I just came across this site. Look at the google ad near the top header. I'm confused is this a new way of showing them?
they added sponsored link there themself...wait nevermind. i see what you mean. its missing the url and its formatted diferent. hmmm.. not to sure.
I don't think so, not from what I can see there. Some of the ad formats don't show the URL. The Hot Categories at the bottom has me more wondering than anything above does. Edited: Just checked their code, I don't see anything against TOS
So, its fine ,right? I was just checking..I would think that this would be alternating the code but I guess not. Anyway, I click on it thinking it was a sponsor ad. I wonder if they are getting more clicks having it that way?
I didn't see anything wrong either with the layout or when I looked at the code of the page. It IS a sponsor ad, in a way, since, according to the Adsense Policy (emphasis mine):