Okay the Google Adsense team has decided to clear the confusion and straightened the records that any images placed next to the adsense ad are indeed in violation of it’s policy (even though in the past its support rep says they weren’t).

Well I’m just glad that this trick is not my highest performing ad, though the CTR was raised a little compared with no images.

I will remove them soon. I’ve removed them already. For the other webmasters/publishers, this is a new directive and was posted last Monday (my birthday) and yes, even if you put a line in between your images and the ads, they’re still violating the policy, below is the sample that is not allowed.

adsense violation

Thanks to Bob for letting me know.

Link : Inside Adsense