AdSense Approval: Common Myths Debunked

Kinu Actaz said:

You can't, if you are from a 3rd world country. Your site should be at least 6 months old.

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scutter said:

Thank you for taking the time to debunk some misconceptions!

I was recently rejected for Adsense with the reason being "Low Value Content". I was surprised because my site looked very solid -- premium theme, articles in the 800-1000 word range, AI written with human editing/re-writing, plenty of original images accompanying the articles, etc. Each article had both internal and external links. My best guess at why I did not get approved:

1. I only had 12 articles on the site. My plan for the site is to go "full AI" and I had read in a different thread that you should get approved when you have 10 well-written articles on the site, and before you start publishing content like crazy. It's possible that while the general idea is right, only 10-12 articles is not enough.
2. I made one rookie mistake: I didn't create a user profile picture or an author bio for the articles. The author was just listed as the name of the site with no photo and no other details.

I've already fixed the author profile problem. I'm going to publish another 10-12 articles, and further edit the ones I have.

Any thoughts on how long I should wait before re-applying. I've heard somewhere that you need to wait two weeks -- is that an actual timeframe enforced by Google or just a suggestion

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Vullnet said:

That's a myth.

I sent 300.000 visits from Social Media just in the past month!

I had 0% invalid clicks and Adsense gave me 0 issues.

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scutter said:

Thank you for taking the time to debunk some misconceptions!

I was recently rejected for Adsense with the reason being "Low Value Content". I was surprised because my site looked very solid -- premium theme, articles in the 800-1000 word range, AI written with human editing/re-writing, plenty of original images accompanying the articles, etc. Each article had both internal and external links. My best guess at why I did not get approved:

1. I only had 12 articles on the site. My plan for the site is to go "full AI" and I had read in a different thread that you should get approved when you have 10 well-written articles on the site, and before you start publishing content like crazy. It's possible that while the general idea is right, only 10-12 articles is not enough.
2. I made one rookie mistake: I didn't create a user profile picture or an author bio for the articles. The author was just listed as the name of the site with no photo and no other details.

I've already fixed the author profile problem. I'm going to publish another 10-12 articles, and further edit the ones I have.

Any thoughts on how long I should wait before re-applying. I've heard somewhere that you need to wait two weeks -- is that an actual timeframe enforced by Google or just a suggestion?

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scutter said:

A quick update to my situation from above. This is just for one site, so take it for what it's worth. I was rejected twice. The first time (above) with 12 articles. I added 10 more to get to 22 articles. The first 12 articles were 800-1000 words long. The second batch were even more detailed and came in at 1,500-2,000 words each. I had completely unique images accompanying the articles, usually 2-3 per article.

I got rejected again for the same reason: Low Value Content.

So, I waited another week and posted 10 more articles, bringing the total to 32.

I was finally accepted.

A few things:

1. I don't know if there is a "magic number" for total posts on your site, but my own experience, plus what I've read from others, suggests that most of the time, you should have 25+ articles posted on your site to get approved. Some people have gotten approved with less, but this is a reasonable guideline.
2. I have no idea if this mattered, but in my original submissions, all the articles were dated September, 2023. In my final batch I back-dated some articles to August and posted one on October 1. This gave my site the "appearance" of operating for over a month. Again, there's no proof that this mattered, but something to consider for the future.

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Techpreneur said:

4. Can I get approval for a website with AI content?

Yes. You can even use paraphrased content and get approval with no issues.

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Techpreneur said:

I often came across posts related to Adsense approval, and there were so many fake opinions and useless answers. In this post, I would like to debunk the common myths and give you tips to get AdSense approval quickly.


1. Do I need to build a privacy policy and T&C pages for my site?

No. You run a blog, not a business website. A personal blogger may or may not be aware of such things. AdSense really doesn't care about such pages.

2. Can I get approval for a new domain?

Yes, you can.

3. Does AdSense give high priority to expired domains?

Yes, as far as I know. Expired domains with good authority are approved faster than new domains.

4. Can I get approval for a website with AI content?

Yes. You can even use paraphrased content and get approval with no issues.

5. How many posts do you need to have before applying for AdSense?

I would suggest you build at least 20 posts before placing the request.

6. Do I need to interlink the articles?

Yes and no. It's not hard to interlink 20 articles, and so try to link the articles if you wish to get approval on the first try itself.

7. What should be the length of articles?

Try to create posts with at least 1,000 words to avoid issues like "not enough content" or "low-value content".

8. Is the theme important to get approval?

Yes, it's recommended that you use a premium theme and customize it to make it look like a professional site.


I personally received more than 15 site approvals from AdSense. I ran both new and expired domains, and I used both AI and paraphrased content. I never created so-called static pages like privacy policies or even contact pages.

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Think like an AdSense moderator, and you will understand how easy it is to get approval from AdSense. A site that looks real and writes useful articles would get instant approval. A site with poor design and low-quality articles will be rejected.

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AlbinKurti said:

applied yesterday with a site that has only paraphrased content, lets see if you are right

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Bezita said:

what is the answer?

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