**YEAH!!**
After applying for Ad Sense approval 5 times I finally got it running!
First off I was refused due to content, my first suspicion is because when I add links to other hobbies sites I copied some of the content of the site's introduction, so perhaps the bot thought that I was copying from other sites.
Then I got the message saying that the content is not easily recognized by the ad sense bot, so I write a lot longer blog entries with a lot of repeats on key words. A good side effect of this is that I did manage to get on the first page of google image search result, and the top blog entry hit for some key words. So I guess that brought along higher hit rates too.
I was again refused due to navigation issues, so I removed all the useless links. As I was doing that a thought hit me: I could try adding the widget for Ad Sense in place first, to see if that helps.
So after all these tweaking I got the email this morning saying that my application had been approved~~!
I guess it's the key words that really matters. So from now on I'd add another spin to this blog: macro photography. It has a lot to do with how the miniature is presented here, and it also took a lot of effort to get a picture right. So watch this space guys.
Other highlights:
After applying for Ad Sense approval 5 times I finally got it running!
First off I was refused due to content, my first suspicion is because when I add links to other hobbies sites I copied some of the content of the site's introduction, so perhaps the bot thought that I was copying from other sites.
Then I got the message saying that the content is not easily recognized by the ad sense bot, so I write a lot longer blog entries with a lot of repeats on key words. A good side effect of this is that I did manage to get on the first page of google image search result, and the top blog entry hit for some key words. So I guess that brought along higher hit rates too.
I was again refused due to navigation issues, so I removed all the useless links. As I was doing that a thought hit me: I could try adding the widget for Ad Sense in place first, to see if that helps.
So after all these tweaking I got the email this morning saying that my application had been approved~~!
I guess it's the key words that really matters. So from now on I'd add another spin to this blog: macro photography. It has a lot to do with how the miniature is presented here, and it also took a lot of effort to get a picture right. So watch this space guys.
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Hello Cathy
Don't you feel the web is polluted more than enough with adverts? I understand that people having to live on a meager budget and paying to maintain a website try to cover the expenditures; but blogs are free. Thus, with regret, I stop following your excellent blog.
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Jean-Louis
Hey Jean...
DeleteYea I understand what you mean... I changed job and had a massive (20+%) pay cut so I wanted to get a bit of cash from the ads...
thanks for reading my work thus far, I respect your decision :)
but I did remove a few of the ads :)
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