Hiding url. Against TOS?

I notice you can hide the Adsense url by setting the same color of the background and url.

Example:
Link: 000080 (Blue)
Text: 000000 (Black)
URL: FFFFFF (White)
Backgorund: FFFFFF (White)

Will it be against TOS?

 

Yes, I believe it is against their TOS.

 

Yes that is against the TOS. I seen it the other day while creating a banner.

 

I actually don't get advertiser URLs on many of my ads and I don't hide them - why would this be? Any ideas? (Actually, having just checked - the URL appears on banner ads but not on leaderboard ads - all same configuration. Wierd.)

 

Same here. I don't see the urls on some ads in FF or IE.

 

Why does the ad URL not display?

 

Aha, thanks Turfsniffer.

 

No probs Sara

Regarding the original question by AdsenseAddict - I think if you try to blend the url Adsense will automatically set a default colour so it cannot be hidden.

 

That's true. It won't allow the url to be blended into the background unless you choose a color that is close to it.

 

what's the use of hiding the url anyway?

 

I would have thought it lets the reader think its something related to the site itself and not an ad for another site.

 

What if you set your background as a large black picture and then blended lol, lets see adsense figure that out.
(Not recomended btw)

 

you can't blend it anyway...

 

100% Against TOS.