Alot of people give advice which i find helpful, but right now i am a bit confused with 2 things. A group says, make your adsense visible, have it changing colours, make them dominant so people see them. BUt another says, blend them in, make them suttle, etc. Which would be more correct? Thanks.
Imho, best think to do is try differents way for sometimes and check your stats. (and if you go with "very good blending", be sure to stay within the TOS limits.)
I personally have more success blending the ads in with the page then showing them with vibrant colors standing out. Try both of them and see which one performs better for your site.
From my personal expereince I get much better CTR with blended adds, without being deceiving in making them identical to the pages, I would try it yourself, alternating the type of adds on a week by week basis say over 4 weeks and monitoring the results to see whitch give you the best CTR
don´t forget to create channels so you can target wich work or not. in my case, the best revenue i get from adsense comes from a site with ANTI BLENDING - the more they show up with strong colors, the more visitors clicks on it... so... you be the dudge. good luck
if you have impressions in the channels you created, they´ll apear in 1st page. did you give a close look to the adsense "help"?