Rejected by Adsense. Please advise.

14 replies
  • SEO
  • |
Hi fellow Warriors.

This is my fitness blog [24hourfitnessblog dot com]. My blog is intended to offer fitness, health, nutrition and weight loss related blogs and tips to people. I felt my blog met all the google adsense requirement but unfortunately it got rejected.

I got an email today which I felt was too generic to help me understand what went wrong. "Site does not comply with Google policies: We're unable to approve your AdSense application at this time because your site does not comply with the Google AdSense program policies (http://support.google.com/adsense/bi...?topic=1271507) or adhere to the Webmaster Quality guidelines (http://www.google.com/support/webmas...y?answer=35769). It's our goal to provide our advertisers sites that offer rich and meaningful content, receive organic traffic, and allow us to serve well-targeted ads to users. We believe that currently your site does not fulfill this criteria."

I have done following things on my site:

a. I kept the top banner block near my logo (which is a blank space now) for Adsense. I created three ad blocks but added clickbank products in other two blocks. Was this a violation?
b. I wrote the contents and I searched copyright free images on Google and used them in my blog. The ones which were labelled for "commercial reuse".
c. I get 90% of my traffic from FB, Google+ and stumbleupon but they are all legitimate traffic.

I am not sure if any of these went wrong OR if there is some other reason which I am unable to foresee. There can be some onsite issue as well. If you guys can help me to understand the issue.

Thanks a lot and I appreciate every bit of advice.
#adsense #advise #rejected
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
    Banned
    It's our goal to provide our advertisers sites that offer rich and meaningful content, receive organic traffic, and allow us to serve well-targeted ads to users. We believe that currently your site does not fulfill this criteria.
    Looks like they gave you an answer.

    Those Clickbank ads probably aren't helping you get approved for Adsense.

    Lol at the well-targeted ads part, that isn't going to happen.

    The site doesn't look bad but I'm sure the niche is considered spammy.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8884344].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author ibarena
      Hi Yukon.

      Thanks. Do you advice me to remove all the clickbank ads?

      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Those Clickbank ads probably aren't helping you get approved for Adsense.
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8884357].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author slim10billion
    You need to remove those clickbank ads on your website.
    Google hate competitions

    remove those ads and apply again
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8884418].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author ibarena
    Thanks. I removed all the clickbank ads and resubmitted my application. Let's see.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8884471].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author ibarena
    Updates: I removed all the ads from the site but it has again got rejected. Any expert advice please? Thanks.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8896322].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author jezter6
    I'd imagine it is also because your site has a fairly small number of articles, only going back about 20 days.

    A lot of advice I've read is that your blog needs to be somewhat seasoned for a few months, show that you have a blog being updated regularly over a period of time.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8896359].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      The truth: "24 hour fitness blog" will NEVER be approved.

      If you honestly don't know why, then you have read nothing from
      google.

      "Weight loss by Lemon and Honey way in 21 days" is just the tip of
      the ice berg. Your whole site is demonstration of what google says
      not to fill your site with.

      Paul
      Signature

      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8896508].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author ibarena
    Hi Paul.

    Any piece of advice here?
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8896518].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
    Agreed; the site will never be approved. "site does not comply with Google policies" is often Google's polite way of telling you that the site sucks. There is no advice that can be given as Google simply do not like it and do not want to buy advertising space off you.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8896831].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author patco
    I would go with a DIFFERENT project. Stay away from Adsense. Go with Affiliate Marketing (Amazon, Clickbank, etc.) Adsense bans accounts for NO reason at all...
    Signature

    A blog that will show you How to Lose Weight with a cool Quick Weight Loss guide...
    Also enjoy some of my favorite Funny pictures and photos that will make you smile :)

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8896922].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author point2
    I check your site and notice your name. Are you from India? if you are, then you need to own the site for at least 6 months..
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8898159].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author ibarena
      Originally Posted by point2 View Post

      I check your site and notice your name. Are you from India? if you are, then you need to own the site for at least 6 months..
      Yes, I am from India. But, I have seen several cases of Indian websites which got approved within weeks of getting created.

      Any suggested alternative of adsense? I am not looking to sell stuffs so I am not sure if Clickbank is a right choice.

      regards and thank again for all your help.
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8900431].message }}

Trending Topics