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Don't know if it's ok to ask this question here, but I didn't know where to ask it...

I have made an app with an ad from AdMob. It works just fine, showing up in the app and everything. The problem is when I want to link my app in the AdMob interface, my app is not showing when I search the market.

But I know that it's actually on the market because I can find it when searching on play.google.com.

enter image description here This is what I want to do. It says Link your app!

Anyone else had this problem and know how to fix it?

Thanks!

It is this part that I have a problem with: enter image description here At the red arrow, where it says "Find your app in the search..." My app is not showing in the search result, but I know that it is on the market!

andysando
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  • DO you want to view statistics? – Vishal Pawale Sep 11 '13 at 06:26
  • No I want to link my app, as it says in the interface. This is my first app with ads so I'm not sure what it does, and what will happen if I don't link it. But I don't like the exclamation mark. :) – andysando Sep 11 '13 at 06:40
  • Refer this- > https://developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk/docs/admob/fundamentals?csw=1#android – Vishal Pawale Sep 11 '13 at 06:43
  • The problem isn't that the ads are not showing. The problem is that when I try to link my app, as it shows in my question above, my app on the market can't be found. I can find other apps, but not my own that I want to link this ad to. Am I clear? – andysando Sep 11 '13 at 06:47
  • Okay...Then in that case you can search your app as - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=your.package.name – Vishal Pawale Sep 11 '13 at 08:14
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    Yes I saw that information too, only problem is that information is regarding the "old" AdMob. I use the "new" AdMob (don't know the difference), and in the new version you cant find apps through the url, you have to search for it by name of publisher. My apps don't show up at all... – andysando Sep 11 '13 at 08:18
  • @andysando did you fix this? I have the same problem. – Jovan Oct 24 '13 at 11:18
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    Yes it fixed itself, I just had to wait aprox 24 hours before it appeared. Don't know why. – andysando Oct 28 '13 at 18:48

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You need to wait a little bit more after publishing your app because AdMob indexes Play store and iTunes about every 48h.

Ionut Panescu
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    Confirmed, you just really need to wait. In my case, it is now showing and ready to be "linked" after more than 2 days. – fedmich May 02 '14 at 06:58
  • Yes, this is because indexing. – Saad Bilal Oct 31 '15 at 06:49
  • if i don't link with my app .. then it would be affect my any payment ?? @Ionut – Kishan Oza Feb 23 '17 at 19:35
  • took 4 days for me. – johnborges Mar 08 '17 at 14:55
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    Well, it has been 7 days, still cannot see my app when trying to link. It is already on sale in Apple App Store. – Zhou Haibo May 08 '20 at 08:12
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    2-3 weeks and still waiting – Stefan Nov 07 '20 at 18:44
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    @Stefan, are you getting impressions? I'm waiting for 2 weeks and I get many requests but no impressions at all. – Daniel Nov 09 '20 at 17:27
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    @Daniel No, no impressions. I get requests, but they give the "No ad to show" error. I'm waiting for time to pass, so I can link my Admob app (App name -> App Settings -> Link App) with the app store app, but for now, I can't find the app... – Stefan Nov 12 '20 at 15:20
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    Confirmed! Just had to wait 18 days. Once the app will appear in the "Link your app" search, it will start showing impressions. @JoeSeifi – Stefan Nov 13 '20 at 09:09
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    I can also confirm. I had to wait 16 days for the app appear on admob. It happened yesterday. Ten hours after linking on admob it started getting impressions. – Daniel Nov 13 '20 at 19:15
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    Released my iOS app 16 days ago. I still cannot find it in AdMob. – Thomas Nov 21 '20 at 12:23
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    Is there any way to contact or raise query to AdMob? In may case its been 17 days and still its is not searchable. – Sheetal Shinde Feb 23 '21 at 12:53
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    This is a completely unacceptable situation from Google. Are they doing this on purpose for IOS apps? In 2021 taking weeks before they can link your app is unbelievably lame... – J. Volkya Mar 05 '21 at 12:17
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    It has been 5 weeks and still waiting. In this tech era, shall I go to Google HQ to manually link? – Umit Kaya May 08 '21 at 12:22
  • Its almost 2 months now, in the App store it says "ready to for sale" is this incorrect? – Xavier Van Vinken May 18 '21 at 14:04
  • my app is on App Store for more than 2 months now, and my app is only for iOS. I think Google is doing this on purpose for iOS-only apps. I think the time has come to boycott google products including Google search. its completely unacceptable situation. – Trident May 22 '21 at 18:10
  • @John Volkya this is July 2021, Admob takes 10 days. And I cannot find my app. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you – ANDYNVT Jul 05 '21 at 04:31
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My app took 2+ days to show up in Admob. Wait, it will show up. If your app name is a bit too common (like mine was "memes") - I would recommend to search by developer name. Admob will try to list all apps of that developer.

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Instead of APP name if you provide Developer name ,then it will show of list all APPs by the developer.Then select your required APP [which was not listed when searched]. Enjoy !!!!

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    No, it shows my other apps but not the new one. Apparently it can take a few weeks for Google to find your IOS app in the App Store – J. Volkya Mar 05 '21 at 12:18
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I've been able to resolve it today by pasting the full AppStore URL to that search field.

If your App is published and available in the US region, this should probably work. Note that it may take up to 24 hours for the app to be visible on AppStore after releasing.

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Make sure you publish the app for release. If your app is still in Beta it will not show up.

prosti
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  • I have just seen a game that is in beta and it shows ads. Does this rule affect only apps? – tutaf Jan 08 '21 at 14:06
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If you face issue linking your app and it takes more than 2 weeks you can contact google adMob team on google groups

Group name : Google Mobile Ads SDK Developers

Make sure you post your app details on the above group. My app was pending for 55 days and once I raised they have added my app in 24 hours.

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I have to contacted the Google Mobile Ads SDK Developers group and they quickly fixed the issue for me. Now everything works!

Tip: If you didn't find your app by the name, try the following options:

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I had the same issue. I tried searching using the App Name, it did not show. I also tried entering the full App store url and it did not work either. So to resolve it, I did this:

  1. Went to App Store Connect -> General -> App Information -> View on App Store

  2. Copied only the last 2 part of the URL https://apps.apple.com/us/app/COPIED_THE_REST_FROM_HERE.

  3. Went to AdMob and pasted the section of the URL that looks something like this: spotify-discover-new-music/id324684580.

After that it worked. If the App was just released, please wait atleast 24 hours so the App listing in the store is updated.

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