Tip
Check your homepage — trust-page links (Privacy, About, Contact) usually live in the footer and are easiest to detect there.
Enter a public URL to score how ready it is for AdSense and detect existing ad code.
Website Management Tools
AdSense Checker
Enter a public URL to score how ready a website is for Google AdSense — content depth, trust pages, HTTPS, mobile-friendliness, and ads.txt — and to detect whether it already serves AdSense. A second panel checks pasted HTML privately in your browser, so you can test staging or pre-launch pages too.
Content Policy Analysis
Checks that the page has enough substantial, original content — the factor AdSense weighs most heavily.
Eligibility Score
Scores the page 0–100 against common AdSense approval factors so you know where you stand at a glance.
Privacy Policy & Trust Pages
Verifies that a Privacy Policy, About, Contact, and Terms are present and linked — required for approval.
Site Structure & Mobile UX
Confirms HTTPS, a mobile viewport, and core on-page tags so the site is technically sound for visitors.
Common Issues Detection
Flags problems like thin content, under-construction pages, and missing metadata before a reviewer sees them.
Fix Recommendations
Turns every failed check into a clear, prioritized list of what to fix first before you apply.
Paste a page's HTML to check it locally — nothing leaves your browser.
What this AdSense Checker does
This tool has two modes. The live check fetches a public URL on our server, reads the returned HTML, and scores the page against the factors Google's AdSense program is known to care about — substantial original content, a clear Privacy Policy and other trust pages, a secure HTTPS connection, a mobile-friendly viewport, and no "under construction" placeholder wording. It also looks for AdSense code that is already on the page and checks whether an ads.txt file is published. You get a readiness score out of 100, a pass/warn/fail checklist, and a short list of what to fix first.
The second mode is a private, browser-only check: paste a page's HTML and the same readiness signals are evaluated locally, without anything being sent to a server. That is handy for a staging site, a page behind a login, or a draft you have not published yet.
What "AdSense ready" actually means
Google approves a site for AdSense when it has genuinely useful, original content, clear navigation, the standard trust pages (a real Privacy Policy is mandatory, and About plus Contact are strongly expected), and nothing that breaks its content policies. The single most common reason for rejection is thin or low-value content, so content depth is weighted heavily here.
Some of those factors can be measured automatically and some cannot. This checker can confirm that a page has enough readable text, links to the pages reviewers look for, loads over HTTPS, declares a mobile viewport, and is not a placeholder. It cannot judge whether your writing is genuinely original and valuable, whether your topic is allowed, or whether your navigation makes sense to a human — those are judgement calls only a person (and ultimately Google) can make.
How the readiness score is calculated
The score is a transparent, weighted sum of deterministic checks — there is no black box and no AI guesswork. Each check either passes (adding its weight), warns, or fails, and the weights reflect how much each factor tends to matter for approval.
- Content depth — the heaviest single factor, because thin content is the top rejection cause. Pages with little readable text are flagged.
- Privacy Policy and trust pages — a linked Privacy Policy is required; About, Contact, and Terms are expected. The tool looks for these links on the page you submit.
- HTTPS — the site should load over a secure connection.
- Mobile viewport — a responsive viewport meta tag, since most AdSense traffic is mobile.
- Title and meta description — basic on-page completeness signals.
- No under-construction or "coming soon" placeholder wording, which reviewers treat as an unfinished site.
AdSense and ads.txt detection
Separately from the readiness score, the tool reports whether the page already includes Google AdSense code (the adsbygoogle loader or a ca-pub-… publisher ID) and, when you check a live URL, whether the domain publishes a valid ads.txt file authorizing Google to sell its inventory. This is useful for confirming your own setup after approval, or for checking whether another site runs AdSense and which publisher account it belongs to.
If you are still waiting on approval, it is normal and correct for detection to show no ad code and no ads.txt — you should not add the live ad script until Google approves the site.
What it cannot tell you (please read)
This is an unofficial readiness aid, not a verdict. Only Google can approve a site, and approval depends on a manual review of content quality, originality, and policy compliance that no automated tool can replicate. A high score means the obvious technical and structural blockers are cleared; it does not guarantee approval. A low score is more reliable in the other direction — it surfaces concrete problems worth fixing before you apply.
Two more limits worth knowing: the live check reads the single page you give it, so submit your homepage (where footer trust-page links usually live) for the most representative result, and it reads the server-rendered HTML, so content injected purely by client-side JavaScript after load may not be counted. There is also no way for any tool to tell you whether a domain is "banned" from AdSense — Google does not expose that, so be wary of any tool that claims to.
How to use it well
- Run your homepage through the live check first, then fix every failed item and re-run until the score is comfortably in the green.
- Make sure a real Privacy Policy is linked sitewide (it should disclose cookies and, once ads are on, the third-party ad cookie).
- Use the paste-HTML panel for pages that are not public yet, such as a staging build.
- Pair it with the Website SEO Score Checker for on-page quality and the Mobile-Friendly Test for layout before you submit your application.
- Treat the result as a checklist, not a guarantee — then apply through your Google AdSense account when the obvious blockers are gone.
Worked examples
See it on real input
A nearly-ready blog homepage
Input: https://example-blog.com/
Output: Readiness score 88/100 · AdSense detected: No · ads.txt: Missing · HTTPS: Yes. Checklist passes content depth, HTTPS, mobile, title, and trust pages; warns that the meta description is missing.
A high score with no ad code and no ads.txt is exactly what a healthy, not-yet-approved site looks like.
A thin, unfinished site
Input: https://example-new-site.com/
Output: Readiness score 41/100 · Needs work. Fails on content depth (120 words), no Privacy Policy link found, and "coming soon" text detected.
The flagged items are the concrete blockers to clear before applying.
FAQ
AdSense Checker — questions & answers
Does a high score guarantee AdSense approval?
No. Only Google approves sites, after a manual review of content quality, originality, and policy compliance that no tool can replicate. A high score means the common technical and structural blockers are cleared; it improves your odds but is not a guarantee.
It says my Privacy Policy is missing, but I have one — why?
The live check reads the single page you submit and looks for a link whose URL or text mentions "privacy". If your policy is only linked from certain pages, submit your homepage (trust-page links usually live in the footer). If the link text is unusual, the detector may not recognise it.
Can I check a competitor's site?
Yes — the live check works on any public URL and will tell you whether that site runs AdSense, its publisher ID if present, and how its page scores on the readiness factors. It cannot tell you a site's earnings or whether it is banned.
Is this an official Google tool?
No. It is an independent readiness aid based on Google's publicly documented AdSense policies and common approval factors. It is not affiliated with Google and cannot submit your application or change your AdSense status.
What score should I aim for before applying?
Treat 80+ as "the obvious blockers look cleared", 55–79 as "fix the flagged items first", and below 55 as "not ready yet". Always read the checklist rather than the number alone — one failed item (like missing content or no Privacy Policy) matters more than the headline score.
Why is no ad code or ads.txt detected on my site?
If you have not been approved yet, that is correct and expected — you should not add the live AdSense script or ads.txt until Google approves the site. The detector simply confirms the current state.
Site standards
How HighSEOTools handles data and methodology
Our editorial and data-source notes explain how each check works and where estimates come from.