Originally Posted by springer

It is also rather risky, as the recommended position for adsense is below the page/post title. This must not be done in a way that suggest the ads are part of the site content, otherwise it is bye bye adsense account.
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From what I gather, the author of that thread is essentially writing product reviews. The success of this is all about making the site look ugly (no header), so that the visitor attention is drawn directly to the adsense ads.