JollyK - 4:55 pm on Dec 27, 2005 (gmt 0)

Hm. I know there have been graphical Adsense ads on non-Google sites for some time, but this does seem to imply that ads with graphics may appear on Google itself. That seems to contradict the 12/22/2005 post on GoogleBlog, but then, I guess I may have misunderstood the meaning of "There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage or web search results pages. There will not be crazy, flashy, graphical doodads flying and popping up all over the Google site. Ever." (From the aforementioned GoogleBlog post.)

Maybe a "box with a photo" is not a "graphical doodad" or a "banner ad" in Google's opinion?

JK