What are resource(s), its categories, its particular set of resources in terms of fixing the issue of Limited Ad Serving in AdSense
"AdSense resources explained: websites, YouTube, apps, their sets, categories & how they impact Limited Ad Serving issues."
This blog post is about AdSense's resource(s), categories of those resource(s) and not to mention, the particular sets of those resource(s). You must be aware of them as they are the ones which we have to investigate in order to properly and successfully fix the limited ad serving's issue of AdSense.
All the info that I'm about to share with you, you can 100% rely on it as I'm sharing this info, after practically applying it on my clients' AdSense accounts and not to mention successfully fixing them each and everytime. Did I mention that I've 7 years of practical experience in fixing it?
By the way, this blog post falls under our full guide on how to fix the limited ad serving issue of your AdSense account on your own. If you haven't read it then take it as my recommendation and must read it.
What is a resource?
In AdSense, a resource (also called a property) is anything you connect to your account in order to show ads and earn money.
In simple words, it’s the platform where ads appear for your visitors or users.
For example:
- A website linked to your AdSense account
- A YouTube channel linked to your AdSense account
- An app connected through AdMob
What are Resources?
In AdSense, when you connect one or more resources (such as websites, YouTube channels, or apps) to your account, they are referred to as resources.
For example:
- Multiple websites linked to your account
- Multiple YouTube channels linked to your account
- Multiple apps connected through AdMob
(Even a single website, YouTube channel, or app is a resource — and when there are many, they are collectively called resources.)
Categorization of resources
Inside your AdSense account, irrespective of the order, the resources are divided into 3 different categories:
- Websites
- YouTube channels
- Apps
This means:
- All the websites linked to your AdSense account fall under one category.
- All the YouTube channels linked to your AdSense account fall under another category.
- And the same goes for apps – they also have their own category.
So basically, no matter how many resources you connect, they are always separated into these three groups inside your AdSense account.
Particular set of resources:
Websites:
Under the umbrella of resources of websites, In your AdSense account, a website is considered as a resource. But a particular set of resources of "website," gets formed/considered when there are more than 1 websites connected to your AdSense account.
For example
Scenario no. 1
Suppose you have an AdSense account and inside of it, you have only connected 1 website, in this scenario, we'll say that there's only 1 resource which we'll call the resource of website.
Scenario no. 2
Suppose you have an AdSense account and inside of it, you have connected more than 1 website. So, in this scenario we'll say that there is a particular set of resource and we'll call it, the particular set of resource of website.
YouTube Channels:
Similarly, under the umbrella of resources of YouTube channels, a YouTube channel is also considered a resource. But a particular set of resources of "YouTube channels," gets formed/considered when there are more than 1 YouTube channels connected to your AdSense account.
Apps:
You should know that to withdraw money earned from apps, you need an AdMob account, and it must be connected to your AdSense account.
Once AdMob is properly linked with AdSense, then inside your AdSense account, a new resource known as "Apps" gets created and along with it a “particular set of resources of apps” gets created automatically only when you link more than 1 apps in your AdMob account. So, Inside of your AdMob account:
- If you have only one app, it is treated as a single resource in your AdSense account as well.
- If you have more than 1 apps, they are treated as a set of resources (apps) in your AdSense account as well.
AdMob manages all the details of apps under its side, but whenever there’s a “limited ad serving” issue, it only applies to the "particular set of resources of apps" (not websites or YouTube).
In simple words: once your AdMob and AdSense accounts are linked, the apps resource group is always created—whether you have one app or many. AdMob manages the apps, but your payouts always come through AdSense.
How resources impact Limited Ad Serving:
Let's keep it short and simple:
- The limited ad serving issue can be triggered by one or more resources inside a particular set of resources.
- Or, it can also be triggered by resources across multiple sets of resources at the same time.
Once triggered:
- All the other resources inside whichever set gets affected will automatically be limited too.
👉 This means: the more resources you have spread across different sets, the more complex it becomes to track down the exact resource(s) that caused the issue — and therefore, the harder it is to start fixing them.
From policies compliance and receiving payments' point of view
At the level of compliance of policies and receiving payments, AdSense manages three types of resources — along with their respective sets of resources, such as:
- Websites (and their set)
- YouTube channels (and their set)
- Apps (and their set via AdMob)
Within the AdSense ecosystem, these are collectively referred to as resource(s), depending on how many we’re talking about in a given context.
I'm making you aware of it because no matter what resource or how much of them you have, all of them are bound to follow all the policies of AdSense and its payment procedure.
To make it more easy for you, let's say you have websites then all of them are bound to directly follow all of the policies of AdSense and its payment procedure.
And for YouTube channels, they have to follow YPP policies but along with them, they are bound to indirectly follow AdSense policies and its payment procedure too. Yes, they have to follow them indirectly wherever they are applicable in their own way for YouTube channels.
Similarly, for apps, your apps must first handedly follow all the policies of AdMob but they also have to indirectly follow all the policies of AdSense and its payment procedure.
Examples:
For example, If you have an AdSense account then you must be well aware that AdSense treats each and every resource as a separate entity under their respective set, it means that AdSense notify you about limited ad serving's issue on the basis of your resources and ultimately all the resources of that specific group are bound to face it if any one of the resource of that specific group will trigger it knowingly or unknowingly.
If you still don't get it then assume that you have a resource (let's say, website) and it has more than one websites (in this scenario, it'll be considered as a set of websites) so as you have more than 1 websites and if any one of your website triggers limited ad serving's issue then in that particular set of resources of Websites, all of your websites will be facing it. If you only have 1 website then only that specific website will be facing it.
To put it more simply, let's say in your AdSense account, you have 2 websites (1st is website1.com and 2nd is website2.com) if one website gets limited ad serving's issue then the other one will also get affected.
If you still don't get it then here's more in-depth example, let's say, in your AdSense account you have 10 websites and if anyhow one of them is the one which triggers limited ad serving's issue then the rest of them will also get affected.
So, if 1 website triggers limited ad serving's issue then only all of the websites will be facing it and all of your YouTube channels and Apps will be safe and sound. But if any one of your YouTube channel will trigger the issue of limited ad serving then only all of your YouTube channels will be facing it and all of your websites and apps will be safe. Similarly, if any one of your app triggers limited ad serving's issue then only all of your apps will be facing it and all of your websites and apps will be safe.
