Three weeks ago I described how AdSense rejected my three directory sites because they were deployed on *.vercel.app subdomains . The fix was straightforward: add custom domains, redirect, resubmit. I did that. The domains are live. On May 11th I got the results of the resubmission.

The domain filter cleared. The content filter didn't.

AdSense cited "scaled content abuse / low value content." That's the harder rejection to fight because it requires actually changing how the pages work, not just flipping a setting.

This article documents exactly what I changed and why I think it addresses the filter — with the caveat that I haven't received a re-review decision yet, so this is a hypothesis being tested rather than a confirmed fix.

What "scaled content abuse" actually means

Google's March 2024 spam update formalized what the documentation calls "sites that have been produced at scale (whether through automation or otherwise) primarily to boost search ranking." The key phrase is "primarily to boost search…