If you’ve got a blog and you’re ready to start making some money, you may be asking yourself “Do I qualify for Adsense?” That’s a reasonable question. For most people, the answer is yes. Google let’s sites, both big and small, join Adsense. They do requires a few things first, but the barrier to entry is relatively low. Let’s take a look at what you need to do to have Google ads on your website.
What You Need To be Approved For Adsense
In an effort to provide relevant ad placement to advertisers, your site will need to meet certain criteria before you’re able to place ads on your site. To qualify for AdSense you must:
Prove site ownership
Ensure your site is accessible
Have “good” traffic, not “bad” traffic
Have quality content
Have a site that’s easy to navigate
Prove Site Ownership
You can prove site ownership in 1 of 3 ways:
- Add the HTML code they provide to your site.
- Verify yourself in the search console.
- Create your own ads.txt file.
Ensure Your Site is Accessible
In order to qualify for AdSense, you will need to have an operational site. This means your site must be published and visible. People need to actually be able to visit your site, otherwise you wont qualify for AdSense.
- Make sure your site isn’t “under construction.”
- Make sure it is able to be crawled.
- Paywalls on content may need to be temporarily removed.
Good Site Traffic VS Bad Site Traffic
Good or bad site traffic is not related to the number of visitors, but rather the kind of visitors you have. Good site traffic is real people that are visiting your site, reading articles and even revisiting the site later. Bad site traffic is things like bots, malware, auto-refreshing and click jacking. If you aren’t doing anything to try and game the algorithm, you should be just fine.
Have Quality Content
There is no minimum number of post (or articles) you are required to have, but you do need to have original content on your site. It is recommended that you have a minimum of 15-20 total posts, and 3-4 posts in each section. The more content you have, the better your chances of being approved.
- Original content on your site. Without original content, there is no value to advertisers and Google will not allow you to place ads.
- Monitor your comments sections. Advertisers don’t want to be associated with harmful, vulgar or illegal content and AdSense has guidelines against such content.
Site That’s Easy to Navigate
People need to be able to get around on your site. At minimum, you should have a navigation bar that allows people to get back to your homepage from anywhere on the site. Having internal links and suggested next articles is even better. Make it easy for people to go from article to article.
How Much Can You Make With Adsense
I ran the numbers for three different kinds of websites. These results are estimates and are based on an average of 50,000 page views per month. That is a lot of page views, but you can start to see that having ads on your site can add some good income.
If you want to run the numbers for a different genre or number of monthly page views you can use the Adsense revenue calculator. It is important to note these are just estimates. Your yearly earnings could be higher or lower than the estimate.
Conclusion
There you have it. The process of getting approved for AdSense is not very difficult if you’ve taken the time to build a quality site. Once you have applied, the Adsense dashboard will tell you the progress of your application. The dashboard will also tell you about any issues they found. Most of these can be cleared up quickly and easily, setting you on the path for approval. If you are creating quality content that’s easy for people to find, you should not have any problem getting approved.
