AmyLangfield.com: No Longer Irrelevant
In January, I tried to place Google text advertisements on this site, but was rejected from their AdSense program with this explanation:

Personal or chat site: We don't currently accept personal or chat websites into the AdSense program. We've found that we're unable to deliver relevant ads to such pages, resulting in less return for our advertisers.

Matt Welch noted that most of his favorite sites were probably "too personal and irrelevant" for GoogleAds."

Lately I've noticed a lot of Google ads showing up on blogs that are far more "personal" than mine, so i submitted my site again, but this time via my new Google Gmail account. Now, I'm in.

We received your new application and while reviewing it, we found your previous application you submitted in January. At that time we were unable to accept personal sites. As we grow, we are able to include a wider range of publishers and content. We're happy to inform you that your site, www.amylangfield.com, has been approved to run in our AdSense program.

- posted by Amy @ 4/23/2004 11:17:00 AM