I still don't know if I have been accepted in to the YouTube Partners program, but I recently received an email stating that YouTube would like to place ads next to one of my popular videos and share ad revenue with me. Fine. That's awesome. So... what do I need to have to get money from the ad? I need an adsense account. OK, cool, I can get one of those. Let's go sign up.

I signed up for the Adsense account (using my primary email address, and also using my http://obviouslybenhughes.com as the website I would be placing ads on) and was denied. Alright, I guess I'll apply again and use my YouTube address as my website. That must be why my application was denied. Let's try again.

Oh, what's this? I can't apply a second time using the email address I always use? Ugh. Fiiine, I'll use my school email address. But what if that one gets denied? I have my Movlogger email, and my original Gmail address, but those are both most likely linked to my old YouTube accounts (which I would prefer to not drudge up in the middle of my Partnership application process, considering the strikes against those accounts...)

I suppose I could use my Yahoo address if I need to apply yet again, but all of this tediousness could probably be easily avoided if YouTube made one improvement: allow content creators of the site to have AdSense account automatically which is linked to their YouTube account. Once they are offered partial or full revenue sharing, these accounts would be automatically created and given to them, and they could then choose whether or not they add their own personal website to the account for in-site ad placement as well.

Doesn't that sound like a much better idea?