How to Get Approved for Google AdSense

1. Purchase a domain name, sign up for a web hosting subscription and set up a website. Or register an account with a free blogging or website platform where you have access to edit the HTML portion of your site, such as Blogger, Doodlekit or Weebly.

2. Think about and research topics for your website. Decide if you want to focus on a huge category (e.g., health and nutrition) or specialize in a smaller niche (e.g., the organic food niche within health and nutrition). Go online to tools that offer insight into Internet search trends, such as Google Trends, Pandia, Yahoo Buzz, Trendpedia and Microsoft adCenter Labs. Type in a topic or category to determine the topic's general popularity on the Internet.

3. Narrow down the topics for your website. Select a topic that is not prohibited by Google's AdSense program policies. Google won't approve your site for AdSense if it condones violence, gambling, drugs and alcohol, contains adult content, copyrighted material or hacking content, offers 'get paid to' program schemes or promotes other illegal activities.

4. Write articles and/or blog posts related to your topic. Place this content on your site, devoting each page to a single article or blog topic. This results in a targeted website, which helps Google's crawlers to determine what your page is about. Targeted pages also can increase your AdSense success since Google will target ads based on your site's content. Add videos and images to your website to attract readers and so that your site contains something else besides written content.

5. Go to the Google AdSense website (See Resources) and click the 'Sign up Now' button. Enter your website's primary URL (e.g., www.example.com) in the space provided. Type your full name -- the name in which you can accept checks from Google AdSense -- in the 'Payee' field. Enter a valid, complete mailing address and a valid email address at which you want to receive communication about your AdSense application and account. Hit the 'Submit Information' button and wait for Google to review your application.