On this Car Blueprint forum, would you say the google ads are better on top of the banner, or below? I would say below
you always want to be in the vacinity of the users eyes ... if you want adsense clicks. so it should hug or breakup the content ... idealy. i would also lose the dark gray background ... match the ad background with the page background and give the links some color so they grab your attention. your ads are lost ... i came to site looking for them and they didn't grab me ... took a second or 2.
Has anyone had any luck with adsense ads in forums. Mine do horrible and I've tried them just about everywhere.