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I have a blog that has around 30 posts and over 5K hits per month. Trying to get approved with adsense, I keep getting "No Content". How can I debug the cause of this?

Other questions about this received an answer about an HTTP canonical URL, which is not the case here, as it's https only.

The blog is: https://www.learningsomethingnew.com/

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30 pages isn't enough to get approved for AdSense. To get approved for AdSense you need:

  • 50 pages of original content
  • A clean design
    • make it clear what the site is about
    • make sure the content on each page is front and center
    • include obvious navigation to the various pages (Reviewers may fail the review after viewing just the home page unless they see navigation to 50 pages from the home page)
  • Plenty of text (Several hundred words per page minimum is recommended)
  • A contact page
  • An about us page
  • A privacy policy
  • Have owned and operated your site for a year

Make sure you submit your canonical URL. I've seen AdSense reviews rejected for no content because http://example.com/ was submitted when the site actually uses HTTPS. The same goes for www vs no-www.

5K hits per month isn't enough to make any money with AdSense. At most you could make a few dollars per month. It could take you many months or years to reach the $100 payment threshold. So don't sweat not getting approved right away, you aren't missing much. Grow your site more first.

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  • Thanks Stephen, any references as to how you know this?
    – syonip
    Commented Apr 26, 2020 at 13:32
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    Google's official stance is that there is no "set minimum" policy. However, people in various forums have had problems getting in with fewer than 50 pages. This is advice I have given in the past: webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/121933/…
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Apr 26, 2020 at 15:40
  • I've been an AdSense publisher myself for years, so I have experience with the revenue per thousand page views (RPM): it will typically be up to $2 per thousand visitors (but has the potential to be much lower than that depending on the type of visitor, the site niche, and the amount of ad optimization you've done.)
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Apr 26, 2020 at 15:43

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