Tips on Getting AdSense Approval for New Blogspot Users

Blogspot is a free domain provided to those of you who are making websites using Blogger platform. You will be able to choose whatever name that you like for the subdomain as long as it's available. Blogspot is easy to set up and you can monetize it using AdSense once it becomes eligible.

Contrary to popular belief, Blogspot eligibility does not guarantee that your blog will be approved right away by AdSense. In fact, AdSense approval process is much stricter. Qualified or eligible blogspot will be reviewed again to see if it doesn't violate AdSense policy.

Furthermore, Blogger's new update has allowed us to add blogspot domain directly to our AdSense account. You no longer need to wait to become eligible/qualified, you can just add your blogspot blogs right away as long as you have an account. But again, getting the actual approval will be not easy.

One of the most common policy violation is called "Valuable inventory: under construction". This warning often appears when you modify your blog while it's still being reviewed by AdSense.

 AdSense will reject your blog if it doesn't have sufficient content. For example, your blog may only contain three well-written published posts and get qualified. However, AdSense might think that the blog still does not have enough valuable content and therefore you receive a rejection message which says "Valuable inventory: no content".

Based on my experience, blog which contains well-written long articles (at least 1000 words) will have a better chance to be approved. Of course not all of your articles have to be that long. You can mixed it up with shorter articles but please remember that a blog which contain only short articles will have harder time to get AdSense approval.

If your blog is generic, you may have hard to be approved because AdSense may think that your article is not original. For example, a blog which only posts "Top 10" articles is considered to be generic. A blog about job listing,  fake product reviews, common how-to tips, bogus health tips, short current news rewrites, or common cooking recipe will also have a hard time to get approval. Be original!

Use a proper grammar (correct tenses and sentence structure). Avoid typo. Write in a language that you understand well. I don't advise you to write in English if you are not able to write as good as a native speakers. AdSense may think that your blog is a spam website if you are using incorrect grammar because your articles will be nonsensical.

Your blog needs to be responsive in all devices. It needs to be able to load fast. Slow blog may prevent AdSense to review your blog properly. I usually use Contempo or Soho whenever I ask for approval. Then, I change it to fast-loading custom theme after my blog gets approved.

6. Avoid using copyrighted materials

If you need a copyright free pictures, you can download them from Getty image or Unsplash. Please note that images such as book covers or movie posters have copyright. You may be able to use those images after approval under "fair-use" but I don't recommend using them during review process.

7. Avoid changing your theme during review process

AdSense will reject a website which is still under construction. Before you apply, make sure that the theme does not contain error and the navigation works properly. Changing theme will send signal to AdSense that your website is still not ready. Modify your theme after you have the approval.

AdSense will only approve blog which can attract audience. If your blog is not indexed, you will have harder time to get visitors and thus you may get rejected. You can use Google Search Console to index Blogspot.

9. Choose your subdomain name wisely

People think that having a keyword in their domain name will increase their website rankings. This is not completely true. In fact, Blogspot subdomain which only contains keyword may be designated as spam website. This type of website will definitely be rejected by AdSense. Combining your own brand name and keyword may be better in some cases. Good Blogspot subdomain should be short and easy to remember.

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