Are Images Allowed Next to Adsense Ads? Google Says No.

Google says that you can’t confuse your site’s visitors. In a recent blog post about placement of graphics near ads, the Google Adsense team has addressed concerns about the possibly misleading representation of images when placed next to ads, causing your site visitors to click on them and make you more money under the false premise that users “may click the ad expecting to find something that isn’t actually being offered” which in turn is “not a good experience for users or advertisers.”

In the image below, which the Google Adsense policy team uses as an example as a prohibited strategy, the images look to be clearly related to the ads, when they are in fact not.

Anyone who violates this policy can have their AdSense accounts banned, so it’s best to avoid any possible connections to your ads by putting your images elsewhere.