Blog
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General Blogging
Protecting Your Content: How to Opt Out of GPTBot Web Crawling
Back to Blog • Publishers spend time creating great content that keeps readers coming back, and we know that safeguarding that content and maintaining control over how it’s used are critical concerns in today’s digital landscape. We also know that the advancement of generative AI technologies, like ChatGPT, brings up more questions than the can’t-recommend-anything-past-2021…
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General Blogging
Google’s Search Generative Experience
Back to Blog • In a blog post last week, Google announced plans to launch generative AI into Search Labs with a new product called Search Generative Experience (SGE). What exactly is SGE, and more importantly, what will it mean for content creators who rely on Google for much of (or most of) their web…
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General Blogging
5 Ways Bloggers Can Use ChatGPT to Increase Productivity
Back to Blog • Since ChatGPT’s release in November 2022, OpenAI’s prototype of generative AI — that is, artificial intelligence that can produce new content on demand — has dominated popular tech media. We’ve all seen the headlines questioning the future of organic search, the impact on creators’ livelihoods and content ownership, the challenge of…
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Mediavine
How To Use Your Blog To Build Wealth: The Steps I Took To Turn My Blog Into A Profitable Business
Back to Blog • One of our favorite parts of what we do at Mediavine is helping bloggers turn their websites into small businesses that pay off in big ways. In fact, helping bloggers build sustainable businesses is our mission. We believe in empowering people to create their own wealth on their own terms, and…
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SEO
Should I Republish Content? There’s a Better Way
Back to Blog • Whether it’s for SEO or monetization purposes, we always encourage publishers to update old content. We’ve discussed at length how specifically to update content to improve RPM and optimize for SEO, but today we’re focusing on a specific and surprisingly controversial aspect. How to handle the modified and published date may…
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Pagespeed
How to Choose Fonts for Site Speed and Accessibility
Back to Blog • Call me a typography nerd, but choosing brand fonts is always my favorite part of the design process. Typography, the study of fonts and the way letters are designed has long been pivotal in providing readers with easy reading experiences. (Okay, yes, I am a typography nerd.) Best practices for choosing…
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General Blogging
The Latest Web Accessibility Case And Why It Matters
Back to Blog • Today we’re excited to host Jamie Lieberman of Hashtag Legal on the Mediavine blog to explain the latest web accessibility case and why it matters to publishers. On April 7, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit, in a case called Gil. v. Winn Dixie Stores, handed down a very significant ruling in the…
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Mediavine
Core Web Vitals: Google Page Experience Checklist For Bloggers
Back to Blog • Updated 8/30/2021 – The Trellis Open Beta is now available to all! Turbocharge your WordPress site and conquer those Core Web Vital scores with the theme built for speed. Learn more or get Trellis now! The much-discussed Google Page Experience update is set to hit next month (May 2021) and with…
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SEO
How to Make A Google Web Story
Back to Blog • Eric recently told you about Google Web Stories — a fun and actionable way to get new readers to your site through Google Discover, a feed reader anyone can use. Today I’m going to teach you how to make one. As an avid Android user, Google Discover is one of the…
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SEO
Google Web Stories SEO: What You Need to Know
Back to Blog • 2022 Update: For the most up to date information from Mediavine about Google Web Stories, please read our Web Stories FAQ. As you may have heard in the news or from other publishers, Google’s AMP story format has recently been rebranded. Welcome, Google Web Stories! Stories are all the rage online…
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Diversity
How To Do A Diversity Audit
Back to Blog • This year has definitely shaken up a lot of things in the world — starting with a very unexpected global pandemic. Unfortunately, many people have been faced with life-altering challenges and situations. This is absolutely evident when it comes to the extreme racial injustices Black people continue to experience and are forced…
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Mediavine
How to Create an Editorial Calendar that Balances Your Creative Passion with SEO
Back to Blog • Editorial calendars are tantamount to creating successful blog content. Here are four steps to planning a successful content calendar. If you already have a content calendar, then you know that they are a great way to keep track of upcoming content on your blog. This post will help you add some…