Is this a no-no?

Keep in mind this is just a mock up I made, there's no site yet, I was just wondering if using this method of blending is against the T&C. I read them but legal talk like that makes my mind turn to mush (and to think I wanted to be a Defence Lawyer when I was young.)

 

I think it would be allowed. In TOS it just says not more than 3 ad links and that is what you have. As long as you have your own content on the page as well you should be fine

 

No problem as long as you add some content

 

That is not allowed.

Peace,

 

Deceptive and unethical but probably within the TOS. PROBABLY. Go for it if you feel you must.

 

I think this will be borderline. It seems to be within ToS (from my interpretation).

Will Adsense allow it? Probably.
Will your visitors like it? Most likely not.

I think the safest way to go would be to e-mail Adsense support the mock-up and get their feedback.

 

Content must not have the same style as the ads.

Peace,

 

i saw these type of many pages,in my opinion its wrong thing to do, some people think that by just adding keywords they can design their websites only with good adsense lolz. only one 300x280 well meshed ad can do much better than this.

 

R u serious on this?

 

Blending is recommended by google.

 

Yes I am.

Blending is, but making your content look the same as the ads (a normal visitor wouldn't know an ad from content) is not.

It more goes into the deceptive and unnatural clicks.

Peace,

 

yea the more we mesh our ads the more our site visitors blind clicks our ad.

 

I think Google would have a heart attack if they saw that.

 

IMHO, its ok with their TOS. They actually encourage webmasters to experiment with their ads.

 

Then how do you define blending?

 

That is a big TOS No-No

If your site is reported to google im sure your get in trouble.

 

Yes it is NO NO.

 

could be within TOS, but looks like a boring page

 

Check directly with Google Adsense in regards to this.

In https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=43868

Here's more tips from them about blending
https://www.google.com/support/adse...57&ctx=en:search&query=blending&topic=&type=f

 

I agree that its a no-no, its confusing and misleading. visitors will have a tough time distinguishing it from your content