I created a blog few months ago and did extensive work on it. I did everything I could in order to improve the page rank of website and I did white hat search engine optimization to drive traffic. I applied for Google Adsense when my website started to get a smooth flow of traffic per day. I added four pages on my website before submitting it for inclusion in Google Adsense a/c such as
- Privacy Policy
- About us page
- Terms and Conditions
- Disclaimer
I read program policies several times because I didn't want Google to find even a single reason for disapproving the application. I was dead sure that my website was promoting content in ethical way and there was nothing that could be considered against policies. I added disclaimer page even though I wasn't even using third party's applications or running direct advertisement on website. After waiting for several days, I got email from Google and the message I got was unbelievable as well as shocking. How could they reject my application while my website did comply with all the policies and I had had it reviewed prior to applying for G Adsense.
My website has everything needed to get approval such as:
- Good content
- Good traffic
- Good design
- Easy navigation
- Relevant posts and titles
- Fully arranged layout
- All pages that your site must have to get approval
Despite working hard on the project for months I was failed to get approval. It made me so much frustrated as well as mentally upset--- when you do your best to achieve something you feel like you are lost somewhere in the crowd without doing anything wrong.
I tried to review my website once again- getting approval was just one of my major motives while providing good info to readers was what I had always wanted while I was blogging. I haven't left the blogging world yet but sold my website to someone but before doing so I asked the buyer to apply for Adsense because he was based in New York, USA. Guess what Google approved his application in just day without imposing any alleged objection on the website. When he told me that he got approval I was compelled to think that Google was definitely unfair with Pakistani publishers.
Here are some more information that I managed to gather after getting disapproval from Google Adsense.
Race Matters:
Believe it or not, your ethnicity does matter to Google in some way. The company is trying to provide good services to advertisers and is doing a good job of providing a source of income to publishers at the same time. However, the company has failed to eradicate an important factor 'racism' from its roots while it comes to offering opportunities to publishers. It doesn't matter how good or bad blogger you are- the point here is if you are from Pakistan or India, your application will be disapproved without solid reason. I have begun to believe that Google isn't even taking a look at the website you are running these days. Though the message you get after submitting website for Google Adsense program says ' your application is under reviewed,' but this is just an intelligent way of ensuring you that your website is being reviewed while the truth is that the robot will send you an automatic disapproval within few days. When Google's robot detects that you have applied from Pakistan or India, your application isn't proceeded further in many cases and is returned unapproved to your inbox quickly. So I am pretty much sure that this is happening with Paki publishers because they belong to Pakistan.
"Maybe I am wrong but I believe that Google has become a racist now- it's not your fault if you are Muslim but if you are Pakistani you are at Google's radar for sure."
Mistakes of Past:
Google Adsense was launched in 1998 most probably and that was the time when most people didn't know about blogging or websites. However, many unemployed internet users were desperately looking for an online work to earn income. There is no surprise that the most searched keywords of all time is 'make money from home' and when they found Google Adsense as a free income of resource they started to use illegal ways in order to get clicks and impressions. I don't know if this is still happening in Asian countries these days but I know that happened in the past. I remembered I was on Yahoo Messenger one day and an Indian asked me to visit his website, he asked me visit few pages and gave him few clicks. I was totally unaware of Google Adsense program that time so I just did what he requested. I searched later about the program and discovered all the details. In 2010 when I was doing work online for some local companies somebody told me about 'click exchange network' that was working underground for the sole purpose of generating money illegally in their Google Adsense accounts. I guess their practices might have led Google to fall in a big loss because advertisers were not getting leads or profits out of fake clicks. There were so many other ways (I don't know all of them) by which people of Asian countries were generalizing income in their account on their own that made Google to make a solid plan to tackle with invalid clicks. Later, Google Adsense started to disable Google Adsense accounts in a big large number to avoid loss as it was impacting the company's business somehow. Google is an internet king; how could it let its advertisers to fall in loss or face trouble with their advertising campaigns while it was doing its best?
There were so many others why Google banned Adsense accounts of Pakistani and Indian Publishers. I read in a news that over 200,000 accounts were banned in 2010 or even more. If Google is disapproving applications from Pakistan and India, there is a reason for it- but somewhere this practice is turning a lot of people against it.
Mistakes of some ill-minded publishers have made Google so strict and so inflexible when it comes to reviewing applications from Pakistan and India. Why don't Google let bygone be bygone by the way? If somebody did something wrong in the past they should be held accountable for why the company is imposing alleged disapproval on publishers who are capable of doing good work? I don't want to turn you or anyone of you against Big G but let's admit it whatever is happening with us is unfair. We don't deserve it at all, do we? Just ask yourself before making a judgement over this post.
How Google Adsense disapproved affecting us?
I am not claiming I am a good publisher, but I know couple of bloggers who are doing a good job of providing valuable information on the internet, they should be provided a source of income by Google because they deserve it. On the contrary, they are being downtrodden for the mistakes they have never down, they are being forced to suffer from the pain of disapproval even they are working great. They should be supported instead of being degraded.
Maybe Google can't even realize how much pain it is inflicting on good publishers by rejecting their applications. I have made my research on how it is affecting people in Pakistan and other countries, I am pointing all the details below briefly:
Disappointment: The big effect of getting disapproved by Google Adsense is disappointment. The publisher feels frustrated and depressed. He works so hard on websites with a hope to make some money just like others do- he puts efforts in the project but in the end only failure embraces him, making him disappointed.
Emotionally Disturbance: Getting rejected for Adsense application is just like getting rejection from your lover. If you are in love with someone and propose her/him, you will definitely be hoping them to give you a positive answer but when you are rejected you become emotionally upset. You begin to think as what could the reason be? The same thing happens when a publisher see his application being disapproved by Google Adsense. Those who are applying multple times to get approval are more prone to become physiologically disturbed for good and there is a big probability of this. Am I writing it in a jest? No, not all at. I have read in news that many Indian students commit suicide when they fail in exams or fail to get good grades. It's because some students are very fragile mentally or very sensitive in nature that they can't put up with the pain of rejection and disapproval. Trust me when my application was being disapproved frequently while I was applying from Pakistan, I was compelled to believed that I was a big looser while I was not. I have been a good student in school and college throughout the educational period so I had to put away all the false thoughts that were coming in mind after rejection.
Lost Faith: The third aftershock of rejection from Google Adsense is that you lose hope. And you begin to lose faith in the ability of Big G- if a company can't separate the chaff from the wheat how could it claim to be fair in Google Adsense program?
