Another interesting trend I’ve noticed in Adsense design recently on a number of discussion forums is to place images above your ads to draw the attention of your readers to them.
Check out this thread at digital point and check out the innovative ad placement below with pictures placed above a banner ad (source). This is just one of numerous examples of this emerging strategy that many are swearing by (in this example the publisher boasts a 400% increase in CTR).
I can’t see anything in the Adsense guidelines to stop you using this strategy – however I’d be a little cautious about it and look through their rules for yourself before embarking upon it.
