Does my site have to be 6 months old to qualify for adsense?

Fangslayer · #1 (**permalink**) 12-28-2008, 01:14 PM

Hi all

Lately, I have been browsing around the google site and found out that some people were rejected by google because their website was not 6 months old. However, as I see complaints of being rejected by google, I read posts of people on this forum who have a website up for less than 4 weeks and then they get accepted by adsense.

My question is:

Is the 6 months rule a mandatory rule or is it just a way of google telling you "This site does not break any of our rules, but we just dont like it"

any reply will be very much appreceated, as i am almost done writing the basic content and layout code for my new chess website, thinking of publishing it soon

lisa · #2 (**permalink**) 12-28-2008, 02:51 PM

I believe the 6 month rule is very new (about a month old) so that's why you are reading about people on this forum getting accepted quickly.

Fangslayer · #3 (**permalink**) 12-30-2008, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lisa

I believe the 6 month rule is very new (about a month old) so that's why you are reading about people on this forum getting accepted quickly.

Thank you Lisa for your reply.

I was wondering, now [sorry if i wonder too much

], but is it still possible to get your site accepted by google, right now, if the site is not 6 months old, meets the other requirements and has a lot of useful content? I think of this because i remember a post (cant remember exact post, or the name of the thread started), that was about someone getting accepted by adsense and it was only about one week old.

once again, thank you for your reply

lisa · #4 (**permalink**) 12-30-2008, 11:25 PM

I think that was before the 6-month rule. From what I understand your site must now meet all those requirements. I don't believe there are any exceptions. Of course I'm not 100% sure on this because I haven't applied or heard of anyone who got in with a new domain since they announced the new guidelines.

Keep in mind, though, AdSense is not the only way to monetize your site. You can join AdBrite, Kontera and other programs in the meantime. I don't believe they have such requirements. And there are also standard affiliate programs you can use.

The 6-month rule makes a lot of sense to me. Most sites under 6 months old have very little traffic so they wouldn't make much with AdSense anyway. And even if you do have traffic there are other ways to monetize your traffic until you can get accepted into AdSesne.

Fangslayer · #5 (**permalink**) 12-31-2008, 12:24 PM

Thank you once again Lisa for your reply, by the way, this forum and your videos have helped me a lot!

Quote:

Originally Posted by lisa

The 6-month rule makes a lot of sense to me. Most sites under 6 months old have very little traffic so they wouldn't make much with AdSense anyway. And even if you do have traffic there are other ways to monetize your traffic until you can get accepted into AdSesne.

I totally agree with you that the 6 months rule is good, the only problem is that since I am really poor (im only 14)

, and dont have much cash to spare, I have spent the last 3 months writing content for my site, and when I will be ready, I will launch a domain (already though of it). Therefore, my site wont be 6 months old, in fact, it will be 3 days old but have 3 months worth of content in it. That is why I asked this question, although i should have mentioned that earlier

.

Despite my certain situation, i guess it was a well implemented rule. By the way, I will most definetly check out the other ad programs you mentioned

Also, Happy New Year!!!!

Benj · #6 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 04:01 AM

My site is only about 1 month old. I applied for Google Adsense on Dec 31/08 and was approved on Jan 1/09.

I guess the 6 month rule is not hard and fast, or maybe I just got luckly, or maybe Google will cancel it in the new few days. I will let you know if they do.

lisa · #7 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 03:44 PM

That's interesting to know, Benj. I guess the rules aren't set in stone. Perhaps they look at your content and other things as well.

Geekdout · #8 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 04:39 PM

From what I've read from other places online I think the 6 month rule is so people will try and get a site up and running with a lot of content instead of getting a domain name and then 3 hours later throwing adsense up on it.

mirage2009 · #9 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 07:25 PM

I just read the google terms now and I didn't find any statement about your website being of a certain age, but I found some other useful tips about getting approved by google adsense
How can I help make sure my application will be approved?

Savvy publishers like yourself can avoid common application pitfalls by being mindful of the trouble areas below.
Payee/Contact Name
You must be able to receive checks made payable to the name on your AdSense application. AdSense applications with incomplete names won't be approved.

For business accounts:
- Enter the name of the organization in the 'Payee Name' field
- Enter the name of the person in your organization who manages the website in the 'Contact Name' field

Address
Only AdSense applications with valid mailing addresses will be approved. Please provide your complete address including as much of the information listed below as is available for your location.

Street Address (including house number, street name/number, flat/apartment number)
City / Town
State / Area
Zip Code
Country / Territory

Email Address

The email address you enter will be the login you use to sign in to AdSense. You'll also receive all communication regarding your AdSense account at this email address, starting with your email verification message. For this reason, please make sure you enter a valid address where you can receive email.
If you enter an incorrect email address, you'll need to submit a new application using your desired email address.

Under Construction/Difficult Site Navigation
In order to be approved, your website must be launched and contain enough textual content for our specialists to evaluate. Websites that are under construction, don't load, or have non-functioning links, will not be approved. Please ensure that the URL on your application is entered correctly. Domain Ownership
You must have access to edit the HTML source code of the website you submit for AdSense. If you submit a site 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.
Unsupported Language
Unfortunately, AdSense is not yet available for all languages. If the primary language of your website doesn't appear in our list of supported languages, we'll be unable to approve your application. In the future, please check back at the link provided to learn whether AdSense is launched in your language.

lisa · #10 (**permalink**) 01-02-2009, 08:05 PM

I found the requirement somewhere before I wrote my last blog post about this new rule. I'll see if I can dig it up.

Slick-E · #11 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fangslayer

Hi all

Lately, I have been browsing around the google site and found out that some people were rejected by google because their website was not 6 months old. However, as I see complaints of being rejected by google, I read posts of people on this forum who have a website up for less than 4 weeks and then they get accepted by adsense.

My question is:

Is the 6 months rule a mandatory rule or is it just a way of google telling you "This site does not break any of our rules, but we just dont like it"

any reply will be very much appreceated, as i am almost done writing the basic content and layout code for my new chess website, thinking of publishing it soon

I do not know that rule even existed... I just bought domain and hosting from one company. The next day I just had two posts on my blog and I submitted it for Adsense and I got confirmed in 24 hours. My blog is only 3 days old and Adsense is all ready to go.

I think that when they ask for your web URL - they want to check it out and whatnot. If it looks good, a greenlight is given.

lisa · #12 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 09:52 PM

Well there seems to be conflicting info everywhere (including other popular webmaster forums). I've received quite a few emails from people who have copied and pasted the email they received from Google when they were rejected and they all mentioned the 6-month rule and having a top-level domain name before getting approved.

KazaKhan · #13 (**permalink**) 01-03-2009, 11:45 PM

I was approved in a matter of hours with a single blog post on blogspot in september. I've seen quite a few others claim quick approval with blogspot too so maybe that is the way to go.

Slick-E · #14 (**permalink**) 01-04-2009, 05:15 AM

What has dawn on me is that... My web hosters use Google Apps for the Domain Admin for using e-mail. I happened to use this e-mail while I was contacting Google for my Adsense account. Maybe that played a part for making the process fast.

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