Thanks to Selaplana.com for the free site review. He gave some feedback on this website and suggested that I ask Adsense support if my Blended Adsense Design Ad layout was legal. This was just around the same time I read Abe’s post on risking adsense.

I did email Adsense support and they promptly answered back:

Thanks for your email. I have reviewed the implementation of the ads on your site and it currently does not comply with our program policies.

As you may know, publishers may not implement Google ads in a manner that disguises the ads in any way, for instance, by formatting neighboring content to look similar to the ads, or by making ads look like games or forum posts. Additionally, publishers may not attempt to associate specific images with the individual ads appearing on their sites. Such an implementation may confuse users who assume that the image is directly related to the advertiser’s offerings.

Please create greater distinction between the content of your site and the Google ads.

Thanks for your cooperation.

So, I have promptly complied. As you can see, my Google Ads are now quite distinct. Oh well…

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