Get Adsense Account From Blogger

This article is about the issues involved with using AdSense ads on Blogger blogs.  It discusses some things you should do (using the AdSense application), even though Blogger doesn't currently enforce them. 

Blogger have made it very easy for you to put AdSense ads onto your Blog: you simply go into theEarnings tab, and go through an apparently simple sign-up process.

But there are a few things that you should be aware of, and they're not all obvious from the information that you are given initially.

There's a two-step sign-up process - and if you are successful, there are things that you a really should to to protect yourself from people who might do things to damage your account.

Read on for more details.

Getting Started

Go into Blogger's Earning's tab, and say where you want the ads to appear 

(Initially, just accept the recommended option:  you can choose the ad positions again later, and when you do, you will be able to customise various ad-features, eg colors, as well.)

Either choose an existing account, or apply for a new one by filling out the form they give you.

Each person is only allowed one AdSense account so you must  always use an existing account if you have one.

If you don't already have an AdSense account, think carefully about what Google account it should be associated with.   (I made a mistake initially, and almost set mine up on an account that I want to give away one day - luckily I got help from Google to sort it out, but it could have been a major mistake.

• have read the AdSense Program Policies.
• can get cheques made out to the name you've given.

From the Blogger side you may think that this is all that is needed.   But that's not quite true:  Bloggers who apply to AdSense needs to go through the same application and approval process as anyone else, they just have a simpler way than most of providing the necessary information to Google.   And completing that form is just the first step.

Approval Process

Update @ January 2013:

If your blog uses a .blogspot domain, there is now an updated one-step approval process for hosted-publishers.

But if you use a custom domain, the following information about the two-step process still applies. 

And I suspect - but have not yet confirmed - that if you switch your blog from blogspot to a custom domain after you have signed up via the one-step process, then you will have to go through the two-step process on the new domain.


Original information:

Google do a two step process, beginning with preliminary checks on the site and the submitted details.   If the application passes through this first stage, Google
Notify you by email, 
Give you "account access", and 
Give you some ad code to place on the submitted site. You must put the ad code on your site, as the review process can’t be completed until the ad code is implemented.

Real advertisements don't appear once the initial ad-code is put onto the site.   Instead, temporary "blank ads" are placed that blend in with the background.    And if you log in to your AdSense account at this stage, you'll see a note saying that you are still under review.

After you've placed the review code, Google look at your site again, and decide whether or not to accept you as a publisher.    Then they send you an email, telling you the decision.