How I Got AdSense Approval for 4 Sites in One Day Using ChatGPT

Hello! This is I’m Play. This is my second post. Recently, after starting WordPress, I proudly shared in the community that I received AdSense approval for all five of my blogs at once within 45 days. Related to that, I’d like to share my personal know-how on how to improve your approval rate under the somewhat unpredictable AdSense approval policies.

1. Background for Writing This Post

At first, I thought about keeping it short and to the point, but since many people appreciated my previous story-style post, I’ve decided to write this one in more detail as well. While some may only want the conclusion, others might be curious about the process and experiences that led to it.

So, if you’re thinking, “I don’t care about your personal story, just give me the conclusion,” feel free to scroll down to Chapter 3.

1.1. Lack of Experience — Is It Right for Me to Write This?

Before writing this post, I seriously questioned whether I should be the one writing it.

The first reason is that, in a previous post by Isaac titled “Review and Tips for Getting WordPress AdSense Approval with Just 6 Posts,” the emphasis was on “genuine content” rather than using AI tools. Because of that, I worried my approach might contradict WPlaybook’s core message.

I was also concerned that by sharing an AdSense approval method using AI writing, I might unintentionally negatively influence many community members who are working hard to create sincere, quality posts.

(Fortunately, WPlaybook kindly gave their permission and even invited me to submit this post. 😊 Honestly, I don’t think Isaac intended “genuine content” in the way some people misunderstood it. I’ll explain my thoughts on “genuine content” more in detail later.)

The second reason is my lack of experience. How many websites worldwide have been approved by AdSense? Tens of millions? Probably hundreds of millions. So, writing an article titled “How to Easily Get AdSense Approval” based on just my five approval experiences seemed somewhat untrustworthy to me.

1.2. Why I Decided to Write This Post

Despite my doubts, I decided to write this because WPlaybook has given me such a great gift so far, and I’m grateful that Isaac kindly invited me to contribute this post.

Also, I believe that even if it’s not the “perfect answer,” someone’s personal experience can still hold value.

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Most of the existing WPlaybook community members have probably already received AdSense approval, but as WPlaybook becomes more well-known, new members join every day.

So, I hope this post can serve as a bit of advice about AdSense approval from a WordPress beginner with less than two months of experience to complete beginners just starting their WordPress journey through WPlaybook.

Additionally, for those who have already been approved, this might be helpful when applying for approval on additional domains.

2. Two Methods for Writing Posts to Get AdSense Approval

Before diving into the main topic, let me do my specialty—being long-winded (to increase your site’s dwell time 🤣). There are basically two main ways to write posts that help with AdSense approval:

• First, the “genuine content” method that many people use.
• Second, the “AI writing” method favored by those who like to think outside the box instead of just following instructions—like me.

Neither method is the absolute “right” way. You can choose based on your personal preference. However, it’s important to clearly understand the pros and cons of both approaches.

2.1. Genuine Content Method

First, there is the method of getting AdSense approval by writing genuine, carefully crafted content. This is the approach emphasized by WPlaybook, and many community members have successfully received AdSense approval using this method.

In fact, if you follow the exact guidelines that Isaac has already shared and write genuine content, there is absolutely no problem in getting approved by AdSense. You can even get approved smoothly with just six posts, like WPlaybook recommends.

I myself have experience getting AdSense approval in just 15 days on my first blog, “Apple Fan Lab,” using what you might call “genuine content.”

However, many of you are frustrated that despite your best efforts, it can take months to get approved by AdSense, or even longer to get approved at all. What could be the cause?

2.1.1. The True Meaning of “Genuine Content”

There’s an important fact you should not misunderstand about the term “genuine content.”

Please don’t fall into the fixed mindset that “genuine content” automatically means “good content,” and AI writing automatically means “bad content.”

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“Genuine content” simply means a post written with sincere effort, but it does not necessarily mean it is “good content.”

If you have work experience, you’ve probably heard this before: “Don’t just work hard; work smart.” In a competitive world, working hard alone means nothing. You need to survive by using the right methods and minimum effort to maximize efficiency.

We should aim to write “good content,” not just “genuine content.” Of course, putting effort into writing helps create good content, but no matter how much effort you put in without a strategy, good content will never come out.

2.1.2. What Is Good Content?

So, what exactly is good content? The criteria for what makes content “good” vary depending on the type of writing.

Whether it’s journalism, creative writing, government reports, corporate proposals, blog posts, job applications, or book reviews—the standards for good writing differ across these various kinds of texts.

Let’s break it down a bit further. Even within blog writing, there are distinctions:

• Writing in WordPress
• Writing on Naver Blog
• Writing on Brunch

Each of these has its own unique standards.

Within WordPress blogging itself, the style differs based on the platform’s focus—for example, platforms like WPlaybook that build on subscribers and cover overall online monetization, writing for affiliate marketing, writing specifically for AdSense approval, or writing for search-driven AdSense monetization—all have different approaches.

Even my preferred style, “search-driven AdSense monetization writing,” varies by blog type, such as food blogs, informational blogs, and more… (I could get more specific, but I’ll avoid that to keep it friendly, haha.)

From my perspective, in the broad category of WordPress blogs, “good content” can be summarized in two key points—

Well-Optimized Content for Search Engines

First, the content must be liked by the Google search engine. In other words, it should be written in a format optimized for search engine optimization (SEO). (This is obvious, but there are still quite a few people who write like a diary or a Naver blog.)

• One of the biggest advantages WordPress has over Tistory is that you can use SEO plugins. Personally, I don’t fully trust the scores given by popular SEO plugins like RankMath, but aiming for a green light on RankMath when writing helps build a writing habit that is optimized for SEO. (You might not feel the effect immediately, but as your posts accumulate over time, it will definitely help a lot!)
• If you don’t have a good sense of SEO, take a look at NamuWiki (e.g., the Son Heung-min page). Personally, I think the structure of NamuWiki articles is the ultimate example of SEO.

2. Content People Want

Second, the content should not be what I want to write, but what people want to read. That means you should focus on keywords that people search a lot for (at least 500 monthly searches), and the content should include experiential elements.

• Even this article, which might seem like a long ramble, is written with a fairly decent search volume focus keyword within the WordPress topic — “AdSense approval” — which people actively search for. (Although competition is quite high, with WPlaybook’s domain authority, it should be possible to rank high.)

It only needs to satisfy the first condition. That’s why in this article, I’m focusing solely on explaining the method that meets the first condition, and I’m saying that if you learn just a bit of this method, getting approval isn’t that difficult. I believe the most efficient way to do this is through AI-assisted writing.

After getting AdSense approval, depending on your blog’s nature, you should meet both the two conditions plus some additional factors to write money-making content.

2.1.3. Pros and Cons of the Sincere Writing Method

Pros

As mentioned earlier, under the assumption that ‘sincere writing = good writing,’ if you write your approval posts sincerely, as Isaac said, you won’t accumulate ‘trash content’ on your blog.

• Therefore, even for AI-written posts, I have thought about ways to avoid creating ‘trash content,’ and I found a quite simple yet satisfying method (which I will explain below).

Another major advantage of the sincere writing method is that after AdSense approval, your existing posts can start monetizing immediately. In other words, you can save 2 weeks to a month compared to others.

Cons

The first downside is that the standards for what counts as ‘sincere writing’ vary greatly and are subjective from person to person. Everyone works hard, but writing quality and style differ widely depending on individual ability. If you have 1,000 people, you’ll have 1,000 different versions of sincere writing.

However, Google’s search engine — which evaluates our writing — only recognizes content that meets its own criteria as ‘valuable content.’ Even posts that seem perfect to humans might not be viewed the same way by the search engine.

For this reason, the number one cause of AdSense rejection — ‘low-value content’ — is something most people can relate to.

The second downside is that if you write sincerely and apply for AdSense but get rejected, it’s often completely unclear where to start fixing things.

For beginners who haven’t studied SEO, they write ‘sincere posts’ based on their own standards and enthusiasm, which can lead to all sorts of overcomplications. For example, creating tons of categories with almost no content, stuffing the post with unknown-source images, adding excessive internal and external links…

• By the way, be sure to check out how to search for copyright-free images!

When rejected in this state, they don’t know exactly why they were rejected and start randomly modifying things here and there. (Even those giving advice are often unsure what exactly to suggest.)

Even if they manage to fix things properly, the blog posts often end up drifting far away from the original intention… Is this really what sincere writing means?

For this reason, my suggestion is to keep your posts as simple as possible before AdSense approval. It makes it easier to deal with rejection and fixes.

The last downside is that if you fail to get AdSense approval with sincere writing, you often get exhausted and give up immediately. When you’ve put your heart into writing sincere posts but keep getting rejected, it’s natural that your motivation breaks down — especially when there’s no income yet.

And since most WordPress users start as side hustles, there’s little mental space to handle this. With a full-time job to handle, if things feel off, most just give up.

Even I almost gave up. I’ve shared my ‘AdSense approval failure experience’ in the community before.

While my first blog, ‘Appdeungi Research Lab,’ passed with 15 sincere posts, my second blog was rejected three times in a row despite over 30 sincere posts, and I was put on a 6-week ‘review request limit,’ causing huge stress.

There are many ways to monetize online, but for beginners like me, getting repeatedly rejected for the basic AdSense approval can cause anxiety and frustration that makes many give up after a couple of months, sometimes even before truly starting.

Actually, since the WordPress ‘boom’ last August until now, how many do you think have survived? I’d guess less than 1%.

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In conclusion, exercise metacognition and evaluate your own writing style. As mentioned above, first consider what kind of “good writing” fits the nature of your blog. Also, think about whether you can consistently produce that kind of writing over time.

For me personally, writing isn’t a big burden, but after experiencing repeated AdSense rejections, I realized that the writing style I pursued didn’t quite align with what Google’s search engine prefers. So I accepted that quickly and shifted my approach to AI-assisted writing.

• I’ll explain more at the end, but my primary goal is a “search-driven AdSense monetization blog.” From what I’ve experienced, writing with “dedication” was much less efficient compared to AI writing for the type of blog I aim for.

Writing habits don’t change easily unless you consciously work on them. It’s best to adjust early on. If you feel your writing style and the monetization writing style you want to pursue don’t match, I think it’s perfectly fine to explore AI writing methods from the start, as I did.

I recall what my golf coach once said: teaching complete beginners is the easiest because they just follow instructions. But when someone has practiced alone and picked up bad habits, it takes a lot of time to fix them during lessons. So fixing bad habits early saves a lot of time.

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At this point, you might be wondering: What the heck is AI writing anyway?

2.2 AI Writing Method

As I mentioned at the beginning, please get rid of the prejudice that “AI writing is bad.” Have you seen the recently released GPT-4o? If you stubbornly refuse to adapt to the rapidly changing environment, you will inevitably fall behind.

Most people fail to achieve complete freedom in life because of excessive self-consciousness. No matter how good a book is right in front of them, no matter how successful the person next to them is, no matter how sincere the advice, they build mental walls and filter out life-changing information with all kinds of defense mechanisms. Without dismantling self-consciousness, no growth is possible.

Self-solicited, retrograde

Here’s a fact check! Does Google dislike AI-written content? No, they don’t. Google clearly said it’s okay to use AI.

However, Google has clearly defined that fully automated blogs using AI violate their policies. (That’s why I also considered running an automated blog but decided not to after discovering this—I’m a bit of a scaredy-cat.)

So why does the idea that “AI writing is bad” exist? In my opinion, it’s not about using AI, but rather relying on AI entirely.

Depending on how you utilize AI, I believe it’s actually much easier to create “valuable content” that Google’s search engine favors than just writing “self-satisfying heartfelt posts.” Of course, the efficiency relative to effort is also much higher.

Now, shall we look at the pros and cons of the AI writing method?

2.2.1. Advantages

There are so many advantages to AI writing that I could go on and on, but to keep things concise, I’ll focus purely on the perspective of getting AdSense approval.

The biggest benefit is that the burden and stress of writing decrease significantly.

I tested it myself — with one intense day of focused work (about 12 hours on a weekend), I was able to:

1. Purchase a domain and set up a blog from scratch
2. Write and schedule 20 articles optimized for AdSense approval

In just one day, I completely set up a blog. Anyone can do this. For reference, I’m an arts student with zero coding or development knowledge, and I had only been working with WordPress and AI for 45 days.

Though the sample size is still small, in my case, I’ve set up 4 blogs using AI writing in about 45 days.

Most importantly, the stress that usually drags on for months during the AdSense approval process is greatly reduced. Once the setup is done in a day, you can just forget about it and focus on growing your main blog or other tasks while waiting for approval.

2.2.2. Disadvantages

I seriously thought about whether I should write at least one downside—but honestly, there don’t seem to be many. From my perspective, especially regarding AdSense approval, AI writing is much better than writing by hand.

“My blog will get filled with garbage content?”
Just don’t write garbage AI content. (I’ll explain how below.)

“It takes 2 to 4 weeks longer than writing by hand?”
You can write content during those 2 to 4 weeks and save it as drafts, then publish them slowly after approval.

2.3 Conclusion: Human Writing vs AI Writing?

Enough small talk—let’s get to the conclusion.

If you have experience running blogs like Tistory, don’t mind writing, and don’t feel pressured about getting approval, I recommend getting AdSense approval through detailed, heartfelt writing for faster monetization.

However, if writing doesn’t suit you, feels difficult, or you worry about not getting AdSense approval even after months of detailed writing, I recommend getting approval through AI writing.

The choice is yours. Now, let’s move on to the main topic.

3. Practical Tips for Getting AdSense Approval

Thank you to everyone who has read this far. Now it’s time to get serious about sharing practical know-how for AdSense approval, though I feel drained after all the chatter.

Before getting started, I want to share that after failing AdSense approval with my second blog, I spent countless nights researching articles on domestic and overseas sites about AdSense approval.

In conclusion, while this isn’t a 100% guaranteed method, if you strictly follow the guidelines below, I believe you can get AdSense approval easily and without much hassle. (After applying these methods, all four of my blogs were approved on the first try, consecutively.)

• Honestly, I want to confidently say you’ll get 100% approval if you follow the steps below, but since my experience is still limited, I’ll hold back on making that claim.

This chapter is divided into three parts, and the writing method recommended here uses AI.

1. Blog setup tips for easy AdSense approval
2. Writing methods for easy AdSense approval
3. The “rumor” section — optional tips you don’t have to follow but might want to consider if you feel uneasy

You should definitely follow #1 and #2, and use your own judgment on #3.

You must follow parts 1 and 2 because Google officially requires them. Part 3 consists of “word of mouth” advice based on people’s experiences.

Let’s start with part 1: ‘Blog Setup Tips for Easy AdSense Approval.’ This part might be a special benefit only for WPlaybook members since all related videos are free. If you’re curious, just binge-watch WPlaybook’s YouTube channel.

3.1. Blog Setup Tips for Easy AdSense Approval

Number one is the most important. In short, just follow the WPlaybook guide to set up your blog. Since the WPlaybook YouTube channel explains the process very thoroughly, I will focus here only on why this is important.

This isn’t blind promotion — there are solid reasons behind it. Once you clearly understand the reasons, you won’t need anyone pushing you to do it; you’ll do it on your own.

• One thing to clarify: not following the WPlaybook guide does not mean you won’t get AdSense approval.
• The core message of this article is about how to get AdSense approval easily, not that you can’t get approval if you don’t follow it exactly. As I’ve emphasized before, there is no 100% guaranteed method for AdSense approval.
• Also, keep in mind that Google updates and AdSense policies change regularly. When updates occur, you may need to research new methods again.

Here are the key reasons why you should follow the WPlaybook Guide to get approved for AdSense easily.

3.1.1. High PSI Score Is Essential

When applying for AdSense approval, having a high Google PageSpeed Insights score (hereafter, PSI score) is important.

You can still get AdSense approval even if your PSI score is low. However, having a high PSI score gives you a significant advantage during the approval process.

Not only I but also many members of the WPlaybook community have proven this. Recently, my friend GPT-4o—who is 50 million times smarter than me—also agrees with this.

It’s very simple. Just use ChemiCloud + ALL100 theme. This is not blind promotion of ChemiCloud or WPlaybook.

I am not affiliated with WPlaybook. I’m just a regular WPlaybook subscriber and community member. If this method was only somewhat okay, would I really spend my precious weekend time writing this long post when I barely have time to grow my own blog?

Think about it — are there any YouTubers or bloggers who actually teach how to get a perfect PSI score of 100?

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Until now, I haven’t seen a single one. Not only did no one tell the method, but I haven’t even seen anyone prove a PSI 100 score (except WPlaybook).

Even though everyone keeps emphasizing the importance of speed, the only advice out there is to use ‘Cloudways’ server and ‘Generate Press’ theme. But even then, you don’t get a perfect score.

WPlaybook’s YouTube channel openly shares all of this for free. (This isn’t an ad, please just binge-watch it!)

Using ChemiCloud + ALL100 theme is not just good for getting AdSense approval; it’s the best way to run a blog with excellent performance and great cost efficiency.

No need for lengthy explanation—here are the PSI scores of my 6 blogs running on a single ChemiCloud server costing only 6,700 KRW/month with the ALL100 theme applied.

I’ve written about the specifics of this, including the actual URLs for each page, in another post.

3.1.2. Too Important Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Honestly, I didn’t realize how important the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service really are.

At times, I even thought about skipping them because they seemed like a hassle. But that was a big mistake.

Just go ahead and do it.

This time too, instead of relying on my own non-expert opinion, I asked my much smarter friend.

Even GPT-4o, which I don’t usually get excited about, is heavily emphasized as “very important” and “essential”?

WPlaybook has also been kind enough to provide guidance on how to write a privacy policy and terms of use.

• However, as Isaac explained on YouTube, you can copy WPlaybook’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service and just change the email and blog name to use them. But personally, out of caution, I think it would be better to process them once through GPT or similar tools before using.
• The reason is that Google’s search engine might recognize these pages as duplicate content to some extent. Since WPlaybook’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service pages were the first ones created, they should be fine. But if all other blogs use the exact same Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, wouldn’t Google’s search engine get a bit suspicious? (Just my personal thought)

3.1.3. Setting up your blog to look like a business page

There’s a reason why the All-in-One theme includes Home and About pages. At first, I also wondered if those pages were really necessary for a blog that isn’t meant to be branded like WPlaybook.

But that was a big misunderstanding. To easily get AdSense approval, setting up a Home page, About page, and including an email address (preferably a business email rather than a personal one) are essential.

• Home: Provides visitors with the first impression of the site. A well-organized homepage shows the quality and reliability of the site.
• About: Provides the purpose of the site, operator information, and an explanation of the content to enhance trustworthiness.

Also, having a logo, branding, and social media links (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, etc.) is important to boost your blog’s credibility. All of these are included in the All-in-One theme.

It would be good to have a Contact page as well, but since WPlaybook hasn’t taught me that yet, I can’t do it 🤣 (For beginners like me who are humanities majors and computer illiterate, if it’s not taught, we just can’t do it 😭)

3.2. Writing for Easy AdSense Approval

Once you have completed your blog setup for AdSense approval, I will share my own AI writing tips to help you get approved easily.

3.2.1. Choosing Topics for Approval Writing

First, you should choose original topics for your approval writing. This is not just my opinion; the AdSense Help Center recommends this.

So, what counts as an original topic? I don’t remember the exact details, but someone in the WPlaybook community once got AdSense approval on the first try by writing about “North Korea.” Very original, right?

However, when you think about it, you don’t have to write only original topics to get approved. I was also approved with very common topics like supplements or health.

Why do such confusing situations keep happening? In a way, it’s natural. AdSense has something called the “Publisher Policies.” There are dozens of policy categories, and naturally, each category has hundreds of detailed evaluation criteria. All of these are confidential, and the evaluation items and weighting algorithms change frequently.

Simply put, AdSense quantifies all these evaluation criteria into scores and sums them up. Only when the total score exceeds a certain threshold does the final approval get granted. (This is my assumption, of course.)

Since Google officially guides that “original topics” are preferred, you just need to write original content to get some easy points — think of it as getting 5 points for question #1.

Do you get the idea? Ultimately, the easiest way to get AdSense approval is to infer and understand as many of AdSense’s evaluation criteria as possible, and then try to hit as many of those “correct answers” as you can.

In conclusion, the easy way to get approved for AdSense is to guess as much as you can about what AdSense is looking for, and answer as many questions correctly as possible.

So what exactly counts as an original topic, and how should you write about it?

3.2.2. What is an original topic?

I spent a lot of time thinking about this part. Writing completely unrelated original articles just for AdSense approval felt like piling up junk content on my blog. On the other hand, deleting those articles after approval might leave residue that could negatively affect SEO.

After much consideration, I came to a simple but surprisingly effective conclusion

If you’re going to write on an original topic anyway, don’t choose something completely unrelated to your blog’s main subject. Instead, write very original content related to your blog’s theme.

To put it simply, let me give an example from my blog called “MoneyHelp,” which focuses on “policy subsidies.” For AdSense approval, I selected blog post topics like the following.

What are the advantages of writing like this?
It allows you to maintain your blog’s Topical Authority without deleting posts even after receiving AdSense approval.

Topical Authority, as mentioned many times, is extremely important. It is the foundation of your blog.
For more information about Topical Authority, please refer to the content below. (Click to view larger.)

Whether it’s a coincidence or not, just as GPT-4o mentioned, I published my first post after AdSense approval related to the “Employment Promotion Incentive.” As soon as I published it, the post ranked on Google’s first page for the keyword “2024 Employment Promotion Incentive” within just one day, and about a week later, it even achieved a Google snippet. Can you see the Ministry of Employment and Labor website listed below my post? Haha.

Since then, I’ve published about five more posts. Although they aren’t ranked at the top, they’ve climbed to positions where they can be reasonably found by scrolling down.

Of course, this is partly because the keywords have low volume and competition. However, I believe the posts, which were written solely with AdSense approval in mind, have somewhat positively influenced the blog’s Topical Authority. (So, they’re not really “trash” posts…)

Since this blog is still very new, I need to observe a bit longer, but I definitely feel its performance is much better compared to my previous blog.

• The miscellaneous blog I ran before this one had about 30 posts published, but even after a month, none of the posts ranked on Google’s first page.

This part hasn’t been mentioned anywhere else and was a test I started on my own as a personal experiment. It’s likely just a coincidence, so I plan to continue testing and share the results with the ‘WPlaybook community’ if necessary.

Despite that, I don’t think there’s any particular downside to using this method.

If you have to write posts on unique topics anyway, rather than deleting them after AdSense approval because they seem unnecessary, wouldn’t it be better to contribute even a little to your blog’s Topical Authority? I think that’s a worthwhile role in itself.

3.2.3. How do I find original topics?

So, how do you find original topics? Don’t stress about it. Why try to find them all by yourself?

This is exactly when you should use AI.

I mainly use Claude 3 and GPT-4 on a multimodal AI platform called Poe, but you can use any AI tool such as GPT-3.5, Gemini, Copilot, etc. (Paid versions are better, but if you’re only using AI for AdSense approval writing, free versions will work 100%.)

• However, if you plan to use AI writing frequently, I recommend paying attention to Claude 3. At least when it comes to writing skills, it’s much better than other AI tools.

So let’s ask the question.

Perfect, right? Pick any one of the 30 suggested titles, grab it, and ask the question again.

From title to subheadings, you’ve got a one-minute cut. But what about writing the post?

3.2.4. How to Write Articles for AdSense Approval

From this point onward, the process may vary somewhat depending on the AI tool you primarily use. It’s quite difficult to explain this well in writing. 😭

There are paid and free versions, but I’ll start by explaining the paid version that I am currently using.

After testing various AIs, I found that the Claude 3 – Sonnet 200k model (which is better suited for longer texts) works best.

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For example, I take a title generated by Claude 3 – Haiku (a lighter model) and feed it to Claude 3 – Sonnet 200k (the long-text specialized model). With just one prompt command, it generates an article like the one below in a single go (815 words, 3,325 characters). (I’m still testing and refining the prompt commands, so I can’t fully share them yet.)

• It perfectly supports subtitle H-tags, so you can copy and paste as is. It also automatically adds bold formatting in the right places, writes meta descriptions and closing paragraphs on its own, and its writing style is much closer to human writing compared to other AIs. It even includes personal opinions, so it writes far better than I do—like a million times better.
• For reference, the Claude 3 – Sonnet 200k model offers a 1-week free trial on Poe.com, which I had used for free before switching to a paid plan. If you’re interested, I recommend trying the free trial.

You might be surprised that I’m recommending a paid version all of a sudden, but it’s totally fine to use free AI services as well. You don’t necessarily have to pay.

There are many services out there, but the newly released GPT-4o seems quite good. However, the free version can’t generate long texts in one go and may stop midway, so you need to prompt it with commands like “continue writing” to keep it going.

Below is a sample article written by the free GPT-4o. Although it sounds more “AI-like” compared to Claude 3, it’s perfectly sufficient for writing AdSense approval articles and performs much better than GPT-3.5. (Word count: 1,697; Character count: 7,113 😵. GPT-4o is seriously impressive…)

3.2.5. Summary

Once you get used to the method described above, you can write one article in about 15 to 30 minutes.

For thumbnail images, just roughly create one using Canva or AI tools like DALL·E 3, Lytton, Playground v2.5, etc., and insert only one image per post. (The key at work is efficiency versus effort! Don’t waste energy on unimportant things—focus on what matters!)

At this stage, write around 15 articles at once and save them as drafts. Then schedule one post per day to be published.

Once you’re comfortable with the blog setup and these steps, it only takes about a day to get your blog ready for AdSense approval. After that, don’t stress about AdSense approval; just focus on growing your main blog consistently.

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The next step is to apply for AdSense once you have published about 5 to 7 posts. Approval can sometimes happen within a week, but usually takes 2 to 4 weeks. In my experience, most approvals came within 2 weeks.

When the AdSense review process begins, you will probably have about 20 posts published. The generally known minimum content requirement is around 10 to 20 posts, so this should be enough, right?

3.3. The “Might or Might Not Matter” Section

Next is the “might or might not matter” section. There are countless baseless rumors circulating on the internet, but if you think about it, these are just experiences from someone that got spread around as hearsay.

• Earlier, I mentioned that you should try to guess and meet the evaluation criteria for AdSense approval as much as possible. This part is exactly the kind of “might or might not matter” stuff.

However, the points in sections 1 and 2 are officially emphasized by Google and must be followed. The following points are not officially stated by Google, so you can follow them or not—it’s up to you.

• By the way, I’m a bit of a worrywart, so I followed all of them. It’s not hard to do, and there’s no harm in following them. The choice is yours!

Shall we go through them one by one? (Not listed in order of importance)

3.3.1. Keep only one category.

It’s okay to have multiple categories if you have enough posts. But avoid creating multiple categories with no posts in them (empty categories).

Especially in the beginning, when you don’t have many posts yet, is there really a reason to create multiple categories? Unless you have a special reason, just keep one category for now and create more categories after you get AdSense approval. After all, our goal is to get approved as easily as possible 😄

I’ll emphasize again because it’s important: until you get AdSense approval, keep your blog as simple as possible. This makes it much easier to handle rejection if it happens.

3.3.2. Avoid writing about restaurant reviews, product reviews, or money-related topics (like loans, insurance, etc.)

There are countless cases of people getting rejected for AdSense approval because of posts on topics like these.

I don’t know exactly why. Don’t try to figure out the reason — nobody really knows. But like I said earlier, if you want to get approved easily, just write on original, unique topics.

If you plan to run a restaurant review blog, it might be better to write about original, creative topics related to delicious food (like ingredient analysis, famous dishes around the world, etc.) first to get approval, and then switch to restaurant reviews after you’re approved.

If you want to run a money-related blog, it’s better to write about topics like the history of money or the role of central banks.

3.3.3. Do not insert internal or external links.

This is also a rumor, but I personally just inserted one of each because I like getting the green light from RankMath. You don’t have to insert any, or like me, just one is fine.

Is it bad to insert many? I’m not sure. But if there’s no strong reason to add many, it’s probably better not to. Keep it simple.

3.3.4. Keep your post length over 1,500 characters.

If you’re using AI writing like I showed above, writing 5,000 characters is easy anyway. It’s not difficult, so just keep it above 1,500 characters.

3.3.5.Attach only one image.

It’s okay to attach multiple images — I’ve been approved with multiple images before.

But is it really necessary to attach multiple images before AdSense approval? Unless you have a special reason, attach just one image before approval and add more after you get approved.

• However, Do not use copyrighted images Use images, preferably taken by yourself or created by AI.
• How to search for copyright-free images is a must!

3.3.6. Use Chrome as your browser.

This is probably the most puzzling “rumor” of them all, but both in Korea and abroad, many people say you should use the Chrome browser when applying for AdSense.

They talk about how different browsers handle things like JavaScript and cookies, but as someone who isn’t a developer, I honestly didn’t understand a word of it.

Still, I hate feeling uneasy about things — I had been using Naver Whale as my main browser for over 3 years, but when I applied for AdSense, I switched over to Chrome just for the application.
(In fact, a few days later, I ended up switching to Chrome as my main browser. Yep, total scaredy-cat 😑)

And hey, since we’re making a request to our “employer” AdSense, wouldn’t it be a nice gesture of courtesy to use Google’s very own Chrome browser? 😄

3.3.7. Maintain only one AdSense account.

The rule is one AdSense account per person. If you try to operate multiple accounts, it’s not just about getting your application rejected — your entire account could get suspended, so please be careful.

If your application keeps getting rejected for no clear reason, check whether there might already be an AdSense account registered under your name.
(For example, you or a family member might have unknowingly created one via Tistory or YouTube, not just WordPress 😑)

3.3.8. Use H-tags in proper order.

This may seem basic, but for those coming from platforms like Naver Blog or who are unfamiliar with SEO, here’s a quick note:

Your blog should have only one H1 tag, which is your main title.
For subheadings, start from H2, not H1.

Also, don’t skip heading levels. For instance, don’t jump from H2 to H4 without using H3 in between.(Google’s search engine may have trouble understanding the structure of your post, which could lead to rejection.)

3.3.9. Don’t insert other ads before AdSense approval.

Some people try to make a little money by inserting other ad scripts before getting AdSense approval.

But think about it logically — would Google like that?
Probably not. So just turn them off until you’re approved.

3.3.10. Run a Spell Check.

If you’re using AI to write your posts, chances are there won’t be many spelling or grammar mistakes — so you might think you don’t need to check.
But if you’ve done a lot of manual edits, I highly recommend running a spell check once before publishing.

Having too many typos can reduce the credibility of your content.
There are many tools available for checking spelling and grammar, but personally, I used to copy the content into Naver Blog and use their built-in spell check feature.

3.3.11. Check your HTML code.

Sometimes, when you write a draft in programs like Hangul Word Processor (HWP) and copy-paste it directly into your blog, unnecessary HTML code can get inserted.

This issue is less common in block editors, but if you’re using the classic editor, it tends to be worse.

Keep in mind that Google’s search engine doesn’t read what we visually see — it reads the underlying HTML code.
So, if your post contains excess or messy code, Google might not be able to accurately assess the quality of your content.

(How can you tell if the code is unnecessary? Trust me — it’s usually very obvious at a glance.)

Here’s how you can check the HTML code in the block editor:

(Instructions would follow here — let me know if you’d like to add a translated step-by-step guide for checking HTML in WordPress or other editors.)

4. How to apply for AdSense

Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of posts in the WPlaybook community asking how to apply for AdSense.
What may seem like an easy task for some can feel quite challenging for others.
With that in mind, I’ve put together a simple guide on how to apply for AdSense.

Please refer to the post below for detailed instructions on how to apply for AdSense.

• How to Apply for Google AdSense on WordPress (2026 Update)

5. How to Handle AdSense Rejection

In fact, I believe handling AdSense rejection is the most important part.

The reason I was able to get all five of my blogs approved at once was simply due to luck—there’s no guarantee you’ll get approved on the first try just by following the methods I shared. (Don’t assume Google’s search engine is flawless.)

Up until last year, it wasn’t uncommon to hear stories of people being rejected dozens of times after applying for AdSense. Back then, many also said that simply requesting a review again after rejection could easily lead to approval.

However, recently, there has been a noticeable increase in difficulty getting approved, especially due to the surge in AI-generated, automated blog content. Google has tightened its approval process to prevent large-scale production of low-quality content.

This doesn’t apply to every case, but especially with sites created recently, many users have reported that the number of reconsideration requests is limited to 3–5 times. In several cases, if someone requested reconsideration more than 3–5 times, their account was restricted from submitting further review requests for 4–6 weeks. (I personally experienced this, and many others have reported similar issues.)

Taking this into consideration, if your AdSense application is rejected, I recommend following the steps outlined below.

• Don’t edit existing content, even if the reason for approval is “unworthy content” (only if it was written by AI)
• Double check to see if you missed any of the things I listed above.
• Publish one additional post per day instead of asking for a reconsideration right after checking.
• Request a reconsideration in about 3-7 days.

5.1. Additional Measures: Google Core Updates and Spam Classification

In the worst-case scenario, your website may end up being classified as spam due to a Google core update. I personally experienced this just one month after launching my blog—it completely caught me off guard.

Major core updates took place in October and November of last year, and again in March this year. As of May, the largest update to date is currently in progress.

For more detailed information, please refer to the official Google Blog. You can check the update announcements via the image link below.

Due to these updates, it was initially expected that 40% of all websites would be classified as spam by April 19, 2024. However, that number exceeded expectations, reaching 45%, leading to numerous cases of what’s known as “Google deindexing” or complete removal from Google search results.

How to Check If Your Blog Has Been Deindexed by Google

There are three main ways to check if your site has been hit by a Google deindexing

1. In Google Search Console, go to the “Security & Manual Actions” section on the left menu and check if any issues have been detected.
2. When I type “site:site address” into Google, I don’t see any posts.
3. When I type “site:site address” into Google, I see indexed posts, but all of them have been de-ranked and are not visible at all (in my case).

During the update process, business-oriented or corporate sites like WPlaybook were reportedly largely unaffected.

However, in the case of new sites or personal blogs, there were numerous instances where even legitimate, non-automated blogs were impacted for unclear reasons.

That’s why Isaac’s advice wasn’t just empty talk — applying the ALL100 theme and making your blog look like a professional business homepage is really important!

If your AdSense application keeps getting rejected, try not to stress too much — you may want to consider purchasing a new domain.

Sure, you could try to identify the root cause, but if a site hasn’t even passed AdSense review, there’s no need to push through a difficult path with it.

Don’t be afraid to let go.
Instead of dragging it out for months and stressing over it, cut your losses early and start fresh — that may actually save you more time.

You can buy a new domain on Namecheap for about 15,000 KRW (approx. $11 USD), and using the method I shared above, you could get back up and running in just a day.

Even if you somehow get AdSense approval on a problematic domain, once a domain has been flagged as spam, it’s very difficult for it to rank well in Google search results.
In such cases, continuing with that site might do more harm than good, so starting over with a fresh domain early on could be the smarter move.

6.AdSense Related Q & A (Continuously Updated)

6.1. Does my site need to be indexed in Google Search Console?

Based on testing, your site should be registered in Google Search Console, but it does not necessarily have to be indexed immediately.
You can simply submit your sitemap and wait naturally for search engines to crawl your site over time.

6.2. Can I delete approved posts after AdSense approval?

Deleting posts from your WordPress admin does not fully remove already indexed content from Google. You need to perform separate removal requests in webmaster tools like Google Search Console.

Personally, I do not recommend deleting posts. From experience, once content is indexed, deleting it does not guarantee 100% removal and remnants often remain online.

These remnants may later be detected by crawlers as 404 errors, which is not good for SEO.
(If you can delete content completely, that’s fine.)

Moreover, if your approved posts contribute positively to your Topical Authority, there’s really no need to delete them.

6.3. Is it okay to send my blog link to acquaintances to get them to click ads a bit?

This is so-called “ad swapping.”
Do not do this.
Google strongly dislikes this as it protects advertisers from fraudulent activity.
Don’t think you won’t get caught — you will.

If caught, all domains registered to your AdSense account will be banned at once.

7. In Closing

I didn’t intentionally try to write a long post, but it ended up being a zero-point article again — lots of volume but not much substance…

I should write shorter, more concise content, but I tend to be a bit of an “otaku” personality, so it’s not easy for me. That’s why I said you need to change your writing habits early on. (These days, a perfect article is one that can be read and understood in 3 seconds, but this one takes 31 minutes to finish reading 🥲)

So, to start my blog and change my writing habits, I’ve been reading a book called Stick lately, which is famous for its tips on creating messages that “stick” instantly in just one second. The content is really good, so if you have time, I highly recommend you check it out. (Even though I said shorter writing is better, here I am adding more by recommending a book… silly me… 😑)

I plan to self-verify how effective the methods I wrote about in this post are through dozens of trials in the future. (Any updates or changes will be shared via post updates or through the community.)

Five approved blogs, and dozens more tests?

Yes. The reason is that I temporarily veered off my original plan… haha.

If you’ve read my previous posts carefully, you’ll know my initial plan was to spend 1–2 months on “building a solid foundation,” grow just five blogs diligently, and then move on to affiliate marketing. But my thinking has shifted a bit.

There’s a stock market term called “double bottom,” right? Besides diversifying blogs, I’m also diversifying domain ownership (not multi-accounts per person) to keep buying domains and getting AdSense approvals continuously. (I’ll avoid specifics because Google might not like this plan haha.)

The reason I decided to explore this detour is that I felt it didn’t make sense to aggressively expand multiple pipelines like affiliate marketing without first properly establishing how to monetize through AdSense.

So for now, I want to fully focus on “monetizing via AdSense” before moving on to the next stage.

If I’m going to share another book recommendation, my life-changing book The One Thing has a great passage:

“Think about the ‘one thing’ that will truly help you achieve what you want. In this difficult world where everyone wants to do everything at once, focus on that ‘one thing’ essential to success. And go all in on that one thing.”

One Thing (Author: Gary Keller)

So, I’m going to concentrate on just one thing for now. It also seems fun and fits my style.

(By the way, it’s not a huge plan. Recently, I joined a live session with a famous WordPress expert and asked some questions. I got a few ideas, and I’m so curious that I want to test them out. I’ll personally verify whether all those many income proofs are real and share my results. It’ll probably take a few months, but I’ll leave updates later haha.)

Episode 8: My Thoughts on AI Writing

Sorry, this is really the final part. It’s just an episode, so you don’t have to read if you don’t want to. Haha.

Honestly, I used to think AI writing was trash, but I want to explain why my opinion changed.

This is my first time writing blog posts, but personally, I’ve spent years working in an office environment writing reports—everything from one-page reports to huge proposals hundreds of pages long. I think I’ve written like crazy.

But now that I think about it, you know what’s funny? No matter how hard I worked and how much care I put into writing a “heartfelt” report, the evaluation always depended on the mood and standards of my superiors. 🤣

What I mean is, when I wrote the draft and submitted it to my first-level boss, they would mark it up heavily with a red pen (the classic). These days, the culture has changed a lot, but back in the day, reports flying through the air or being torn up was pretty common. Haha.

Then, I would carefully revise the report exactly as my superior instructed and submit it to the second-level boss. Then the second boss would say something like, “Hey, did you really check this with the first boss before sending it to me?” and proceed to viciously criticize it and re-mark the report with a blue pen, using their deep expertise.

• Common feature of reviewers: they write their corrections in handwriting only they can read.

So, after both bosses have “perfected” the report, I proudly take it to the final boss for approval.

As you might expect, the final boss screams loudly and slashes the report again with their special approval pen.

Here’s where the magic happens: after three rounds of revisions, the report ends up looking basically the same as the original draft I wrote.

I guess that experience helped me in some way—after years of such hardships…

• Now I’m also acting as an intermediate reviewer, but I realized that I could never edit with a pen… I just send the file and I’m comfortable typing… Looking at this, it seems like I’m not a genius yet…

But I don’t do well with blog posts 😭 To be fair, I’m not a big fan of story-type writing, which is more like journaling.

As I mentioned at the beginning, I’m not really comfortable writing a blog post about “search-based AdSense monetization” – it’s like a battle of who’s got the best syntax…

So these days, I’m questioning the idea of ‘heartfelt writing.’ Is 100% human-written content always the best in a rapidly evolving AI market? I mean, from the standpoint of efficiency and monetization, AI is way better at patching things together than I am. That’s why I’m currently researching AI writing… (cough…)

I feel a bit embarrassed since it might sound like I’m going against what the WPlaybook community usually recommends, but after getting my AdSense approval, I’ve actually been relying on AI for most of my posts. Of course, I’m not 100% dependent on AI; I just use it as a tool. (That’s my consolation 🥲)

So how should we use AI? I’m still testing prompts and usage methods myself, so I can’t give a definitive answer yet. But I’ll share the broad idea of how I think AI can be utilized, so maybe you can get some hints! This part made me go ‘aha!’ — I wonder what you think.

1. After doing keyword research myself, I give AI the title and outline, have it write a draft, then I lightly edit it to remove the “AI smell” before publishing.
2. I monitor published posts to find ones showing potential engagement (using Google Search Console).
3. For posts with potential, I add my own experience and flesh them out to remove AI traces as much as possible, updating the posts to make them look like genuine ‘heartfelt’ writings from the start.

I think this method lets me escape the pressure of writing every post from scratch while balancing quantity and quality. Whether Google will be fooled or what results come out? I honestly don’t know 🤣

• There are more detailed points, but since they’re still unproven and not fully organized in my head, I’m hesitant to share. If I get the chance, I’ll talk about it as part of my ‘experience.’ 😭

Some YouTubers with thousands of subscribers have even created auto-writing programs and sell monthly subscriptions or courses for tens of thousands of won. No reason to criticize—on the contrary, it makes sense economically: where there’s demand, supply follows. (If I were a developer, I’d jump on it right away 😭)

• Someone is selling an AdSense guide ebook for 50,000 won. (Should I try selling mine for 4,900 won? 😑)

So don’t be too quick to reject AI. I recommend picking one AI service that suits you best and paying for it to see how it works for you.

Thanks for reading this long post. Bye-bye! (Isaac style)