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Most AdSense approval checklists sound like this:
“Write at least 20 posts,” “Organize categories,” “Avoid policy violations.”

All valid. But as a developer, I realized something deeper:

Before Google reviews your content, it reads your structure.

AdSense relies heavily on crawlers that evaluate HTML structure, metadata, and site trustworthiness.

In this post, I’ll break down what AdSense bots actually see—and how I built my blog to align with that.

AdSense uses the same crawling logic as Google Search.

It doesn’t “see” your layout—it parses your HTML. Things like:

<title>, <meta name="description">, and <h1> for topic understanding
Semantic tags like <article>, <section>, <nav>, <footer> for layout detection
Content-to-ad ratios, repeated content, or thin pages as potential rejection signals

Bottom line: Your code matters more than your design.

🧱 The Ideal Page Structure (for Bots & Readers)

Area	Purpose
`<head>`	SEO and preview metadata (title, description, og tags)
`<header>`	Site name, navigation (with semantic `<nav>` element)
`<main>`	Article content with clear `h1 → h2 → p` structure
`<footer>`	Links to Privacy Policy, Contact, Terms, etc.
`<aside>` (optional)	Tags, recent posts, related content

💡 Using semantic HTML helps bots understand your page as informational and well-structured—which boosts trust.

If your blog shows content only after JS loads, Google may miss it during the first crawl.
With SSR (Server-Side Rendering) or SSG (Static Site Generation), your posts are already rendered and ready to index—ideal for approval.

Google doesn’t just review your posts—it checks for site trustworthiness.
These pages aren’t optional if you want to get approved