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Hey guys, today's post is quite important because it answers the question that many of us YouTubers and bloggers have in our mind, especially those who got to the YouTube platform before Blogspot. Those people could be unlucky if they started an AdSense account with YouTube and didn't reach the payment threshold before gaining an interest in displaying ads on their blogger blog. You may not know what I'm talking about. And that is exactly what this post is for.

Tip - The following acronyms may be used. AS - AdSense, YT - YouTube, TLD - Top Level Domain (domains that are not sub-domains, but instead are something like .com, .net, .org, etc.)

The Problem You Might Be Facing

You could have any problem, but I really doubt that it is anything other than the fact that after creating an AdSense account through Youtube, you tried to link it with a blog you must've created with blogger.com. Now, you see, there is a glitch with Google's AdSense when it comes to crossing over with an Adsense account to use it with YT first and then Blogspot, but if it's reversed, meaning that it would be created with Blogspot, then it would work just fine.

When an AS account created through YT is linked to blogger, it gets easily accepted. But there is no point to the acceptance because the ads just don't show and leave a huge blank space (depending on what the ads' size was supposed to be) where the ad would have been expected to be at. 

This glitch has also frightened many beginner bloggers at times and has led them to much frustration and even the doubt that there is something wrong with their own blog. Trust me, I've been there. But take this as a breather, there is nothing wrong with your blog, it is just a problem that you have to fix.

How to Fix The Problem?

Now, if you are sure that you are up to the task, then let me tell you the only few ways to work through this problem, and I am going to explain them thoroughly so you know exactly what you have to do in each situation.

1. Upgrade Your Account From a Host Account To a Standard Account

In this method, you will have to spend a bit of money. And unless you are working on an allowance, I am pretty sure that you will be able to afford a TLD. Yeah, you will have to buy a domain for your blog or use one from a different site. Then, if it gets linked to your current Adsense account then you can display ads on your blog easily. 

But note that you will have to get it through the entire acceptance process, meaning that you should have it established and with at least 30-40 posts ready. Yeah, I know, a headache, right? But this is not the method I used, but you might have to especially if you are earning from YT but maybe not enough to pass the checkout threshold for AS. That is unless you have enough patience. Though it might seem difficult at first, it would probably take the least time and be the least risky.

2. Start Again From Scratch

As I hinted boldly earlier, for this method, you will have to make sure that you are up for the risk. If you are earning from your YT account, but not enough to check it out, then you might feel tempted into skipping this method. 

But you can also keep patience and wait until you have earned enough to checked out. Those are lucky (in this situation) who don't earn more than a few cents, that too in total (kind of like what was happening to me). 

I wasn't completely interested in working on youtube to earn money with AdSense and was just wasting my time with it, and then I stumbled upon my true interest. But when I tried to link my account... I am sure you already understand what would have happened. 

But luckily, I had only earned a few cents which made it easy for me to delete and re-establish my AS account from scratch. And doing this is really easy and doesn't feel so hard, making sure that your account is free from cash.

After canceling your account, make sure that the next account you create is with Blogspot, and later on, if you want to join Youtube again, then it would be super easy for you. Here is what you have to do in a 4-5 step instruction manual

1. Delete your existing Adsense account after collecting all of your payments or at least be willing to sacrifice them because if they will not match the minimum transaction amount, you will either have to wait, earn more and then collect or again, as I said, sacrifice it.
2. Complete the deleting process
3. Go to the blogger earnings tab and click the Apply button, if it's not there then go straight to https://www.google.com/adsense/signup?hl=en&subid=ww-ww-org-signup&signup=rs. There might be a few re-directions depending upon your situation. Afterward, your site address may already be entered in the form or you may have to enter it, chances are that it will already be entered. (If you are having some problems with this step then please feel free to ask in the comments).
4. After you fill out the form hit the submit button.
5. You might not be approved for AdSense in your very first try, if you get a rejection email, try to fix all the problems and repeat steps 3 and 4. Don't feel bad about It. I went through the same problem.

Now To Link Your YouTube Account with Your AdSense Account

After you get approved, you still have to link your AdSence account with your YouTube account. Now, for this, you have to follow some much easier steps (They are as easy as ABC's).

1. Log into your YouTube account and go to the MY CHANNEL tab.
2. Go to the Video Manager link somewhere on the top of your page.
3. In the Video Manager page, follow this chain of links CHANNEL > STATUS AND FEATURES
4. In the list of features, the first thing listed is Monetization, It should look something like this. Click on the 2nd link which says relink AdSense account. 
   
   
   
5. When you click on it, you will see this notice "If you would like to update your AdSense account, click the "Change" button below. You will be redirected to AdSense and once you have completed the process, you will be redirected back to YouTube." So click on the Change Button.
6. You will be redirected to fill out the form, once you do so, wait. After a while, you will receive an email congratulating you for completing your process.

UPDATE - I have completed this entire process and I finally got signed up for AdSense. The thing I did was to delete my account, reactivate it, go to blogger earnings, go to the bottom of the page, and click switch AdSense account. From there you can create a new AdSense account, complete the process, and done, your AdSense account is at your beck and call.