Preparing Your Site for Google AdSense

Getting approved by Google AdSense requires more than adding an ad snippet — Google reviews site content quality, policy compliance, navigation, and user experience. This guide walks through the most important steps to prepare your website for a successful review.

1. High-quality, original content

Create unique, useful pages that answer real user questions. Aim for well-written articles (600+ words) and useful tool pages that include descriptions, tutorials, screenshots, and FAQs. Avoid duplicate or auto-generated text that provides little value to visitors.

2. Policy pages and contact information

Ensure you have readily accessible Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Contact pages. Your Privacy Policy should disclose use of advertising networks and cookies; include opt-out or consent links where appropriate. AdSense expects transparent data practices.

3. Navigation and site structure

Make it easy for users (and reviewers) to find content: a clear navigation menu, search, and internal links between related pages. Avoid link farms or pages that exist only to host ads.

4. Minimal and useful ad placement

Design ad placements that do not interfere with navigation or content consumption. Avoid placing many ads above the fold or in a way that causes accidental clicks. If you plan to show personalized ads, add a consent mechanism (we added a cookie/ads consent banner).

5. Create proof pages for review

Before you request review, prepare a set of 8–15 representative pages with good content: homepage, several guides, tool pages, and a few blog posts. These pages should be indexable and not blocked by robots.txt. Provide these URLs when requesting review.

6. Technical checks

Verify your site has an `ads.txt` file in the public root with your AdSense publisher ID, mobile-friendly layout, and no blocking middleware that prevents Googlebot from accessing content. Ensure the pages load reasonably fast and aren9;t heavy on interstitials.

7. Post-approval monitoring

After approval, monitor ad behavior and user feedback. Keep privacy documents up to date and be ready to adjust placements to protect the user experience and avoid invalid click activity.

Following these steps gives you the best chance of AdSense approval. If you want, I can (A) add more static, indexable blog posts now, (B) seed sample posts in Firestore, or (C) scan the site and list low-word pages to prioritize improvements. Tell me which you'd like next.