I need to ask the experts, is my adsense placement something that the majority of you guys would do. http://triffictottenham.co.uk/could-you-ever-want-arsenal-to-win/ I make about $500 a month but thats more due to the large amount of traffic rather than a good CTR.
The placement location is good. However I am a perfectionist and I would at least add a "margin-left:10px;" to your Ad div box. Your website is very image heavy. Try to have text next to your Ad and put images below the ad. Otherwise I think it could move attention away from your Ads which translates into lower CTR. The benefit from having text next to your ad is that the user focus stays at the ad spot much longer. With images next to your ad they glance at it and then skip down to the information. You could also try to use a wide skyscraper (160x600px) instead of a normal skyscraper (120x600px). Bigger formats tend to perform better then smaller once. Good Luck StarBuG