Pow! Knocked upside the head! I'm so boring!

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Hi All

I'm feeling really discouraged right now. For the second time, I got rejected by Google Adsense...it takes them all of 1 hour to send me a rejection email - for the second time!

Pondering on this, I got my two younger children (son 21 and 16 year old daughter) to take a look. I got more than I bargained for.

My daughter says that the site is boring. She does not like the look, the content or the font...the font I think I'm stuck with because of the theme. The look I spent ages on the banner and even changed it to what I thought Google would like better. The content she says is boring - I apparently write like an academic paper (too much teacher in me apparently), and she says that the content is confusing...is it a fitness site? Is it a website or a blog? I'm putting my personal beliefs in which would only be suitable for a blog and may be off putting to people...

My son says I'm trying to sell things before I have a decent following...but I've been going along with the training...

I feel like I've been hit upside the head with a very large stick:( I feel like I've no option to drop this whole thing and start again from scratch, or remove half my content from this site and stick only to fitness...

I'm rather upset to say the least - I've poured hours into this and feel like I've wasted my time. And I hate to admit it, but I can see sense in what they're saying. Even though my site is for middle aged women, I don't want it to be boring!

Any comments? I also feel that Google does not like my domain name and think that it's "adult" content:(

maturewomanfitness.com

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Thanks all of you who have commented. I will certainly look into some of your ideas...one thing I am is teachable.

You are all inspiring and encouraging, and one of the reasons I so enjoy it here!

Hopefully I will get some clarity and be able to post some success posts here too.

Thank you all, special people!

Blessings
Natalie

hello , don't get encouraged your kids are right , ask them to help you . I do this with mine sometimes . When I see than what they do , I understand and actually think that I have over perfected my site .
you will be fine , everything takes time
cheers Sylvia

The only thing I can think of: Are your keywords/phrases targeted to reflect the content you have written?

When Google looks at your site, it asks itself: 'Self, does her content talk about what she says it talks about?'

Otherwise, I don;t think it is boring, necessarily. This is coming from a 62 year old guy with COPD!

I've been rejected twice too! But, it gives me more motivation to do what it takes to get them to like me! My kids are my biggest critics too! Sit back, take a deep breath, and tell yourself you can do this. I have gone back and watch a few lessons over again or I have asked questions in the live chat. Both have helped me tremendously. Make sure you ask for feedback or comments. That has helped me as well. We are all here to help each other. Let me know if I can help!
Best wishes,
Caryn

I just looked at your site and it looks a ton better than mine! healthyandfit4womenover40.com I have a long ways to go!

Hi Caryn

Nope, I love your site. It is so much less boring than mine! Mine is like a much older lady, with everything very uniform and "perfect". Blah!

A lot of the images I've used are from my own photo shoot. And I have maybe been more wordy sometimes than you. But your site is beautiful! Thank you for taking the time to comment here on mine.

I wish you all the success in the world with your site.

Natalie

I appreciate your children as your critics and I believe they have the point.

Just go on with your content and have some changes in the future if you plan to separate some of your pages as another site it will be easy to move rather than to remove for it might negatively affect your site.

If your site has been indexed by Google, your content might have been in the internet and you might loss something valuable you have if you keep on revising.

Don't be bothered about adsense. I say this not because I am experiencing the same but their measuring rod is sometimes remote from us. They have their own discretion as the basis of their evaluation of sites.

Everybody has a critic in them Natalie. If you feel advice is sound go for it otherwise ---all in a days work! Give it a few days. Your writer's mind will win!

Hi, Nathalie, I think it is too early to give up hang in there and keep writing god content!

Just hang in there and Press On!

Hi Natalie, oh dear :-(

A couple of points from what I can see if I may be so bold :-)
I understand the thought about selling before you have a following but your links are subtle, not in your face, selling which I think is perfectly acceptable and what people expect to see from a site.

Secondly, it seems clear to me what the site is aiming to tell visitors. I personally don't think it matters if it is a site or a blog or a mixture of both, it is the quality of information which makes or breaks the site. The articles I have read clearly explain what you are illustrating, you use plenty of images to break up the text.

I could possibly agree that the sight looks plain so therefore could be seen as boring, maybe too much white space but not a lot you can do about that maybe. Not a huge problem in my opinion.

Finally I had a comment from a WA member criticizing, constructively of course, my writing style. It really knocks the wind out of you and takes some recovering from.I used to write management reports so find it difficult to lighten up my phrasing even after a couple of rewrites.

I can't talk about why adsense has been rejected or whether the name is a factor I am afraid but hope the rest of my thoughts have been useful.

Keep at it Natalie, all is not lost.

Gordon

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