New AdSense changes come into force

Google has updated it’s Terms of Use (TOU) for AdSense publishing, and additionally added a new publishing option, as well as offering new payment options for internation publishers.

The most significant changes to its TOU are as follows:

The company has also released a new ad format, in the form of a text links box of various sizes, which can cover 4-5 links per ad box.

Perhaps most importantly for international publishers, Google now offers to either send out cheques in the users own currency, or else electronic transfer direct to the users bank account. There are limitations on the number of countries covered, but it marks a major step that international publishers have been clamouring for since the beginning of the program.