question about hidden adsense ads

[BiCuriousGeorge]

i recently had my fairly popular blog redesigned and the actual blog portion is inside a frame. so anyone who looks through the most recent entries would almost certainly not see the ads which are all stuck down at the bottom of the frame. i am still getting credit for impressions just as i was before i had the site redesigned. does this go against google's terms of service? it seems like it would but my web guy said it doesn't.

thanks.

[rjp]

Based on the TOS it appears to be OK. https://www.google.com/adsense/support/b...nk&hl=en_US

Having your content in a frame is old-school and hard to use, but hey if you like it then go for it.

[Freakin]

frames are a bad idea all around nowadays.

are you getting clicks on the ads? you don't make any money off just impressions, do you?

[BiCuriousGeorge]

i've been making around 75-85 cents per 1000 impressions which is half decent since i've been getting at least 5000 impressions a day from my site and the related forum. my click rate is very low though. i'm working on maximizing the amount of ads on my forum ( it currently only has a top banner and i know i can get more on there ) as well as making the ads more prevalent on my main site so i'll hopefully get a higher click rate.

[BradleyT]

If you're on an impression based program then normally your ads cannot be hidden from view. Usually they'll have to be visible somewhere in the top 25% of the page.

[Colt McCoy]

The search engines hate frames. If you're depending on them at all for traffic, I'd lose the frames.