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Adsense is the affiliate program for Google. People put their adverts into the AdWords system and the people who are members of Adsense run the adverts on their websites. However, even though Google Adsense is one of the easiest affiliate programs to join, you can still make things better for yourself. If you follow the tips listed below then you will find that your acceptance to Google Adsense is all but assured.

Improve your traffic numbers:

This is a good way of getting any affiliate program to want you to join them. Obviously, it does not really matter to them if your website only has five people visit per year, because hosting adverts on your site is costing them nothing. But, as part of a good business model they are going to want as many people as possible to visit your site so that there is a higher chance of your adverts getting clicks and making them and you some money.

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Remove adverts from other accounts:

This is just plain common sense. There is nothing stopping you adding other adverts once your Adsense adverts are in place, but Google are not likely to praise you for it. However, if you want to help your chances of getting accepted by Adsense, then remove any affiliate adverts from other websites.

If anything this would be common sense, as you would not try to rent out an apartment when it is already being taken up by a family of Iranian knife swallowers. So clear the way for the Adsense ads before you apply.

Do not conduct any black hat SEO:

This sort of thing is going to be an immediate rejection factor. Things such as duplicate content are going to really aggravate the Adsense team. They are also not fans of keyword stuffing, as it manipulates the search engine and their affiliate program. If you have lots of spammed links then it is time to get rid of them and start improving your PageRank.

Do not encourage people to link to you:

On your pages you cannot show any sign that you are encouraging people to link to you. You can offer no incentive and should not even mention linking. Any form of encouragement you give to people in order to make them link to you is going to cause your Adsense application to be rejected.

Do not sell gray-area services:

These are things such as school essay writing or penis extending services. If you are selling gray area services or things of an adult nature, then there are lots of other affiliate programs that will serve you a lot better than Adsense. By all means you should try to get accepted into the program, but you may find it more difficult.

Make it clear that you have a target audience:

This is not burningly essential, but it will help your case if your site is on the borderline. Having a target audience and/or a less generalized theme will help them to place adverts on your site a little better and will help them evaluate the results a little better.

You do not have to state it on your website, but for example, a website called “the knitting world” obviously has a target audience (people who like knitting). Whereas a website called “my opinion on stuff” is only going to interest the casual reader (the online version of a passer-by). Therefore it would be difficult to guess what sort of adverts would work well on your site.

Make sure you routinely update your content:

Your site needs to be maintained in order to be accepted for Adsense. This is a must, and one way you can show that your site is maintained is to update it routinely. Try to update a few pages every week in order to show that your site is maintained.

Makes sure you have sent an up to date XML sitemap:

This is mainly so that the Adsense program can see how many pages you have and what potential amount of adverts your website may be able to hold. It is one of those things that you should do as good practice about a week or two before you apply for an Adsense account.