Last time I remember, images on these types of pages with arrows going directly to Adsense, drawing the users eyes, was a way to get banned - http://www.monstermarketplace.com/googlesearch.asp?q=Toothbrushes Have things changed? ...or is this just the result of a "Premier" account doing whatever they please because they're a "Premier" account.
Its pretty cool even if you press on the arrow image it takes you to the site... Premium publishers must get what ever they want...
What really torks me off is that the premium publishes who "violate" normal rules with things like this are the ones costing advertisers money and make adwords users (like me) turn off content ads cuz of crappy conversions.
i don't think so..most premium sites i have seen are very high quality, monster is a HUGE network, their adspace is worth a lot