12 Things to Do Before Applying for Google AdSense + FREE Bonus Checklist

So, you want to apply for Adsense to make some money from your blog and enjoy the life you always dream of?

Who does not anyway? That’s the dream of every blogger to get AdSense approved.

But, wait..

I’ve to tell you something.

That’s not easy. Google AdSense is very strict when it comes to approving new application. Everyone is trying to trick AdSense to get approved so they have made the process very hard.

Don’t worry. You’re not alone.

In this article, I’m going to share with you everything that you need to do before applying for Google AdSense program to actually get approve.


Some common questions that you may have about Google AdSense are…

How to apply for Google AdSense?

Does my blog qualify for AdSense or not?

Am I eligible to apply for Google AdSense?

What are Google AdSense requirements?

Why Google AdSense rejected my application?

What to do if Google AdSense reject my application?

This post is going to answer all your questions in detail. It’s over 3000+ words so grab a cup of coffee.. ;)

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WHY GOOGLE ADSENSE IS SO POPULAR?

Google AdSense is one of the oldest networks to offer ad publishing and works at Pay Per Click system.

When it comes to the legitimacy of Google AdSense, it speaks for itself. Google AdSense have thousands and thousands of satisfied customers and publishers. AdSense pays on time, every time.

One more reason for choosing Google AdSense is that we can earn huge amounts of money if we do our work in right way. There are many bloggers who are making a complete living from their blogs and Google AdSense.

Therefore, Google AdSense should be the number one choice among all the other available networks.

It’s paying rates are better than all of other networks so that’s the biggest reason it is so popular among bloggers.

But since everybody is running behind them, they have made the approval system very strict. You make little mistakes and get disapproved every time. Here are few reasons why Google will reject your AdSense application.

COMMON ADSENSE REJECTION REASONS

Here are the most common rejection reasons and Google AdSense requirements that you should keep in mind before we get into details.

1.  Insufficient content / Unacceptable site content

Your website doesn’t have enough text on for Google specialists to review.

Google gives a lot of value and attention to the content of the blog before accepting it. If the content is poorly written and has grammatical mistakes Google will reject the blog right away.

Not only the content needs to be grammatically correct, it must be unique and has to provide value to the users and readers of the blog. So the number one reason is the poorly written content on your blog.

2. Page Type / Design of your blog

What will you do if you land a page with full bright yellow background with white text on it, having huge buttons all over the place?

Yes, you’ll never visit that website again .

Blogs which are poorly designed and are hard for the visitors to understand gets rejected by Google AdSense. You must have a good and neat design which comforts the eye and is beautiful in the look.

3. No Privacy Policy, About Us or Contact Us page

There are some pages which you must have before applying to Google AdSense if you want to get accepted.

These are about us, privacy policy and contact us pages. These pages give the impression that you are a professional and that you are working according to the Google policies. Keep in mind that having a privacy page is also one of the requirements for Google AdSense.

4. Site Does Not Comply With Google AdSense Policies

No rich, unique and meaningful content, no organic traffic, pages with little to no original content or bad user experience through clear navigation and organization.

Your website may be the one that drives traffic through illegal sources, sites with excessive keywords or poorly coded design are usually rejected.

So you need a complete guidance and list of things that you need to do before applying for Google AdSense.

THINGS TO DO BEFORE APPLYING FOR ADSENSE

1. Write High-Quality Content:

The #1 thing you need to do before applying for Google AdSenseis to write high-quality content. This is very important thing which you can’t ignore at any cost. I mean it!

Google loves the blog who are providing high-quality content and their visitors are enjoying it. Keep in mind that your application will be reviewed by humans and you have to impress them to get approved by AdSense.

A high-quality content…

is unique and original
with proper headings and bullet lists
free from grammar and spelling mistakes
is long enough
useful and informative
Helpful resources:

What is Quality Content?
How to Produce High Quality Written Content
2. Create Privacy Page for Your Blog:

One of the common mistakes that most new bloggers. Even though there are people out there who say that having a privacy policy for a blog doesn’t make sense but they are wrong!

The first thing you will need to apply for Google AdSense and get approval is the privacy policy of your blog or website. If you don’t have it you cannot get approval simple is that.

Why is it important?

It’s requirement of AdSense and secondly, this privacy policy means you are not a scam and gives the sense of a serious business. Google will check the rest of the conditions only if you have this policy.

A privacy actually describes to your readers about what they will get on your blog , what they should do and what they should not. So obviously there is nothing bad in having a privacy policy. While it can affect somehow on your AdSense approval, you must give it a try.

You can write it yourself or find Privacy Policy Generators online (You don’t need a lawyer anyway).

Helpful guide:

Create a Simple Privacy Policy for Your Blog (Example Included)
3. Create About Page:

Like privacy policy, you must have an about page so that you can get approved. This also shows that there is a real person behind the blog.

An About page has a major role and importance even if you don’t want to apply for AdSense. But when it comes to AdSense, they are about zero chances of getting approved if you are not showing this page.

About page simply describe you and your blog . This will not only help you establish a relationship with readers but it will also make them trust you.

4. Setup A Contact Us Page:

It’s quite obvious that everyone has his/her own opinion.

What one of your readers likes may be bothering someone else. Then it is better to give them an opportunity to speak up to you and tell how they feel about your blog, what they want to be edited , what they liked or hated.

Create a contact page, if possible add your email that you are going to apply for Google AdSense. If possible do get some professional email address like ammar@allbloggingtips.com and your social profile links too.

By creating this you are telling Google that we care for our customers, visitors and we are ready to help them. They can contact us anytime.

It will also show the Google AdSense Team that is viewing your site that you actually care about your readers and not only the money and AdSense.

Check out my contact page to get some idea.

One important step: Google AdSense mention in their rejection email that your website should have a clear navigation menu to help your readers find your pages and access the content before you think about applying again for AdSense.

So, what you’ve to do is to work on your menu by adding all important categories and pages i.e about us, contact us and privacy policy to help your readers easily find the content that they are looking for. The more you care about improving your visitors experienSo, what you’ve to do is to work on your menu by adding all important categories and pages i.e about us, contact us and privacy policy to help your readers easily find the content that they are looking for. The more you care about improving your visitors experience the higher chances will be to get approved by AdSense.

Here’s an example to illustrate this point.

add important pages to adsense

5. Verify Your Name and Email:

When you apply don’t forget to put your name and email address in some easily visible area like about and contact pages. It will confirm to Google AdSense team that it is the same person who applied for AdSense and not some spam, crappy bots.

This will speed up the verification process and within no time, you’ll be able to enjoy fully approved AdSense account.

6. Have Some Good Number Of Posts:

What should be the minimum number of posts before applying for Google AdSense? There is no confirmed answer.

Not even one.

Because I have seen very established blogs with 300+ posts and their owner telling me that Google AdSense is rejecting them while somewhere bloggers with few posts or even less than 10 are enjoying making money with AdSense.

Exactly, what I said that there is no actual answer. However, we can always predict things.

According to my experience, the best time to apply for AdSense account is when you have at least 20 good quality posts. Your blog posts length should be at least 600+ words with quality content.

Dillon got his AdSense account approved with just 3 posts, 115 views, and 2 comments. Isn’t that great?

I visited his blog and noticed these things that actually matters to get Adsense approved.

Simple and clean design
Easy to navigate blog
Unique niche
Detail content
No “unwanted” widgets
minimum requirement for posts

7. Make Sure You’re 18+

This is the mistake that new bloggers are making who are less than 18. They write incorrect age and get into trouble.

Use your correct date of birth and age while applying for Google AdSense account.

Because Google AdSense is not for people who are under 18. Some people realize this problem after being disproved a few times without any legitimate reason.

So I advise you to be accurate while typing your age.

8. Improve Your Blog Design:

As mentioned earlier, you blog design matters a lot. It should be professional and not like a messy photo gallery. A clean, professional and fast-loading design is appreciated by Google.

When you visit a website what’s the first thing you look for? It’s blog design.

You’ve to build a good first impression on your blog readers to engage them.

Your blog design is the biggest thing after content. This represents your expertise, experience, and professionalism. It should have following features:

Simple and professional
Easy to navigate
Proper menus
No useless items in sidebar or footer
Search engine friendly
Fast loading
So be careful because anything can kill your chances of getting approved by AdSense.

There are thousands of websites who provide free professional looking themes for your blog. All you need to do is to search for them.

If you’re on WordPress self-hosted blog then I recommend getting a premium theme from MyThemeShop.

And if you are still using blogspot then there are many great websites where you can find free professional looking blogger templates for your blog.

Check out my post on the reasons to invest more money on your blog.

9. Check Your Content Type:

Be careful with what type of content you are publishing. Because it is something that truly matters.

Here are some common content types that are not accepted by AdSense.

Pornography/Adult materials
Pirated Content
Hacking or Cracking Tutorials
Illegal Drugs/Paraphernalia
Any Other Illegal Stuff
There are few languages that are supported by AdSense so make sure your blog language is in the list of these.
AdSense supported languages

Google AdSense team mentioned in one of their forum posts that they stopped accepting niches that are already saturated i.e making money, marketing, website and SEO stuff. You can read more here.

Please-review-my-site-for-Google-Adsense---Google-Product-Forums

If you already have written about these content that AdSense doesn’t support, you can either stop dreaming about AdSense or get rid of these content.

10. Use Top Level Domain:

Google has made changes to their policies. If you have a blog with blogspot and the domain is yourblog.blogspot.com then chances are you will get approved quickly.

But you will not be able to use that on any other domain like .com. You’ll have to submit the request to upgrade your AdSense account.

As for today, you must have your own unique domain that specifies your blog. If you don’t have one yet, stop dreaming about getting approved with sub domains and go buy a Top Level Domain. It will cost anywhere from $10-$15/year. You can buy the domain from Godaddy or Namecheap.

The best domain is the one with .com extension. Choose a short, unique and easy to remember domain that is related to your blog niche.

Another important thing about the domain is its age. Because for some of the Asian countries like India, AdSense has placed domain age restriction. They don’t accept any sites which are less than 6 months old.

There are many AdSense stories that I read on many forums that some people got approved for few weeks old blog and other got rejected for the blog that is even more than 6 months old. So age doesn’t really matter when you have a high-quality blog that’s focus more on helping your visitors.

If you’ve a website that is less than 6 months old then you can still consider applying for AdSense.

Shibam got accepted by Google AdSense with 28 posts and a 6 months old blog. He managed his blog from mobile only.

shibam adsense approved

11. Remove Other Ad Networks:

If you have any other ads placed like Chitika, Infolinks, Clicksor or anything, it’s time to drop them off.

Make your blog free from ads.

Even Google AdSense allows you to use other ad networks along with them, it’s better to remove the ads before applying and don’t put them back until you get a reply from AdSense team which usually takes anywhere from few days to weeks.

So, before submitting your application for Google AdSense make sure to remove all the ads on your blog from any other network.

12. Check Your Traffic Sources:

Google hates the sites that are getting paid traffic and mostly penalizes them so there is not a damn chance of getting approved by AdSense for a site that is getting paid traffic. You can bring traffic from search engines or any other way you want but if you want to earn via Google AdSense the right way, paid traffic is not a solution.

Also, note,that Google does not accept site which gets traffic from illegal sources. So focus on getting traffic from legal sources like social media, search engines, and related blogs.

Further Reading:

7 Strategies I Use To Increase My Blog Traffic (I Bet You Can Too!)
How to Get Traffic to A New Blog?
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR APPLICATION IS REJECTED?

Okay, so you had done trying everything you could to get approved by AdSense.

But, AdSense is still not getting approved.

Well, It’s not the end of the world! ;)

There are two things you can do:

#1: Don’t lose hope. Take your time to fix the issues on your blog that is mentioned by AdSense in rejection email and apply again. Remember, if you are disapproved, you can apply again and again until you finally get approved by Google AdSense. There’s no issue with that. Just use the same email account that you used for the first time.

#2: There are many other trusted and high paying ads network you can use and trust me they are not hard as Google AdSense is in terms of getting approval. One door of opportunity is closed so the other one will open.

You can use these ad networks to earn money without AdSense. They are easy to get approved.

1. Infolinks

Infolinks is the leader in in-text advertising which offers 70% revenue share even if you’re a newbie blogger. It is different from other advertising networks. It takes less space because it shows in text ads or pop up ads. You can use it with Adsense safely.

It is a pay per click. They offer advertising options like: insearch ads, intext ads, inframe ads, intag ads.

Alexa Rank: 2571
Min payout: $50
Payment method: PayPal, Wire Transfer, eCheck, Western Union, Payoneer
SIGNUP NOW (IT’S FREE AND

2. BidVertiser

BidVertiser is another top alternative to Google AdSense which pays you for valid clicks on ads placed on your website. It is great Adsense alternative if you didn’t get Adsense approval or got banned. Bidvertiser offers Banner ads, Text ads, Mobile Ads, Slider ads etc. You can also make money by promoting your customized toolbar.

Alexa Rank: 892
Min payout: $10 only
Payment Method: PayPal, Checks
SIGNUP FOR BIDVERTISER

3. Media.net

Media.net is probably the best alternative to AdSense as it’s powered by Yahoo Bing Network. I’ve tried Media.net few years ago and the average CPM was much better than any other AdSense alternatives. Media.net ads are quite similar to Google AdSense and it’s very easy to get approved if you’ve a quality blog.

Alexa Rank: 5132
Min payout: $100
Payment Method: PayPal, Bank wire
SIGNUP FOR MEDIA.NET

CONCLUSION:

To sum up, getting an AdSense approved is not really hard if you have a quality website that is focused more on high-quality content, optimized for search engines, uses a great design and with the good number of visitors. Because that’s what Google wants from its every publisher.

Make sure to do these things before applying for Google AdSense. I guess these are not too hard. Don’t be sad if Google AdSense doesn’t approve your blog. There are many other ways to make money online without AdSense.

Hope for the best.

One more thing, don’t reply too much on AdSense. Try to make money through your blog from other business models. Ads network will not give you much as other income methods like affiliate marketing and selling your own product.

Now here’s what I want YOU to do.

Click on social sharing buttons below and share this post with your friends, I’m sure they’ll love it!
Comment below and let me know your story about getting AdSense approved. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

The Advance Guide To Make Money With Stock Photography Sites – 2200+ Words

if you read the next 2,200 words, you’ll learn The Advance Guide Make Money With Stock Photography Sites.

So..let’s  get started. ;)

Do you want to Make Money With Stock Photography Sites?

 Make Money With Stock Photography Sites

Are you interested making money from internet selling your lovely photos?

Then you would have a better chance to make money with stock photography sites which are considered the powerhouse of creativity and global depository of photographs.

Microstock website Shutterstock has a reputation that puts it on the top of the stock photography game. Shutterstock has one of the best multidimensional search engines of any stock photo site offering over 14.3million photos from 280,000 photographers. Everyday millions of photographers making money by selling photos on these stock photography websites. Stock photos and graphic marketplaces are useful for designers to both buy and sell stock resources.

Everyday designers are frequently needed stock photos, specially when clients don’t have high-quality photos of their own.

And type of stock design resources (like vectors, icons, PSD files, textures) can save a great deal of time for designers. And selling stock graphic and photos can be an excellent source of residual income for photographers and graphic designers. Today by this tutorial you could learn some basics of Stock Photography and how to Make Money With Stock Photography Sites.

Let’s go ahead.

Guide To Make Money With Stock Photography Sites

What Is Stock Photography?

Stock Photography is the word which refers to a supply of existing photographs that can be arranged and licensed for specific uses. It is a fulfilled stock of different portfolio of photographs where tons of people gather who need to use photos and images everyday on websites, magazines, brochures, web designs & development, graphic designs and other various purposes.

Using Stock Photography you can locate your target photos without hiring any photographer to perform on location shooting, that’s greatly save your valuable time also keep stayed on budget.

Stock images get popular faster so people can promote their daily products from their websites otherhand photographers can Make Money With Stock Photography Sites according to the commission rate from Stock Photography Websites.

Make Money With Stock Photography Sites Online?

 Make Money With Stock Photography SitesWe just talked about Stock Photography now come how to get started with selling photos to earn money. Once you’re a professional photographer and want to share your portfolios with the world then certainly this way could bring you some extra cash.

 

Yeah! that’s right your photo back catalogue could earn you a few or more, once you can utilize your work appropriately and choose the right websites to add them way.

There are few different ways to Make Money With Stock Photography Sites:

You can host your portfolio of photographs on your self website. Do let people download photos free and restrict some stuffs to purchase. Even you can sell advertising space next to them.

You can also build up a gallery and sell photographs directly to private clients

You can sell your photos for use on merchandise such as t-shirts, cups and calendars.

Once you don’t have your own website don’t worry about, simply upload your portfolio to stock photography websites and make money with commission rate.

These are the regular ways to get started selling photographs online as a professional photographer. You may explore more out of the internet but we discussed the core points where majority accrues to sell photos and make money.

From Which Photography Websites You Can Make Money?

 Make Money With Stock Photography SitesThere are tons of websites dedicated to buying and selling stock photography which you can use to Make Money With Stock Photography – but a few are still withstand from the rest of beginning due to a number of reasons.

 

Each stock photography website has different rules and guidelines on the way which photographs they are exactly looking for and will be accepted. Hence there are strict rules upon photographs ownership and copyright issues for each photo that will be submitted.

Different stock photography websites offer different commission rates and payment structures, so it’s an worth taking query you may read FAQs, Getting Started sections to make yourself proper understand before joining any stock photography website.

Here we update a list of most useful and popular stock photography websites that really works on pay per download and your commission rates will be increasing if your photos get sold more.

Shutterstock

Dreamstime

Fotolia

iStockphoto

Freedigitalphotos

These are top 5 lists of stock photography websites, you can register for free and explore your photos rating on internet market but you should remember the acceptance of photos there very tough, because everyday millions of applications knocking them also expertisers keep the market quite competitive which effects on beginners not to perform well also tends to be pushed out.

So, you must signup for these five big websites and try out the photos your consider the best from your repository. I think you will get at least a positive response.

Always keep in mind you may have to try multiple times to get a photo being approved. You’ll Make Money With Stock Photography Sites sooner than later but remember NEVER GIVE UP!

How Much Can You Earn Selling Photos?

 Make Money With Stock Photography SitesThe simplest answer to that question, it largely depends upon you specially how many photos get approved and how increasingly it goes ahead for sale.

Sometimes payment per download gives you a few cents if it gets sold via a subscription but you remember the cents can quickly be upgraded if you can manage a considerable set of quality stock photographs over time. Some websites pay more for photographs if you can reach on different levels of downloads.

Example: You may get more per download if one photo manages over 5 or 10 times download rather of 1 download for one photo.

One more thing you should remember that you will be paid much more from a certain stock photography website if you agree to submit photographs exclusively and it will be included onto their exclusive program.

For example: iStockphoto will pay you up-to three times more commission to their exclusive photographers. Apart of iStockphot, Dramstime also pay an additional bonus for each and every photograph that their exclusive photographers successfully submit and you will be paying more per download.

One of the great things from stock photography websites is that your portfolio can grow rapidly and bring you up a lingering income while you are not even active on the website. The first photo you successfully upload that ready to sale and still selling on a certain commission could be hold out and in this way you can Make Money With Stock Photography Sites 10 or more year’s time, terrific!

Which Photos Get Sold Well?

 Make Money Selling Stock PhotosOne of the best questions till now.

 

Let’s discuss and make it easier to understand.

 

Before starting your stock photography career you will have to learn to deal with a bit of rejection.

Many of your photographs could well get approved but some of them will be disapproved containing violated or out-dated issues.

All of the stock photography websites lead their company on the basis on customers demand about which photos their customers ask for more, so they can’t accept all types of photos because they have to target the market place not to the photographers portfolio.

People come to the stock photography websites to get images and photos that they can apply on their professional drudgery likely to design websites, icons, logos, graphics and merchandising purposes. Exactly you can target your portfolio on this market so your photos may be getting approved to stock photography websites easily. Lots of the most successful stock photography can involve very simple images on white backgrounds.

The more you sell the more you’ll have Make Money With Stock Photography Sites..

For example: Lots of people seek for very simple photos or images of dogs, cats which they can easily photoshop onto a different background.

Final word, the simple the photograph, the more successful it could be on the stock photography sites.

How You Will Be Paid?

That’s the most important question in our Advance guide to Make Money With Stock Photography Sites.

Now come to the desired question for every photographer.

Each stock photography website has their own rules and guidelines to pay a member when it comes on action. Normally you will have to reach a minimum payout level such as $50 or $100 to request for a withdrawal circumstance. You may check withdrawal conditions or payout sections of any certain site before to get registered and make yourself well awared about payment procedures.

Most of the sites surely pay you out by a variety of methods such as Paypal, bank transfer or cheque. These things will have to meet your local address and the company’s serving areas around the globe.

Additional Questions:

We also have tagged some additional questions regarding how to Make Money With Stock Photography Sites that you may ask yourself after reading till now.

Who Can Participate This Program?

Definitely the question dedicated for theme we’re talking all about this tutorial. People join to Make Money With Stock Photography Sites are all experienced photographers or you can say geeks in photo shooting. If you’re out of this profession then you need not read this tutorial anymore because we’re talking photographers and this tutorial dedicated only for them.

Because you can’t take part this market once you’re not addicted to this profession but purchasing some attractive photos or optimizing your photos by photoshop or illustrator these are not the criteria of this program. How many photos you could manage adopting such type of proxies there are indeed over thousands of portfolio photographers mange to apply so you can’t compete them with your limited stock.

Things You Will Need?

A Photographer needs these types of instruments before to take part in stock photography journey.

Professional digital cameras such as Digital SLR cameras

Computer, or a tablet with internet connection

Adobe Photoshop (optional but recommended)

Adobe Illustrator –if you want to create your own images other than photos (optional but recommended)

And two hands..;)

Bonus Tips For Starters To Get Photos Noticed – Sell More

Over millions of people target to make money online also hunt for the hassle free ways. To Make Money With Stock Photography Sites is becoming one of the most popular ways to internet surfers where we will have to do nothing but sales will be increasing and we will earn day and night. This idea is very interesting but to achieve that position is too hard to manipulate.

For example: you will have to face a lot of competitions to get your photos noticed … and sold!

So what you can do to help your photos get noticed into millions of photographs online.

There are some certain ways to get your photos being noticed and you go popular quickly thus you’ll Make Money With Stock Photography Sites..

Once you have a website, facebook page, twitter account, linkedin profile or other connected social accounts, then try them to promote your stock photography portfolio.

Use Google trends, Google planner, Bing keyword tool to locate highest search keywords and finally tag your photos and make sure they will get found in search results.

Check what your images look like 100% before to take part in competition.

Read failed submission stories from different sites forums. Almost websites give reasons why a particular photo doesn’t get accepted to their database. Note them and try improving future photos.

Do not touch up your photos much more with photo editing softwares always try simple background images.

Use blogs, comments marketing, reviews and guest posting to link back your submitted photos on stock photography sites.

Read the onsite blogs of photographers who are selling well on particular site.

Never submit similar dozens of photos, this will surely degrade your standing on stock photography sites

Use photoshop or similar softwares to remove background from images to give proper outlook

Join stock photography website forums to make useful debuts

Properly go exclusive if you feel happy to work with just one stock photography site

Bid some photos for free to download just to get at buyers into your portfolio

I’m Not Good At Photography, How to Make Money Then?

Make Money Selling Stock PhotosOkey let me explain about this query.

 

We talked about how to Make Money With Stock Photography where it’s very easy to make money by selling photos on different criterias but the competition keeps the market very hard to get approval first and join. But once get approved you will definitely start making money no doubts. But what to do if you’re not addicted to this profession.

 

There are lots of ways out of internet where people making money on the basis of their experience, academic knowledge or special techniques. You also need to learn how to make stock photos and selling them effectively to Make Money With Stock Photography Sites.

We can consult you to start with freelancing. In this field over 60 million active freelance workers making money huge which keeps the global market revenue always higher.If you have your own website then what you are waiting for you can make money ad publishing networks also sell ad spaces with third parties

Out of these you can try paid surveys, paid-to-click, pay per sell, review posting, and lots of ways around the internet. But be remember before starting with any company you must try the reviews of that company, whether it’s scam or legitimate, talk with people who are making money and still now, always participate forums to get clear information from the people who tried prior. Thus you could be able to Make Money With Stock Photography Sites.

Hope that tutorial helped you to learn something about how to really Make Money With Stock Photography Sites.

Have any questions?

Feel free to ask in comments.

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Chitika Ad Reviews : Earning & Payment Methods

Bloggers have many options to monetize their blog. After writing reviews about Adversal, Infolinks, Bidvertiser, I have come up with Chitika Ad reviews. In this article, I will give you an overview of Chitika which is one of the popular alternative ad networks to AdSense. Chitika is a primary non-contextual advertising company. The best thing about Chitika is, it has a low minimum payout threshold. If you are a newbie blogger and have a blog with less traffic, Chitika is going to be one of those premium ad networks which will show quality relevant ads. If you have a high-quality blog, you can earn a great income from Chitika.

Chitika Ad Reviews – A Scam or Legit?

The first question that comes to mind while trying to use any method to monetize the blog is – Is it Scam or Legit? Chitika is a 100% legit company. Chitika is one of the oldest companies in online advertising space. It was founded in 2003. One of my friends is already earning a handsome amount from Chitika and he always gets payment on time. So it is not a scam but a legit company. Now I have also tried Chitika and about to reach the threshold soon. I will share my payment proof soon.

chitika ad reviews

How Chitika Works ?
Chitika can show relevant ads for a site with very few text and lot of video content. For instance, a visitor searched for some special keyword and comes to your website, the ads that appear on your website for this visitor, will be based on what the visitor was searched for. In the case of a direct view of the ad , they may show a blank one or an ad from answered questions dot com. You might already know it if you are a publisher of Chitika. Hence you can imagine if it will show ads relevant to your content, your CTR will be high and you can earn a good income from it.

Also Read: Infolinks Ads Reviews: Easy Way To Earn Money Online

Chitika Ad Reviews: Minimum Criteria to Join Chitika

There are no minimum criteria to join Chitika. Any newbie blogger or blog having less amount of traffic can also apply for Chitika and can get it approved easily. Joining with Chitika is easy as publishers and advertisers from all countries are accepted and there are no restrictions as to the minimum impressions of the site. They do not take much time to approve the account. Once you are approved, all you need to do is create ad zone and place the code in your blog. If you are not so tech-savvy and using WordPress, you can use their WordPress plugin to show Chitika ads on your blog.

You can sign up for Chitika using this link

Chitika Ad Reviews: Different Ad Formats Available

Chitika provides a wide range of ads to use on your blog including mobile ads which are a major requisite on today’s date. Chitika ads can be clubbed into below group

Banner ads — They are standard ad type. Chitika does not show banner ad but they show images with text.
Mobile ads – These days, a huge amount of traffic comes from Smartphones or mobiles. It is mandatory to provide ads that can be easily viewable in the mobile version without degrading the design or performance. Chitika stands by you in this case. These ads are displayed only if your website is viewed from the mobile device. The ads are displayed on depending upon the device, not the site. This means if a user browses your website using mobile device ads will show up. You do not have to create a mobile site for this. Entire mobile traffic of your website will get monetized.
In text ads — Chitika is CPC (Cost Per Click) based on text link ads. You may also have heard about In-Text advertising network such as Infolinks etc.
Hover ads — Hover ads are displayed on the bottom right corner of your website. They remain at that place while the visitor is scrolling down your website.
Highlight ads — Highlight ads get displayed when a user selects some text on your website. It will get displayed below the user selected text area.
Sample Sizes:

Chitika Ad Reviews Ad Types

Creating ads and customizing is very easy. After selecting your preferred ad size you can click on get the code to get the ad codes. You can embed that code to your blog to show ads.

Also Read: Adversal CPM ad Network Reviews – Alternative to Google Adsense

Chitika Payment Terms

As of April 14th, 2015, Chitika’s payment system will require a verified Paypal address for payment.Chitika has low minimum payout threshold. The minimum payment threshold is $10 if the payment method is PayPal.

Compatibility with Google Adsense

The good news here is – Chitika is compatible with Google Adsense. You do not have to make any changes to your Adsense layout nor to Chitika ads to make them work together. They are compatible out of the box. In fact, it is claimed that using Chitika along with Adsense increases earnings.

Also Read: BidVertiser Reviews – Earnings & Payment Methods

Chitika Support

Chitika support is fairly good. The usual response time from Chitika is within 24 hours which is very fast. Furthermore, they have a very good knowledge base which answers so many questions.

Chitika Ads Reviews: A look at Publisher’s dashboard

Chitika provides a simple and easy platform to publishers to use it. Below snapshot includes the report section provided by Chitika. You can view and even save reports for whatever period you want (7 days, 14 days, 30 days, This Month, Last Month, Custom date). You can uncheck ‘Show Channels’ if you just want to view your earnings.

Chitika Ad Reviews - Publisher dashboard

Chitika Ad Reviews – Pros of Using Chitika

Low eligibility criteria.
Minimum payout is low (just $10)
Suitable for all the niche type.
Approval is easy
Different ad options including mobile types.
Can use alongside Adsense and other ad networks
Search targeted ads ensure that only relevant ads are shown to the visitor
Chitika support countries worldwide with their ad units
Auto-resizing mobile ads make monetizing mobile traffic very easy
Chitika Ad Reviews – Cons of Using Chitika

Shows ad mostly on traffic from search engine.
Less PPC in comparison to AdSense.
Traffic from referrals are not targeted very well and ads are displayed based on your main keyword or title.
Chitika Ad Reviews : Summary

Chitika Details

Network Type: CPC, PPC, CPM Pay-per-call for mobile ads
Chitika CPM, CPC, PPC Advertising Rates and Revenue: Average  $0.30 to $0.60, Highest $3
Minimum Payment Threshold: $10 for PayPal
Payment Frequency: Monthly, NET 30
Statistics Updated: Daily
Website URL: www.chitika.com
Also Read: AdsOptimal Review: is It Best CPM Ad Network?? (Sign Up now & get $15 as joining bonus)

Conclusion

At the end of the review, I would recommend giving Chitika a shot. It can be a fairly good choice for people who has product based blogs and also for general websites. Since they scan the search strings that we used to reach the website, they are able to outperform Adsense. Their payout is at 10$. Considering all this, Chitika is a good choice.

Why I Converted My Multi Niche Blog To Single Niche Blog ?

If you are a regular visitor of this blog, you might have noticed that I just converted my multi niche blog to single niche blog. There have been lots of things I faced while & after converting my multi niche blog to single niche blog. This article will list out the reasons why I converted my multi niche blog to single niche blog and what are the outcomes that I got after that. It might help you in finding a blog niche and understanding how can a blog be profitable enough if you start in the right direction.


It was 2012 when I started blogging. I created a blog called sparkscoop.com. At that time, I started blogging as my hobby. I used to write articles on LifeStyle, Entertainment, Top 10 List, Latest Technologies, and Computer Stuff etc. As you know, after a year we have to renew our domain. I submitted the renewal fees to my hosting provider (as domain renewal was in the same package only). Though company renewed my hosting but missed to renew my domain. I came to know about it once the retention period was also over and my blog was not accessible. The one year of my hard work went in vain. After that, I purchased new domain – CatchUpdates.com. Since I had the backup of my previous blog, I imported that backup to my new blog. But the link building and domain authority, ranking everything were gone. Hereafter, I continued to write articles on articles on LifeStyle, Entertainment, Top 10 List, Latest Technologies and Computer Stuff etc. This was just a brief history of my blogging experience.

Why I Converted Multi Niche Blog to Single Niche Blog?

Now coming to the article, I am mentioning why I ditched Multi-niche and converted multi niche blog to single niche blog.

Personal Interest
The main reason of converting my multi niche blog to single niche blog was my personal interest. As you know I started blogging as a hobby and not thinking of any other thing. But after some time I realized I was not loving what I was doing. I was more interested in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), WordPress, Blogging Tricks. Since I was practicing and using these things for my blog. I found these things, more interested. It was something where I can share my experiences like what things worked best for me and what did not so that I can share it to help other bloggers. Though taking this decision was not as easy for me but finally, I followed my interest.

Advice: Take your time in finding a blogging niche. You can always consider most popular blog niches. For anyone who wants to start blogging, I would recommend selecting the niche first in which he/she is interested. Otherwise, you will regret later on. This is the first thing I always mention when anyone approaches me and ask how to start blogging. Starting a niche blog requires a lot of analysis and commitment.

Also Read: Tips For New Bloggers To Achieve Success Starting From Today

multi niche blog to single niche blog

SEO is difficult for multi-niche blog
SEO is a bad idea for a multi niche blog. If you are covering many scattered categories/topics on your blog then you are affecting your SEO badly. As we know about the SEO and Search algorithms are changing every day. Various search engines like Google, Yahoo or Bing are ranking websites based on brand and possession.  Let me give you a simple example – Say you are interested in sports (let’s take Cricket). You search in search engines for “What are some of the greatest Cricket matches of all time” or ‘’Top Less Known facts about Cricket”.  The search engine provides you many results. Let’s take two example of search results –

Blog 1 –  A blog which is dedicated to Cricket (or in broader term – Sports) (Niche blog)
Blog 2 –  A blog which contains many topics such as Sports, Technologies, Health, Photography etc. (Multi Niche Blog)
So out of these two blogs, which would you choose? I would certainly select the first blog, as it is likely to offer more quality content (because it is a blog dedicated specifically to the topic of cricket), and it will offer a cleaner and better user experience. Same is the case with the search engine as well. Google team is bringing new algorithms regularly just to make sure that only quality Blogs/website appears in SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages).

That’s why the single niche blog has a good opportunity of creating a possession on a topic in comparison to a blog writing about multiple topics. Single niche blogs always better perform than Multi niche blogs.

Also Read Common SEO Mistakes You Need To Avoid Right Now

Providing valuable information to our Subscribers
The big disadvantage of a multi niche blog is not giving valuable information to our subscribers. Mostly, new bloggers just find best blogging niches and start writing on all the topics.Say you are running Multi niche blog where you are writing about Health, Entertainment, photography, Sports, technology etc. Someone is interested in Sports and he/she landed on your blog. The user found the article very useful or informative. He/she subscribed to your blog. Then you published a new article on Health or Photography and you sent that article to your subscriber’s inbox. Since he just subscribed your blog for Sports and he may not be interested in health or Photography. It might be annoying to him and the user can end up with unsubscribing your blog. But still, if you are running multi niche blog with many scattered topics and do not want this case to happen with you – then while providing subscription form you can mention all the topics that you provide information and let user give preference also while subscribing. So that once you write any new article, you just let only interested subscribers know about it without annoying other subscribers.

In another case, if you are writing only about niche-specific articles, the subscriber will be happy to get latest updates from you since for this topic, he subscribed to your blog.

Also Read: OptinMonster Reviews – Why Is It Best Subscription WordPress Plugin?

So after converting my multi niche blog to single niche blog, I think I am doing justice with my subscribers 😉

Making Money with Multi Niche Blog is difficult
Many people have asked me that are blogs profitable and how can they start earning $$$/month. The answer is making money from blogging is not as easy as it looks. If you are blogging just for money, you should rather start focusing on a single niche blog. Blog income is directly proportional to the traffic and targeted visitors to your blog. With targeted visitors, I meant the quality of visitors who are actually looking for this content. For multi niche blog, it is very difficult to find direct advertisers. On another hand, with a single niche blog it is easy to find the direct advertiser. Now you may think – “What nonsense I am saying”. Advertisers need traffic and my multi-Niche blog has enough traffic”. If you are also thinking in the same manner then wait again. Niche specific blog will provide better ROI for the money purpose. Any direct advertiser will spend for advertisement in niche specific blog only that best suits him.

Even if you are not using direct advertisers on your blog and monetizing your blog with any of CPC, CPS, CPL networks, then also you need targeted visitors to earn. Because targeted visitors can give you high CTR. For targeted and Quality visitors, most likely you need a niche-specific blog.

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 Multi Niche Blog is difficult to Manage
The other reasons why I Converted my multi niche blog to single niche blog is – Multi niche is difficult to manage. A multi niche blog means that you have to keep an eye on every category and make sure to keep all categories are getting updated. And for part-time bloggers, who are also doing a job, it is very difficult to publish multiple new posts daily. As a result of which, bloggers stop posting on all niche regularly and they tend to post on just 1-2 niches. The reason why they start doing this is because of the “TRAFFIC” they get from some categories. This is a good thing but if you plan to get your site a good authority overall and also for getting included well in google news then you must take care of your categories. Thus managing multi niche blog is very difficult.

Directory Submission is difficult for Multi Niche blog
You might be aware there are many directories available and you can submit your blog in related categories for better exposure and links. Now considering you are running a multi niche blog and writing on many scattered topics, in which directory you will submit your blog? You may say you will find the category that is driving maximum traffic to your blog. And then will go with the related directory. But it is difficult to submit your blog to directories and get it approved. On another hand, single niche blog is easy to submit and get it approved.

 Multi Niche Blog has High Bounce Rate
Blog with multiple topics often suffers from high bounce rate. This is because when someone visits a site through an article of his interest, he wants to read something similar. But in the case of a multi-niche blog, he may not find it as your recent posts might not be on the same topic. This makes your visitors exi-
Difficulty to Connect to Your Fellow Bloggers (Networking Issue)
Networking is one of the important things in the blogosphere. It is very important to connect with bloggers of your niche and maintain good relations with them for a successful blog. But when your blog has many niches, you have to connect with bloggers of all that niches. This is the most difficult part as we bloggers are so busy with our work that maintaining relationship with a multi niche blog is tough.

Final Words

I have listed all the reasons why I converted my multi niche blog to single niche blog. While working on multiple topics, I was a Jack of all trades, Master of None. There are enormous blogging niche ideas that you can think of. Now as I am writing about SEO, WordPress, Blogging Tricks, I am getting in-depth knowledge in these areas and I can share a lot of knowledge with my visitors. Nowadays, everyone appreciates the specialists, not the allrounders. You can easily find profitable niches online and then start with best blog niche that you think will be.

That’s all in this article. Do share your views and experiences either you are running multi niche blog or single niche blog. Also, share your feedback –  Was my decision to convert multi niche blog to single niche blog justified? Waiting for your feedback

How To Do Off Page SEO to Improve Website and Get Instant traffic

Search Engine Optimization(SEO) is the crucial aspect to know if you are a blogger and running a blog. Without SEO, your blog will not get that much attention that it should. SEO mainly covers the On Page SEO and OFF Page SEO. This article explains how to do Off Page SEO to improve your website. Off page SEO refers to techniques that can be used to improve the position of a website in the search engine results page (SERPs).

How To Do Off Page SEO?

Following are the few things to do the Off Page SEO. You might be aware of few things, but I have something more for you. Try these Advanced Off-Page SEO Strategies to market your website, get ranked in search engines, and to build an online reputation (branding) for your company/website so that you can survive in this SEO world.

 Using Social Networking Sites to do Off Page SEO

This is social networking era. Billions of people are connected with other through social networking sites and share the information with just one click. Social networking is booming day by day and you have to utilize this as much as you can to do off Page SEO. Join and become the member of the most popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Linked In, Pinterest, Reddit, Quora and create a profile of your own. By doing this, you can extend your network online, get connect with your friends, share things with each other, and promote your company/website to build an online reputation.

Things you should do to promote blog Social image - to do off page SEO

Join Forums relevant to your Niche
Create a new forum or join existing forums relevant to your niche and be an active member of this. Post your queries and get solutions from other bloggers. It will help you to learn new things. Also, give your inputs to solve their queries. It will help you in building the relationship with them. They will start following you and your blog and you will gain good readers. You can also post/reply to a thread in other service-related pre-existing forums that allow links in your signature which can be crawled by the search engines.

To do Off page SEO Forum_Posting

 Search Engine Submission & Article Submission
Search Engine Submission also helps to improve website indexing thus helps in good rankings. Start submitting your website to the most popular search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, Bing etc. Also start writing articles and submit them to popular article sites. This will help you to attain some deep links for your website.

To do Off page SEO Search_Engine_Submission

 Directory Submission
Directory Submission also holds some value in doing Off Page SEO. But you will have to be wary while submitting to directories. Make sure you are selecting right category while submitting your blog. Submit your websites to the topmost quality directories like DMOZ, Yahoo Directory etc.

Yahoo Directory etc.

To do Off page SEO Direcoty_Submission

Business Reviews Write reviews about others businesses or ask your friends/clients to write a review of your business in major business review sites like RateitAll, Shvoong, Kaboodle, Stylefeeder, etc.
Internal linking your Posts
Link to internal pages within your site wherever necessary. These types of links have more weight from a search engine point of view. Internal linking is useful in following ways:

Pass the link juice to other pages
Decreasing the bounce rate.
Providing relevant data to readers
Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking is another great way of promoting your website and to do off page SEO. Publish quality content and submit it to the most popular bookmarking sites, like StumbleUpon, Digg, Delicious, Reddit, etc. Search engines really like these types of sites because the content on these sites is updated very frequently.

 Link Exchange
Exchange links with service-related websites that can help increase your link popularity. It is a major factor in Google’s PageRank algorithm. But artificial link building through buying and selling of links or the use of automatic programs to create links to your site are considered ‘black hat’ practice. You should beware of Black-Hats while doing exchanges. For search engines, a link from another website to your site is a sign of confidence. Hence, you should look for high authority sites rather than a bunch of low authorities site. Remember, the more good quality links the better.

Blog Commenting
Blog commenting is also a good way to do off page SEO. Give useful comments on other blogs within the same niche as yours, which allow you to add a link in the comments section. These links can then be crawled by search engines, helping to point them towards your site.

Document Sharing
Create your website documents and place some website links and convert it into PDF. Share it as business documents, information brochures, and slides in Google Docs, or on document sharing sites like SlideShare, Issuu, Scribd, dropbox etc. This will help you brand your website.

Using Questions – Answers Sites – Quora/ Yahoo Answers etc
You should participate in answering questions on sites like Quora or Yahoo Answers. By answering and asking relevant questions on your site niche, you help to build up your reputation as someone that is an expert in your chosen field. You can place a link to your website in the source section if necessary so that people can easily find your site. If you don’t spam, this is another great way to do off page SEO.

Also Read: How To Convert Quora into Traffic Driving Machine

Local Listings & Yellow Pages
Try to have local listing for your website. Make your website local so that search engines can easily view your website and fetch the content instead of going global and facing huge competition. This will help you to reach a targeted audience. Submit your website to Google Local, Maps, Yahoo Local, Yellow Pages etc.

That’s all about off page optimization techniques. Keep this  off page SEO checklist in mind. Try implementing these Off Page SEO strategies and improve your website. Make sure you are implementing these sensitively.

You can also read article on ‘Off Page SEO by Ahref‘ to get some more insights.

US President Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony

Donald Trump was today sworn is as the 45th President of the United States. As his predecessor Barack Obama looked on, President Trump delivered his inaugural address to the American people, and promised to never let them down.

Here are the top quotes from his speech.
1.
Power to the people

We are transferring power from Washington DC and giving it back to you the people... January 20, 2017 will be remembered as the day people became the rulers of this nation.
2.
Every decision to benefit American workers

From this day, it will be America first...Every decision will be made to benefit American workers and families.
3.
On what matters in a government

What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.

4.
Bringing back dreams

We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.
5.
'Forgotten no longer'

The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.
6.
On radical Islamism

We will completely eradicate radical Islamism from the face of the earth.
7.
Enriching other nations

We've made other countries rich while the wealth, strength, and confidence of our country has disappeared over the horizon.
8.
Two rules to follow

We will follow two rules-Buy American and Hire American.
9.
The 'blood of patriots'

Whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots.
10.
Determining the course of the world

Together we will determine course of America and the world for many years to come.