8 Essential Considerations Before You Apply for Google Adsense
Google Adsense is an advertising program which has been very popular most especially to bloggers wanting to get extra bucks online.Bloggers earn from Google Adsense based from the number of impressions and clicks that they received on their blogs.
Upon getting the approval of Google Adsense within 2 days after I submitted the Google Adsense application, I felt compelled to share my own experience with you. This is to help you and in some way inspire you more in blogging. Who would not be triggered getting extra income while doing what he or she loves, right?
I am going to walk you through with the specific steps/factors that I considered before I applied for Google Adsense.
Top Level Domain
You should have your own top level domain (TLD). An example of it is yourblog.com. If you want to upgrade your blog to the next level and get some extra bucks, you must invest on your own top level domain. This domain may have either of these two extensions: .com or .net. It could only be done once you purchase for your own domain name from a Domain Registrar like namecheap.com on which this blog was registered.
Self-Hosted Site
Your blog should be self-hosted. It must be at least 6 months old if it is hosted by google(blogger.com). On the other hand, if it is self-hosted wherein you have your own server, you can already apply within 45 days.
User friendly
You should provide a neat and user-friendly website. It is something that will motivate the reader to stay in your site. It must also look neat and professional for it to gain good impression not only to your readers and subscribers but also to Google AdSense. In addition to that, you should also make sure that it does load fast. Delete unnecessary plugins to boost the performance of your blog.
No other ad network and affiliate links
Once you applied for Google Adsense, it will evaluate your web design to make sure that it is free of other advertisements. There should be no affiliate networks too.
Website Navigation
Website Navigation must be visible on your blog. It is necessary that you have the following on your menu bar: Home, About Us, Contact Us, and Privacy Policy. These are important menus to prove that you mean business with your blog and your website is not a scam. For the Privacy Policy, you may write on your own or you can simply use Privacy Policy Generators online.
Contents (no illegal or phishing, downloads)
Publish at least your original 15 to 20 articles with 600 words or more. In addition to a lengthy content, which is beneficial for the Search Engine Optimization (SEO), it must also have a sense of value. In other words, your blog should be of high quality content. Strictly no copy and paste.
Regular Update
You should update your website weekly. Be consistent. If its possible, write at least 2 to 3 articles per week. Do reply with the comments that you receive from your blog. It does a number of benefits not only for your blog to be approved by Google Adsense but also to build a connection to your readers, subscribers, and followers.
Alive Website
Make sure that your blog is not under maintenance mode or is down once you apply for Google Adsense. Fix broken links using the Google Webmaster Tool.
When you are done with those things I mentioned, then you can finally proceed with your application. Sign up for Google Adsense using your Gmail account. It only takes few minutes for the form to fill out. Copy and paste the verification code on your theme head.php section in your WordPress Dashboard before closing. The verification code will be given to you by Google Adsense.
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Thanks for sharing this informative posting about Google Adsense. I have applied earlier & didnt get approval, so thought of something wrong with my blog & hence got rejected. Apparently it was because mine was not self hosted domain. Now I feel better&will reapply again if one day am gonna move to self hosted 🙂 cheers, siennylovesdrawing
Good luck on all your blogging endeavors siennylovesdrawing. 🙂 I hope that you will become successful also in Google Adsense the next time that you apply .
I need to update my other blog that uses Google Ad Sense. I used to earn consistently there. It’s not much but it helps. Thanks for sharing these tips.
You are welcome Teresa! I admire you for having other blogs. Being consistent with one blog is already challenging what more of having more than one. You are truly amazing. 🙂
Thank you for sharing this with us. I plan to apply for ad sense as many friends told me it is something worth trying. I love passive income. Ihihi. A friend also taught me how to earn from Ad sense. Perhaps now is the time to try.
Good luck on your application. 🙂 My friend also suggested me to try Google Adsense because it is the best advertisement program. We just have to be careful not to make any violations. Yes, passive income sounds good. 🙂
Wow, this is so timely as I’ve tried to apply for google adsense before, but I failed to meet their requirements. After reading your tips, I might as well consider applying for the second time and will do your tips, as this will surely be a big help for me. Thank you so much for being so kind to share your knowledge with us. I really appreciate so much.
Good luck on your application! I hope you will get their 100% approval within just a few days. 🙂
I have been using adsense for my websites ever since. i am not really effective when it comes to such affiliate program but I’m glad I’m still earning from it at least twice a year hehe.
i wish I could attend some seminar or even a webinar that will teach me how to make my ads more effective.
I have heard about the other affiliates too… Someone adviced me that if I would like to stay with Adsense, better to stick with it and not use any affiliate programs .. that’s why I only have adsense on my blogs
Thank you so much for these tips, I will really keep this in mind
Thanks Milton! I don’t have luck yet with affiliates. Perhaps some other time I may try it. How long have you been blogging? I just started blogging seriously last 2016. I just blog when I have a free time but at present, I would like to be consistent in posting here in my blog even once a week.