Law School Noob: [GUIDE] How to upload Adsense ads.txt file on Blogger if you are using GoDaddy custom domain

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

[GUIDE] How to upload Adsense ads.txt file on Blogger if you are using GoDaddy custom domain

So you have bought a custom domain name from GoDaddy to redirect your Blogspot blog from Blogger. You have added your website to Google Adsense and was approved. Then you see what is by now a familiar message on the Adsense dashboard: "Earnings at risk - You need to fix some ads.txt file issues to avoid severe impact to your revenue."

What to do now?

The solution to this problem, thankfully, is fairly easy.

ON ADSENSE DASHBOARD

Sign in to your Google Adsense dashboard.
Click the FIX NOW option at the right of the error message.
Download the ads.txt file. This file will contain the following: google.com, pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0
Copy and save the text.

ON GODADDY DASHBOARD

Sign in to your GoDaddy account.
Go to Domain Manager and select the domain name you are having issues with.
Go to DNS Management.
Add a Record.
For the Type, choose TXT and for the host, type in @.
Paste the text from the Adsense ads.txt file in the Value bar, and choose 1 hour for TTL.

If you want to see if you were able to successfully upload ads.txt in your Blogger/Blogspot blog, do the following:

In your browser's address bar, type in: yourdomainname.com/ads.txt
Obviously you need to replace "yourdomainname.com" with your own custom GoDaddy domain.
The page should show this text: google.com, pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0

That's it. It normally takes 24 hours or longer for changes in the DNS to take effect, so you may need to wait for a little while before checking back the Adsense dashboard to see if the error message has been removed and ads begin to appear on your website.

Have you tried uploading an Adsense ads.txt file on your website? How did you do it? Join in the discussion by posting a comment below.

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