Don't run the risk of click and miss

Google policy on ad placement

[ryanjensen]

From the Adsense Blog:

Generally, we ask that you not place your ads near features of your site that your users may interact with by clicking.

Hahaha. Will do. I'm off to find enough whitespace ...

- Ryan

[creepychris]

I've seen user generated popup content open so that the close X was right where the top ad was . . . slick.

[carpediem]

This is a bit too harsh from google. Now, am I not allowed to keep one link unit below my breadcrumb trail? Actually there is a title of the article between breadcrumb trail and link unit. Any thoughts?

[ann]

Actually I believe this is tied in with graphics next to ads.

[koan]

I've seen user generated popup content open so that the close X was right where the top ad was . . . slick.

Adsense can't be used in popups, you should report them.

[benevolent001]

The specific comment is related to images placed next to ads , some publishers were showing small thumnail type images near ads and they were missleading users , so they point has been added

We dont have to show images near ads in any way that it missleads users

[MThiessen]

Adsense can't be used in popups, you should report them.

He didn't say the adsense was *IN* the popup, but rather the popup hovered near the ad on the page, and to kill the popup by clicking the X you run a high risk of clicking the ad on the actual page by accident.

[koan]

He didn't say the adsense was *IN* the popup

I see, thanks for the clarification. That's pretty nasty still.