Adsense ad unit size

[dreamwizard]

Hi people!

I've been searching for information on this problem, but I was not able to find anything, so i decided to ask you adsense experts.

My question is: Am I allowed to change the ad unit default size? The situation is that the size 160x600 is too wide for the left column of my website, so I manually changed it to 155x600?

Will google ban my account for this?

Best Regards
Todor

[celgins]

No, you are not allowed to change the ad unit size and Google is likely to cite you for breaking their TOS.

There is a 120x600, but I'm guessing this leaves too much space on the right and left (for your website)?

[dreamwizard]

Thank you for the quick answer. I am going to change the width back to 160px, because I don't want to have troubles with Google.

I will try to widen the left column, I am only 5 px short on it.

[ronin]

The formats Google Adsense uses for its adpanels (468x60, 728x90, 300x250, 120x600, 160x600 etc.) all conform to Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) standard sizes.

IAB Standard Ad Units [iab.net]

[bobming]

I understand and accept you're not allowed to change ad sizes, but why do Google make height and width as editable variables within the onpage javascript? It doesn't make any sense.

[AdSenseAdvisor]

For examples of all of our ad formats, check out:
[google.com...]

-ASA