well, to merge adsense into your webpage is the tactic that always been talked by webmasters . as long as it doesn't voilate the TOS
Dude.. you really need to go through adsense TOS.. this is not allowed... check google's blog here http://adsense.blogspot.com/2006/12/ad-and-image-placement-policy.html
The TOS was updated in December of last year to specifically cover this tactic. It is definitely a violation of TOS now, however you are correct it hasn't always been that way.
can i nominate this guy FELU ? he ripped off 2 of my wordpress themes pixel to pixel http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=337864 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=329440 as proof, you can see themes.wordpress.net has removed his themes as i have emailed the moderator the original psd as proof
I cannot believe that this guys thinks that his adsense tactics are not against TOS. I have to admit that it was pretty clever to put it where it was, but he needs to be placed on the list I think!
The name is pretty generic, my problem is with the description tag: Myne: Biz-Dir a UK based search engine friendly business directory where you can add your business website for just $20 a year. Yours: Search engine friendly business directory where you can add your business website for free with paid option. See the similarities?