New Blog? Do These 5 Things First To Get Easily Approved by Google Adsense When You Apply

It is a dream of every blogger to get their site approved by an ad network especially with the most ever popular Google Adsense and start earning money from it. We work very hard for every content that we make and getting an approval pushes us to do more. From my personal experience, it wasn’t easy especially the fact that I don’t know anything about it other than creating an account.

We know how strict Google Adsense is when it comes to approving new application and its policies are very intimidating. Whenever I read an article about how to get accepted before, I always felt like my blog isn’t qualified to run an ads from Adsense because they’re huge!

Don’t be like me! Stop getting your heart broken of the denied emails because of things that you haven’t done to get that approval. Yes, I got denied twice.

If you’re in doubt of getting your blog approved, I will share in this post about everything you need to do first that has probably caused me to get rejected, so you can also assess your site before applying for the Google Adsense program.

Why Google Adsense?

Well, Google Adsense is the most popular and the oldest ad network that provides a way for publishers to earn money from their online content and it works at Pay Per Click system.

Most Youtubers today are talking about Google Adsense. They create contents about how to get approved and how much they earn, so when it comes to legitimacy, those feedbacks pretty speak for itself. It has thousands and thousands of users that believe in them.

But even before the peak of Youtube, there are many bloggers who are making a complete living from their blogs and Google Adsense. And if we do our work the right way, we can reach our goal too.

Things To Do Before Applying For Google Adsense

1. Get a self-hosted site and buy your own domain

This is highly important because you can’t apply to Google Adsense if you have a free blog. You must need a self-hosted site or a premium upgrade blog as this is one of Adsense’s requirement. I have a more detailed post about free blogs, self-hosted site, and domains on my blogging resources series.

IMPORTANT RELATED POST: Things You Need To Know When Starting A Blog

2. Use an easy to navigate and user-friendly template

Blog sites that are poorly designed and hard for visitors to navigate and understand are most likely to get rejected by Google Adsense. Websites are created for the purpose of spreading an information to others. That is why it’s important to have a neat design blog and is aesthetically pleasing to the eyes.

But the question is, do you need to purchase a premium template for this? Definitely no. I don’t recommend buying a premium theme right away. If you’re a WordPress user, there are tons of amazing theme that you can choose from. They are free and upgradable!

Keep in mind that your blog design should not just reflect both you and your personality, but also what the blog is about. On top of that, it should be easy to navigate.

3. Have a clear navigation menu

Google gives importance to a site’s user experience. That is why you should have a clear and easy-to-navigate menu to help your readers find important pages and know where to access your contents. Work on adding all important content categories and pages that would identify your blog,

Remember that your application will be reviewed by humans and they can tell as an end user if you’re some kind of a spammy bot or something. So you need to impress them with your pages.

To start, here are some basic pages that you need to create and setup on your main navigation menu:

Create an ABOUT page

Even if you don’t apply with Google Adsense, an About page has a major role and importance to your site. It may simply describes you and your blog but with Adsense, it means establishing a relationship with your readers.

Setup your CONTACT page

As part of having a good user experience blog site, it’s important that you give your readers a better opportunity to speak up to you and tell them how they feel about your blog. By creating a Contact page, you’re telling Google that you care for your readers and that they can contact you anytime.

Make sure to include your active email address, business phone number (if any), other social media links– Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube to keep them updated about you. You should know that having a personal space online isn’t as personal as you thought it would be because this passion or hobby means really going out there.

PRO TIPS: There are contact form plugins where readers can easily input their email address, name, and message that will directly send to your email once submitted for a better user-experience. I use WP Forms for this.

Create a PRIVACY POLICY page

This is the common reason why a blog site get rejected and I think this is also the reason behind my rejection when I applied for the first time.

A privacy policy page is one of Adsense’s requirement. With this, you’re telling Google that you’re in a serious business here. You see, it’s going down again to the users experience because this page explains about what your readers will get on your blog, what they should do, and what they should not.

You can check my privacy policy page to get an idea.

You don’t need a lawyer to create this. There are tons of privacy policy samples online. Use it as your basic guide and edit it out to fit in to your needs. That’s what I did.

For WordPress users: Once you have created a privacy policy page, you need to setup the page on your admin dashboard. Go to Settings > Privacy Policy > Select the privacy policy page on the dropdown menu.

Categorize your contents properly

Proper categorization helps readers to easily browse through your contents. This will add a good impression to your site when you apply on the Google Adsense program.

If you’re a multi-niche blogger like me who creates travel and lifestyle contents, make sure you have separated the travel from lifestyle then break each category to sub-categories to sort out your contents properly.

Also, use generic name categories so that Google can easily crawl in to your site for better ranking. Here’s an example:

• Main Category: TRAVEL
  Sub Categories: Travel Guide, Hotels & Accommodation, Beaches and Resorts, Adventures, Travel Stories
• Main Category: LIFESTYLE
  Sub Categories: Beauty, Food and Drink, Fitness and Health, Events
  Sub Categories under Beauty: Skincare, Makeup, Tips

4. Write some good number of high-quality contents with basic SEO

Having a high quality blog content is the most important thing which you can’t ignore. Think of this, you might be blogging for personal reasons– to share your experiences and interests online. But when it already involves monetization, you need to consider the user experience as well.

And that is writing a high-quality content!

Google loves blog sites that are not poorly-written. It has to have proper punctuation marks, paragraph spacing, long enough to read, less grammatical mistakes. It must also be unique, useful, informative, and provide value to the readers of your blog.

Learning Basic SEO

When we say SEO (Search Engine Optimization), it always sounds technical. Don’t get intimidated! You can do basic SEO with your contents and it’s completely ready to go. This is important because Google gives a lot of value and attention to the content of the blog before accepting it.

Basic optimization means…

• having a blog post title that speaks for what the entire content is all about
• good sub-heading hierarchy
• short and precise permalink
• proper content categories
• adding relevant tags
• has a featured image; and
• has a written excerpt in atleast 25 words

These optimization options can be found on your document when you create a blog post and it’s important that you don’t neglect these things. I don’t mind optimizing my posts and pages before, but when I get to learn more about Google ranking through SEO that could drive organic traffic to your site, I optimized all of my previous posts.

5. Always comply with Google Adsense policies

Again, the very thing that Google would look on your site is the user end experience as a whole. If you have pages with little to no original and meaningful content and has bad user experience interface for having a poorly designed blog and confusing navigational menu, then there’s a high chance for rejection.

Once you have set it all up, this will speed up the verification process and within no time, you’ll be able to enjoy fully approved Adsense account.

Some Frequently Asked Questions

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What should be the minimum number of posts?

There is no confirmed answer about this. I’ve read it’s 30 and other says it’s 50 plus. On my experience, I had around 25 posts when I launched my blog since I migrated my contents from a free blog to a self-hosted site and I luckily got approved 2 months later. I also know bloggers who have published a hundred and they’re telling me that Google Adsense has rejected their application.

When is the best time to apply to Google Adsense?

The best time to apply according to my experience is when you have atleast 20 good quality blog posts with at least 600+ words and are properly optimized. There is no guarantee for this though as blogs are unique and will be reviewed by Google individually.

• Create and setup everything that are needed as explained above
• Read the Google Adsense policies to keep you on track
• Assess your site thoroughly before applying

How old should your blog to get approved?

I’m not sure. But in my case, I have applied to Google Adsense a week after my blog was launched and I got rejected twice in the same month. And then accepted 2 months later.

How long does Google Adsense approval take?

There isn’t really a definite time of how long it will take but mine took 2 months to get approved and I have applied to them three times.

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