Look at this site and don't click on any of the links... everything looks like ad to me... here is the site: 20-20 .in (remove the space before the dot) Is this site not agains Google Adsense TOS? TOS clearly says that modifying your content look like same as google ads is against TOS. And the site has almost 8 iframes and all of them filled with adsense boxes... is this allowed? Your take?
I could be wrong.. but i think that is ok as it blends in with the site design and text... thats why google allow you to colour and customise your ads. However they have more than 3 google ads on one page which breaches their terms.
You know the answer before you asked. I think they would have a problem with ot because it is clear that you tried to blend it to look like part of your content. Of course, the best way to know for sure is ask Google but I would say it violates the TOS. JMO
Hey.. the site is not mine... I just visited that site and felt something wrong there.. so thought sharing it here.
Maybe I'm missing something but can you please point me to this in the TOS? Adsense has similar guideline for other ads ( not to have same ad format ) but I'm not sure if it has anything on the site's text color.
It is located in the terms of service of Adsense. Under number 2. "You agree not to display on the same Web page in connection with which any Ad Unit, Ad, Link, Search Box, or Referral Button is displayed (a "Serviced Page") any advertisement(s) or content that an end user of Your Property(ies) would reasonably confuse with a Google advertisement or otherwise associate with Google." It is clear that the links of that site are mixed in with Google ads to confuse the readers.
blending ads is ok .. but ... the site will be banned soon, very soon .. * the site have more than 10 ads units in the page * using iframe * hidding ads by google in few of the ads blocks with css tricks * etc..