http://adsense.blogspot.com/2007/04/fresh-new-look-for-adsense-ads.html AdSense have just changed what their designs look like. I've started to see them - they don't seem to be showing up on Site Targeted ads.
This really sucks I was wondering why my CTR dropped like a rock within the last week (naturally, testing new ads by Google did not add much to my carefully crafted site's appearance) ... Now I have to redesign the site to accommodate new layouts. The colors are the same, true, but the position of the text within the ad space, as well as border spacing and such did change and now looks really bad on my site. On to work, then. Unfortunately Google still can't make up their minds and show both old and new ads on my pages making it even worse n appearance. Thanks Google.
I liked the old ones better. The new "Ads by Google" image in the bottom right is really ugly in my opinion. Simple, underlined text link was better.
I think it does look better but does it cry out "I am an ad" more than the old style? Personallyt, I don't think so. I like the fact they have no lines devising each link.
I like them... If you don't use borders, and considering that there is no 2 Google links on the top and buttom, I think that they are better.