How We Fixed “Low Value Content” and Got Our Blogger Site Ready for AdSense (Full Walkthrough)

By Deep Dive AI — A complete, replicable case study of taking a Blogger site that showed “Needs attention — Low value content” in AdSense, fixing crawling/indexing issues in Google Search Console, and hardening the site with trust pages, navigation, robots tags, teasers, and a sitemap. You can copy this playbook step-by-step.

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Why this post exists

We ran into the classic purgatory: the AdSense Sites screen labeled our Blogger site as Needs attention with a Low value content note, and the ads.txt status read Not found even though we’d already configured it. At the same time, Search Console kept throwing indexing errors—like “noindex detected in X‑Robots‑Tag” and occasional 5xx live-test failures—for URLs we absolutely wanted indexed.

This post documents every move we made to go from that messy state to a site that:

Surfaces clear, indexable pillar pages,
Uses teaser posts (with a Jump Break) that drive to those pillars instead of duplicating them,
Includes the trust pages reviewers look for (About, Contact, Privacy, Affiliate Disclosure) exposed in both header and footer, and
Sends clean crawl signals via robots tags and sitemap.xml.

The short version: What we changed

Trust pages + nav: Built About, Contact, Privacy Policy, and Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure as static pages and linked them top and bottom (header and footer Pages gadgets).
Pillars vs teasers: Published two pillar pages as static /p/… URLs and two short teaser posts (regular /YYYY/MM/slug.html posts) that point to the pillars and use a Jump Break.
Robots headers (global + per‑post):
- Home → all
- Archive & search → noindex + follow
- Posts & pages → all
Then ensured no per‑post noindex overrides.
Sitemap: Added https://deepdiveaipodcast.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml in Search Console and removed a stray / sitemap row.
URL Inspection: Test live URL for each pillar and teaser → fixed any noindex or 5xx anomalies → Request indexing.
Featured Post: Put a pillar teaser at the top via the Featured Post gadget to highlight depth.
Internal links: Added a See also box at the top of each pillar and linked posts → pillars and pillars ↔ pillars.
AdSense: Confirmed ads.txt (e.g., google.com, pub‑XXXXXXXX, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0) and used Check again / Request review after indexing.

Symptoms: How you know you’re in the same mess

AdSense → Sites shows Needs attention, Low value content, or ads.txt not found.
Search Console → URL Inspection shows for pages you care about:
- No: ‘noindex’ detected in X‑Robots‑Tag even if you never added a meta robots tag,
- Crawled – currently not indexed or Discovered – currently not indexed,
- or Page fetch: Failed: Server error (5xx) in live tests.
Archive/search pages appear in Google while your pillar pages don’t.

The plan: A simple, durable site structure

We used a two‑pillar framework (adapt this pattern to your niche):

Pillar A (static page): /p/how-i-turned-premiere-pro-college.html
Turn a Premiere Pro college course into a ChatGPT “Study Coach”: prompt template, folder layout, and three fixes (fade an MP3, 9:16 Auto Reframe, mass‑copy stills).
Pillar B (static page): /p/make-ai-song-lyric-video-in-afternoon.html
Make an AI song & lyric video in an afternoon (Suno → Adobe Premiere Pro): reusable prompt, captions workflow, loudness target, 16:9 + 9:16 exports.
Teaser posts (short):
- /2025/08/how-i-turned-premiere-pro-college.html → sends to Pillar A
- /2025/08/from-suno-idea-to-youtube-lyric.html → sends to Pillar B

Why it works: Pillars host the full value. Posts tease and link, keeping the homepage fresh without duplication. Archive/search pages are noindexed so they don’t compete with your good stuff.

Step 1 — Build and expose trust pages (header + footer)

Create four static Pages in Blogger:

About Deep Dive AI — who we are, what we publish, relevant links (YouTube, Spotify, store, company).
Contact — email, form link, social handles.
Privacy Policy — cookies, data, third‑party ads; reference AdSense cookies.
Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure — a clear commission statement.

Permalinks will look like: /p/about-deep-dive-ai.html, /p/contact.html, /p/privacy-policy.html, /p/affiliate-advertising-disclosure.html

Then expose them:

Layout → Header → Pages gadget → add the four pages.
Layout → Footer (or Sidebar) → Pages gadget → add them again at the bottom.
Click Save on both gadgets.

Step 2 — Create the two pillars as static pages (not posts)

In Pages create and publish:

Pillar A: How I Turned a Premiere Pro College Course into a ChatGPT “Study Coach” → /p/how-i-turned-premiere-pro-college.html
Pillar B: Make an AI Song & Lyric Video in an Afternoon (Suno → Adobe Premiere Pro) → /p/make-ai-song-lyric-video-in-afternoon.html

At the top of each pillar, add a See also box to cross‑link:

<!-- See also: Pillar #2 -->
<div style="background:#0d1117;border-left:4px solid #4aa3ff;border-radius:8px;margin:16px 0;padding:12px 14px;">
  <strong>See also:</strong>
  <a href="/p/make-ai-song-lyric-video-in-afternoon.html">Make an AI Song & Lyric Video in an Afternoon</a>
</div>

Use clear subheadings, concise steps, and internal links to relevant posts. This is the heart of your “value” claim.

Step 3 — Create two teaser posts that drive to the pillars

In Posts, create short teasers (120–180 words) with a Jump Break after the first sentence.

Example (Premiere teaser):

<p>If Premiere’s manual slows you down, here’s my step-by-step way to turn it into a ChatGPT “Study Coach.”</p>
<!--more-->
<p>Inside: my exact system prompt, folder layout, and three real fixes: fade an MP3 cleanly, Auto Reframe to 9:16, and mass-copy stills. Read the full walkthrough here →
<a href="/p/how-i-turned-premiere-pro-college.html">How I Turned a Premiere Pro College Course into a ChatGPT “Study Coach”</a>.</p>

Labels: Adobe Premiere Pro, AI Workflow, Suno

Why: The Jump Break keeps the homepage snippet tight and avoids duplicating the full pillar on the index page.

Step 4 — Robots: set global headers once, then verify per‑page

In Blogger → Settings → Crawlers and indexing:

Enable custom robots header tags → ON.
Set each section by clicking into it:
- Home page tags → all (leave noindex/nofollow off)
- Archive & search page tags → noindex + follow
- Post & page tags → all (leave noindex/nofollow off)

Then check per‑page overrides:

Edit each pillar page and each teaser post → right sidebar Custom robots tags.
Prefer default checked (inherits the global “index”).
If in doubt, uncheck default, toggle all ON, confirm noindex/nofollow are OFF → Update.

This is where we caught the issue on two Premiere URLs—after forcing all and updating, Search Console live tests flipped to “Indexing allowed? Yes.”

Step 5 — Add the sitemap and clean old entries

In Search Console → Sitemaps → submit sitemap.xml.
If there’s a stray / entry with an error, remove it.
Open the new row: status should be Success (or Pending initially).

Quick check: open https://deepdiveaipodcast.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml in your browser and confirm it lists your posts/pages.

Step 6 — Live‑test and request indexing (the right way)

In Search Console → URL Inspection, for each of these four URLs:

https://deepdiveaipodcast.blogspot.com/p/how-i-turned-premiere-pro-college.html (Premiere pillar)
https://deepdiveaipodcast.blogspot.com/p/make-ai-song-lyric-video-in-afternoon.html (Suno pillar)
https://deepdiveaipodcast.blogspot.com/2025/08/how-i-turned-premiere-pro-college.html (Premiere teaser)
https://deepdiveaipodcast.blogspot.com/2025/08/from-suno-idea-to-youtube-lyric.html (Suno teaser)

Paste the full URL → click Test live URL.
Check Page availability:
- If it says Indexing allowed? Yes, click Request indexing.
- If it says No: ‘noindex’ detected…, fix per‑item robots (set all), Update, then test live again.
- If it shows Server error (5xx), wait 10–30 min and test live again (transient hiccup).

Step 7 — Featured Post and internal links

Layout → Page Body → Featured Post gadget → select a teaser post for a pillar; drag the gadget above “Blog Posts”.
Every new post: include 2–3 descriptive internal links to the pillars.
Each pillar: keep the See also box near the top linking to the other pillar.

Step 8 — Submit to AdSense (again)

Confirm /ads.txt returns your AdSense line (e.g., google.com, pub‑8447167276229522, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0).
In AdSense → Sites → click Check again and Request review / I’m ready when available.
(Optional) Account → Seller information visibility → set to Transparent.

Before/After: What changed in our signal

Before

Pillars existed but weren’t clearly exposed in header/footer.
Search pages cluttered the index.
Some items sent a noindex header via inherited settings.
Sitemap misconfigured (/ row).
AdSense flagged Low value content.

After

Pillars are static pages with header + footer exposure.
Teasers are short, use Jump Break, and link to pillars.
Robots headers: Home = all, Archive/Search = noindex + follow, Posts/Pages = all.
Each pillar/teaser shows Indexing allowed? Yes and has Indexing requested.
Sitemap is the official sitemap.xml.
Trust pages visible at top and bottom.
AdSense receives a cleaner, deeper site.

Copy‑This snippets & templates

Teaser post template (120–180 words)

<p>If [pain point], here’s my step-by-step way to [core outcome].</p>
<!--more-->
<p>Inside: [3–4 value bullets]. Read the full walkthrough here →
<a href="/p/[your-pillar-slug].html">[Pillar Title]</a>.</p>

See‑also box for pillars

<div style="background:#0d1117;border-left:4px solid #4aa3ff;border-radius:8px;margin:16px 0;padding:12px 14px;">
  <strong>See also:</strong>
  <a href="/p/[other-pillar].html">[Other Pillar Title]</a>
</div>

Robots quick‑reference (Blogger)

Settings → Crawlers and indexing
- Home page tags → all
- Archive & search page tags → noindex + follow
- Post & page tags → all
Per‑item (Pages/Posts → edit → Custom robots tags) → prefer default (inherits index); if stubborn, set all.

Troubleshooting table

Symptom in URL Inspection (live test)	Likely Cause	Fix
No: ‘noindex’ detected in X‑Robots‑Tag	Per‑item robots override, or Post/Page group mis‑set	In the item: Custom robots tags → default (or `all`), make sure `noindex`/`nofollow` are OFF. In Settings → Crawlers and indexing, confirm Post & page tags = all. Update → test live again → request indexing.
Page fetch: Failed: Server error (5xx)	Transient live‑test hiccup	Wait 10–30 minutes, Test live URL again, then Request indexing.
Discovered – currently not indexed	Not enough internal links / weak signals	Add the pillar to Featured Post, link to the pillar from teasers and at least one other post, add See also cross‑pillar links, submit the sitemap.
ads.txt not found	Missing at root	Blogger → Settings → Monetization → Custom ads.txt → paste your AdSense line; then re‑check at `/ads.txt`. Use Check again in AdSense.
Low value content in AdSense	Thin utility posts, archive/search indexed, missing trust pages	Noindex archive/search, surface pillars, add About/Contact/Privacy/Disclosure in header+footer, keep teasers short and link to pillars.

SEO touch‑ups that help reviewers

Search description (meta) for each pillar and teaser (~150–160 chars).
Alt text for images/illustrations.
Author line with a brief bio + link to About.
Consistent internal anchor text (e.g., “Premiere Study Coach prompt”, “AI lyric video workflow”).

A 15‑minute “repeat this later” checklist

Write a new pillar (static Page) with real depth.
Write a teaser post that links to the pillar; add Jump Break.
Add a See also box to the pillar linking another pillar.
Custom robots check: keep default (index) or all; never noindex.
URL Inspection → Test live → Request indexing.
Add the pillar to Featured Post for a week; rotate later.
Add 2–3 internal links from the latest post to relevant pillars.

What we learned (so you don’t have to)

Blogger’s robots headers are powerful—and easy to mis‑set. Most issues came from per‑page overrides not inheriting the global index.
Teasers are tiny on purpose. If a post mirrors a page 1:1, reviewers may call it thin or duplicative.
Trust pages must be obvious. Put them top and bottom.
Search Console live test is your friend. Trust the “Indexing allowed?” line.
Sitemaps matter. Use the XML and remove placeholder rows.
Featured Post is a quiet UX/SEO boost: it says “this is our best content.”

Final notes for AdSense readiness

Keep publishing: add 2–3 supporting posts (800–1,200 words) that solve specific sub‑tasks from your pillars.
Maintain consistency: every new post should link up to a pillar.
Monitor Search Console → Indexing → Pages; watch new URLs move to Indexed.
In AdSense, keep the site status open—click Check again after each structural improvement.

Micro FAQ

Do I need a separate robots.txt?
Blogger auto‑generates one. You generally only need Custom robots header tags (we set them above) and Custom ads.txt (your AdSense line).

Do teaser posts need images?
Not required. Keep them short and focused on sending readers to the pillar.

How long should pillars be?
As long as the solution requires. Ours are full context (1,500–3,500 words) with code, prompts, and exact steps.

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