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Hi Yoge,

Google AdSense doesn't always approve new sites from the beginning.

However, as you add more content to your site, you will get approved sooner or later.

See Jerry's example below: Google AdSense Approval, Finally! That being said, it's not necessary to enable the ads if you don't want because you can make money directly with affiliate links.

For example, I'm not using display ads on my site at all currently because I think the earning potential is higher with affiliate marketing.

- Roope

Hi - Google typically looks for 3 things; lots of content (20 to 30 posts), legal documents and that nothing is copied and pasted.

You don't have an Affiliate Disclosure or a Privacy Policy. Both of these are legal requirements. There are templates in Site Content you can adapt.

Another important thing to note, is that you can't have the word YouTube in the domain name of your website, as it is trademarked. This applies to all well-known brand names. Last year, Nike took 20 websites to court for using their name.

RoopeKittu has beautifully answered your question! Never copy verbatim, say it in your own words.

Don't copy - paste. You can take a screenshot from some review websites or tell the review in your own words and add your link there.

Hi - you cannot copy and paste anything from anywhere on your website. Everything has to be original and in your own words.

You got already great answers below!

Hello there...

1) Every post needs to have a category assigned to it. ByThank default Uncategorized is applied unless you define and assign something else. These categories can be used to organize your posts and even display posts that are only part of a specific category, etc.

2) Google determines it's own tags. It will disregard the ones you put in.

3) Yes, in face you should be using an SEO plugin like All in One SEO Pack or whatnot to do this for you.

4) See this: 21 Minute Ranking Method in 7 Steps

Uncategorized is the default category if you do not assign a category to a post.

Too many tags and Google will penalize you. Tags should be kind of like subcategories. So if you were writing a cookbook, your categories might be desserts, meats, bread, snacks, etc., and tags might be different kinds of desserts, different kinds of meats, etc.

You definitely want to include your keywords and your SEO title in the blog; the SEO description describes your blog like when it appears on a Google search list (hopefully on page 1). It might be difficult to include a description of your article in the article!

The biggest steps are to have a content-rich article that is original, pretty much the longer the better, with keywords scattered throughout the article, have it look good on mobile and desktop (be responsive), and written well. It should be loaded quickly (less than two seconds preferably), have images that have descriptions with keywords. Just follow the SEO training - they go through all of that.

By the way, article tags are generally a good thing because they tell google the content is an article. It is an HTML5 tag which means it gives extra information to the browser as well.

Hope this helps!

Sorry for the delay in my response.

1) There isn't a specific rule. However, don't add too many. It depends on a type of post you are writing.

If you are, for example, writing a review post where you promote a product, I'd recommend adding at least 1 at the beginning, 1 in the middle and 1 at the end.

2) If you don't spam affiliate links, it shouldn't affect negatively in my opinion that you add some affiliate link in every post.

3) You can create one page where you explain more about the product you promote. Then link from other posts to that page. Google probably likes that more becuase then you are not directing people away from your site but internally inking to another page on your site.

I'm along for the ride!

Good question. I see you got your answers.
Wanda

Hello Yoge,

Thank you for your question, Robert and Florentino have answered your question well.

Just to add to this, I have some posts with affiliate links and some without. I'm genuinely trying to give good and wise information in my niche. It's also good to have internal links to other posts on your website. One thing you don't want to do is to make it look like you're forcing people to buy from you, this will have the opposite effect!

Wishing you all the best.

Roy

Google has guidelines for affiliate marketing websites that it uses in determining if your site offers quality information or is just a site looking to sell by way of too many affiliate links.

Answers...
1. Depending on the length of your content, no more than 4 affiliate links.
2. Adding affiliate links on every page/post will have a negative impact on your rankings, especially if the site is a young site.
3. Not really.

You can read what to do and especially what NOT to do when creating your website content at the link below. This will also explain the Google guidelines for affiliate marketing websites. How to Write Content for Affiliate Marketing that Ranks