While we can't say whether your site would be eligible without fully reviewing your application, there are a few things you can check before applying to see if your site would be a good fit with AdSense.
- Do you have a website?
You'll need one in order to participate. Read our tips for creating great content so you'll attract users and advertisers to your site. - Are you at least 18 years old?
As noted in our Terms and Conditions, we can only accept applications from applicants who are over 18. - Does your site comply with our program policies?
Check that your site complies with our policies before submitting your application. Keep in mind that we may change our policies at any time, and per our Terms and Conditions, it's your responsibility to keep up-to-date with them. - Has your site been active for at least six months?
In some locations, including China and India, we require your site to have been active for at least six months before it will be considered. We've taken this step to ensure the quality of our advertising network and protect the interests of our advertisers and existing publishers.
When you're ready, please submit an application. We'll review your application and get back to you by email within about a week.
Eligibility for hosted accounts
AdSense works with products such as Blogger and YouTube to allow you to create host partner accounts. To be eligible for a hosted AdSense account via Blogger or YouTube, you must first meet certain eligibility requirements. As soon as your blog or channel becomes eligible for monetization via AdSense, you can apply for a new AdSense account and link these products.
Please apply for your new AdSense account via your Blogger or YouTube account. Note that you won't be able to apply via the regular AdSense application process. For more information, see: sign up for AdSense via YouTube or make money with your blog.
If you signed up for AdSense through a host partner and you’d like to show ads on your own non-host partner website, then you’ll need to submit a one-time application form.
To use AdSense monetization products on your website, you must have access to edit the HTML source code of the web pages where you'd like the ads to be displayed. If you submit a site that you don't own (for example, www.google.com), you won't be able to place the AdSense code on the site and your application will not be approved.
If you've created a website via a content management system (CMS) (for example, Blogger), you can submit its URL providing that you have access to AdSense or to the HTML source code from the interface.
If you don't have a website, or your site isn't compatible with JavaScript, the following options will help you get started with AdSense:
- Create a new blog using Google's service, Blogger. Through Blogger, webmasters can display Google ads without ever copying or pasting HTML code. Signing up for a Blogger account is fast, easy and free.
Once you've created your blog, you can add Google ads by following these instructions to enable AdSense on your blog. - If you want to monetize your YouTube video content, please apply for the YouTube Partner Program or if your YouTube account is already eligible for monetization follow the instructions displayed in the YouTube interface to apply for AdSense.
Keep in mind that AdSense ad code and search code may be used on any page on any site that complies with our program policies.
As stated in the AdSense Terms and Conditions, publishers must be at least 18 years of age to participate in the AdSense program.
If you are not yet 18, you may have a parent or guardian submit an application using their own Google Account. If their application is approved, all payments will be made to the adult responsible for the site.
Our system has filters in place to keep advertisers' ads from displaying on pages that could be interpreted as negative, non-family safe or potentially offensive. If a site falls into one of these categories or our system detects any other reason an advertiser might not want their ads on a website, our system may classify that site's content as sensitive.
If this happens to your site, our system will try to display appropriate ads for your page. For example, a news article related to a car accident might display ads related to driving safety instead of ads related to car sales. However, if it's determined that our system can't display ads which are appropriate for a site's sensitive content, then ad serving may be disabled.
We're excited to help you find yet another way for you to increase your revenue and encourage you to submit an application to participate in AdSense.
We have some guidelines as to how non-Google ads may be displayed along with Google ads. We do allow affiliate or limited-text links.
If your ad network already displays Google ads on your pages, you can still join AdSense and run ads on your site through our program. We allow publishers to display up to three standard Google ad units on any webpage.
Keep in mind that it's your responsibility to work out any contractual issues that may arise with your ad network as a result of serving Google ads directly.
