Maximum Ad Units and Competitive Ads

[aliweb]

Hi,

I have got two questions about Google AdSense.


Q1. According to Google TOS

# Up to three ad units may be displayed on each page.
# A maximum of two Google AdSense for search boxes may be placed on a page.
# Up to three link units may also be placed on each page.

Does this mean that on a single page I can display 3 ad units + 2 search boxes + 3 link units

OR

I can only display 3 ad units OR 2 search boxes OR 3 link units?



Q2. Google TOS says that:

In order to prevent user confusion, we do not permit Google ads or search boxes to be published on websites that also contain other ads or services formatted to use the same layout and colors as the Google ads or search boxes on that site. Although you may sell ads directly on your site, it is your responsibility to ensure these ads cannot be confused with Google ads.

In first sentence it is saying that you cannot display competitive ads. And then in next line it says YOU MAY SELL ADS DIRECTLY ON YOUR SITE BUT MAKE SURE THESE ADS ARE NOT CONFUSED WITH GOOGLE ADS.
So which one of the sentence is true or I am missing something!?

 

[angilina]

1. "Does this mean that on a single page I can display 3 ad units + 2 search boxes + 3 link units "

Yes, + you can also display referrals.

2. You can put ads other than adsense ads, on pages with adsense, only if the ads don't look similar to adsense ads.

for example, you can use "adsense" and "ValueClick" ads on the same page, as long as "ValueClick" ads don't look similar to adsense ads

 

[aliweb]

Ok I got it thanks.