Okay, I'm no pro with adsense, but I had always heard that you can't put an ad block next to an image. Is this true? If so, what about Google's example here: That image can be found here: http://services.google.com/marketing/links/ww-en-ha-cmb_adwords/ To me, it looks like the ad block is extremely close to the image of "snoopy"...
My understanding is that you can't use images that line up with the ads in such a way that they look like they could be part of the ads. In the example you show it's pretty clear that the "Snoopy" image isn't associated with the ads. There are some examples of unacceptable image placement on the official Adsense blog: http://adsense.blogspot.com/2006/12/ad-and-image-placement-policy.html
Interesting... I've been wrong this whole time... I always thought you needed some form of content between any picture and ad block... Thanks