If you notice on the front page of this Blog, the first entry will always have an AdSense box embedded with the entry. The ad floats, that is, the text starts immediately to one side of the add and continues underneath it; in other words, the text "floats" around the ad.

This is done to make the advertisement look to be a part of the entry. An initial glance does not expose much of a contrast between the ad and the article text. I've also made sure to make the color scheme of the ad mimic the color scheme of the entry in order to make it "fit in" with the blog entry even more.

Here's how to easily do it:

<table align="left">
   <tr>
      <td align="left"> 
         AdSense 
      </td>
   </tr>
</table>

Of course, replace the AdSense above with the AdSense code Google provides. Slap at that at the beginning of your entry and it should put AdSense in a optimal place for viewing inside your article.

Bill