[Queball_Beast]

Originally Posted by magnus

Man, Google lists their TOS for all to see. There is no 'guessing'. Read them. Also, people seem to think Google is a big evil monster who will ban you overnight and devour your children.

The Google AdSense team is quite helpful and informative. You're free to set your site up however you like and then request a 'site check', where someone from Google will verify ad placement and let you know if you're in violation of the TOS or not. They will then give you a time frame (usually 30 days) to comply or risk removal from the AdSense program.

I've been using placement similar to this for almost 2 years, and I've had at least half a dozen 'site checks' performed. Each time I've been within Google's TOS. Stop assuming. Start reading.

Here is another example of google showing you how to add ads to your blog or post by blending into it.
http://www.google.com/images/adsense...gtimize_en.jpg