Have you tried connecting your blogger account to AdSense but always get ' We cannot verify your ownership to this domain?' Well, you are not alone. That has been a major challenge for people using Google's blogger blog.
Unlike WordPress where you will need to verify your domain on AdSense just by using the sitekite plugin, on Google blogspot, you will need to verify your domain manually by copying the code and inserting it into your Blogger header.
Sign up for Adsense
The first step in verifying your domain or site on Adsense is to create your account if you have not done so. You can either create it by going to the Blogger dashboard and navigating to the earning tab.
Important Notice
If you both your blogger website and Adsense are on the same Google account, you will need to through the Blogger dashboard:
- Log in to your Blogger account
- In the left menu, click on the "Earning" tab
- If you do not have an account, click on "Sign up for Adsense" and enter your information
Connecting and Verifying Your Domain on Adsense
To connect your domain to your Adsense account, follow the instructions provided below:
- Log in to your Adsense account
- On your dashboard, navigate to sites and click on "New site"
- Add your domain and tap on save
- After adding your domain, click on your website url to proceed
- Here, you will be asked to verify your domain
- You have three options to verify your site: Adsense code snippet, Adx.txt snippet and meta tag
- The most common way is through code snippet
Follow the steps below to verify your domain on Adsense:
- Copy the snippet code and log in to your blogger blog
- Navigate to the "theme" section
- Click on the drop-down menu and choose edit html
- Paste the code between the <head></head> tags on your template
- After pasting, click on save to save your changes
- Now go back to your Adsense account and check the box which says "I've place the code"
- Now, click on verify to verify your domain
Adsense Couldn't Verify Your Domain
If your domain is not able to to be verified as seen in the picture below, that is where the real problem is. I believe that is where most of you find it difficult to get your domain on blogger verified on Adsense. After clicking on save, you may receive a message like 'Adsense could not verify your site' as seen in the picture below.
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| Picture of Adsense verification error |
Here is how to solve Adsense could not verify your account on Blogger domain:
- Log in to your domain registra
- Navigate to the DNS servers
- On the A record add @ to the name column and 216.239.32.21 to the point to or value
- Click on save to update your DNS server
- Now log in back to your adsense account and click on verify
- If you have followed the correct instruction, your site should be able to get verified
Why Adsense Couldn't Verify Your Site
Here are some of the possible reasons your site could not be verified by Adsense:
- Your snippet code has not been properly pasted to your blogger theme. Do not alter the code. Make sure to paste if as it is
- There might be technical issues on your blog
- You have not entered correct domain name. Make sure to check your domain name
FAQs
Some popular questions about connecting your domain to adsense account
How do I verify my custom domain on Adsense?
To verify your blogger custom domain on Adsense, log in to your Adsense account and navigate to the sites. Click on add a site and enter your domain name and click save. Now, proceed to verify by copying the code snippet and go back to your Blogspot blog.
Navigate to theme and click on edit html. Paste the code and save. Now, log back to your Adsense account and check the box that says 'I've placed Adsense code'. Verify your account and proceed to request for review.
Why Adsense Couldn't Verify My Blogger Site?
If you receive a message like this when you tried to verify your custom domain on Adsense, there are some possibilities
1. You could not placed the HTML code well or the code was mistakenly altered
2. You have not updated your A record with the @ and the number I provided above
3. Check whether your domain name is correctly entered on the site name
Final Statement
Once you followed all the instructions provided in this article, you should be able to verify your blogger custom domain on Adsense. It is true many have been having this challenge verifying their account.
Verifying your domain name on Adsense is a straight forward process. All you need is to log in to your DNS and alter the A record as shown above. If you have any other questions related to verifying your domain name, you can let me know.
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