jomaxx - 6:18 pm on Mar 23, 2004 (gmt 0)

"Multiple ad units may be displayed on each Web site page, but no ad unit shall contain any advertisement in common with any other ad unit."

From AdSenseAdvisor's explanation, Google are approaching this clause like mathematicians: Since the second part (no duplicates) is impossible to implement, the first part of the clause is irrelevant. To them, it's like saying you can run multiple ads on the moon.

Brad is approaching it more like a lawyer: since the second part is totally outside of the publisher's control, it's unfair to impose that condition.

I sympathize with that, but since he is now well aware of Google's intent, I would say just take the extra ads down. Fortunately Google don't appear to be banning sites for this without warning.