There was a time, when Google was literally giving away Google Adsense accounts to publishers and one of the easiest trick was to apply through Google’s Blogger.com. However, now a days I’m hearing that Google isn’t approving the Adsense accounts so easily. They do a thorough check of every application before they approve it. I’ve even heard that Google isn’t entertaining any publisher whose blog/website isn’t more than 6 months old (I can’t confirm it, it sounds rumor to me).
Important question – Why is Google doing so?
Most likely the answer is that Google is experiencing lots of spam clicks as there are many click-fraud networks going on and Google wants to counter them by ensuring that they approve only legitimate publishers and not the click-fraud group members.
I’m legitimate! why aren’t they approving my Adsense account?
Google will give you the reasons for not approving your account, however if they haven’t; send them an email (don’t use all caps ever in any of your email, it’s never considered as polite) and ask for the reasons that were considered as negative for your blog. Remember! they are not your slaves, so you should always keep your tone polite enough. However, I would suggest that you should at least keep these points clear before you even apply for your Adsense account -
1. Top level domain will always benefit you – A top level domain name will leave a positive impression on reviewers mind as that shows that you are serious about your blog/website venture.
2. Try to have at least 30 blog posts – There are many bloggers who’d say that around 10-15 posts should be fine, however I would say that it doesn’t harm if you have some extra posts written and published as it’ll only shift you towards account approval and not towards account denial. Try to publish high quality posts and not just the rants against a person or service. What say harsh?
3. Don’t use black-hat seo tricks – Google is strict against black-hat seo tricks and even bans them from its search index. If at all you know those tricks, simply avoid them as they’d not leave good impression on the reviewer.
4. Submit your sitemap to Google webmaster tools – I’ve already written that how can you create a sitemap and integrate it in your blog. After you’re done with creating sitemap for your blog, you should go ahead and submit it to Google Webmaster Tools. That will also ensure that you are serious about your blog and are interested in seeing that how it ranks in Google. It will also help you in improving your blog accordingly.
5. Have mandatory pages on your blog – There are many pages on a blog that are considered as a must and if you don’t have those pages, possibilities are that the reviewer will think that the blog/website is not complete and may think that it’s under construction. I would suggest that one should have these pages for sure -
a) About blog and its purpose.
b) About page of the author(s) of the blog, if possible put mug-shots as well.
c) Contact page – you don’t need to reveal your email address, you can always use some plugin for contact form.
In short, I wanted to convey that it would be nice if you’d show that you have an active site and a budding community around your website or blog. Your blog should also convey the message that you are not one of the spammers and that you are not trying to game the system.
Do you have any clue as to why Google is getting strict about approving Adsense accounts and if you have come across any other tip ?
actually it is not that hard to get adsense.
just check the post http://hubpages.com/hub/Get-Adsense-approved-account-in-less-then-5-min
i tried it, not in 5 minutes but i got my account in 2 days.
it really works!
Nice tip mayank, but one important thing is you need to generate few backlinks before you apply for adsense account. Though it can be done easily either by submitting your blog post to any social bookmarking websites, commenting on other blogs, commenting on dofollow blogs…
The reason is Google and adsense both like to add quality blogs in their network which are made for contributin but not for MFA..
In case anyone writes quality post, he also gets quality backlinks from various website..and thus adsense approve their account asap…
Just my 2 cents..
Nice tips, but you’re blog should be atleast 6 month old compulsorily.. !!
My friend got rejected because of this issue though he had around 100 posts but the blog was only 4 month old..
I can see your point about why Google may be more restrictive in its Adsense policy, and spam and fraudulent clicks will be high on their blacklist. You have pretty much covered all the bases for advice, as for how old your site is before Adsense will allow you to insert their ads , well that may be up for debate. I have on a few occasions inserted ads on new blogs only 48 hours after launching the blog, and have never had any problems.
For me as long as you follow basic principles of authority and trust then you shouldn’t have any problems.
Thanks for the read
I already applied 2 times without enough content but they didn’t approve. I will try the 3rd time with your suggestion
Thanks,
http://www.kuraisollu.com
i have created the above site but still the google people are not acceting my page.i dont know the reason for that.Please suggest me on this.
Thanks
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@thirumoorthi – Honestly, I would not have any clue that why Google isn’t approving your account. Most likely, the reason could be that your web page is too new for them to accept it in their adsense program.
I have created a blog 6 months ago.Can you tell me that if i start writing my posts from now and
then submit it immediately for google adsense within 15-20 days of writing ,then i will get
approved for putting ads on my blog?
@Kunal – if you could leave the URL of your blog, not only I would love to read it, I would be able to check that if you need to make any change or if it’ll be the right time to apply for the adsense account. I would say that Google will approve any account which’ll look genuine at the first look itself. most likely they may have set this bar of 6 months to ensure that no spammer will be able to get in their ad network and to avoid click fraud networks.
Do post the link if you want me to have a look at it – you can also send me the email over here – me [at] mayank [dot] info
ok! here is URL
@kunal – oh! I understand your point now. There is only one post on your blog however, you created that blog like 6 months back. I don’t think Google will approve your adsense application based on this blog. As I said, they’ve become strict in their approval process and they’re approving only those applications which look genuine to them and those websites that add value.
The good thing is that once your account gets approved you may use your adsense code on any of the websites you own. Although they may ban your account, if you don’t follow their guidelines.
On Blogspot, Google may also freeze new blogs for review to protect against spammers. The owner will have to then verify through an email that it’s not spam. Certainly having at least 15 – 20 posts on one specific subject is important.
It’s so easy to sign up for things on the Internet that they’re trying to protect against spammers simply running creating nothing.
Ultimately, they wouldn’t be able to sell advertising since it wouldn’t drive specific traffic.
Sounds like bad luck to all who did not get approved. I am new to adsense, did some research and decided why not? I went to blogger.com sighned up I wrote ONE blog and then said said why not submit it? What do I have to lose? So I gave it a shot and submitted my blogger.com account which I posted one blog on it the same day I got approved a around 3 hours later. So I can only say that the 6 month long policy is not 100% correct I got approved same day off one blog so, im guessing it’s hit or miss.
Good Luck. And remember when you do get approved, dont start going click crazy having all your friends and relatives click your ads, they can easily tell what you are up doing and you will get your account disabled. Good Luck.
HI friends…i have a blog over 1year….but i didnt get adsense approval for that blog….in the same blog i use my friend’s old adsense account….can anyone please tel me…how to get an new adsense for my blog…here is my blog….
http://willflip.blogspot.com/
and also one question i create a blog 3 months before…its now get page rank-2 ….can i submit that blog for adsense approval
ple contact me…balamscss@gmail.com
Hello. Google did approve my adsense account, however no matter what I do to set up my account, there still aren’t any ads on my blog. If you would, do you mind emailing me at whitt.workfromhome@gmail.com so that I can email you my blog url for you to take a look at and provide me with some feedback? Please?
can you pls visit my site and advise me whether i should appy for adsense or no..
Thanks in advance
Sir,
i tried for adsense 3 times with same email id but failed i dont know why is this happing ,plse give me some of ur valuable reviews /advice in this regard.
waiting eagerly
plse help me out with this my domain in 7 month older(www.examblog.info)
sir, plse give some of your advice on my blog examblog.info i am waiting for your advice