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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…