ads horizontally with the images above, not sure if that makes a difference or not.

Hopefully they don't have a problem with it, your pages look very nice.

 

The Adsense ads shouldn't show a URL, if there is a URL visible when you mouseover then those are probably not Google's ads. Am I right, esem?

 

Some ads show the URL underneath each ad and some don't. But all google ads will show a URL if you mouseover. That is how I check certain advertisers by the mouseover technique and then type the address in the URL search line.

 

it's blending with the site. but I think you break the TOS of adsense coz the image must have separator. maybe a vertical line after the image. or maybe you can contact google adsense team so they can review the site

 

Yes you're probably right, i added vertical bars . http://www.esemdesign.com/photoshop/tutorials.php , You guys think its clear now?

 

Sorry, didn't realize the url at the bottom wasn't for all formats. I am so used to seeing it at the bottom, and I know that premium pubs are allowed to remove it, so I assumed you had too.

My bad. Apologies.

 

use the same color as background, but it is not allowed

 

ive seen better blending on a site which has liek 20 000 + uniques a day,

I imagine they would get a crazy CTR

 

This is nothing special, basic blending on plain design... no big deal.

 

the blendin is superb but as per tos ads should be placed in the Content pages only.

 

That actually is a content page. Most of those are not ads, but links to their tutorials.