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Back to Blog • The sidebar is always one of the most obsessed-over components of web publishing, but as with everything else in the blogging world, times are changing. Ten years ago, the original iPhone had just been released. In 2018, desktop traffic is hard to come by. Upwards of 80% of your readers likely…
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Back to Blog • We’re excited to announce that an oft-requested feature is coming to the Mediavine video player, one appropriately titled Up Next. We’re excited to announce that an oft-requested feature is coming to the Mediavine video player, one appropriately titled Up Next. Back to Blog • Back to Blog • We’re excited to…
Increasing RPM
Back to Blog • You may have noticed from our Go for Teal content that formatting your content to better reflect how people consume content online is a recurring theme. Techniques such as writing shorter sentences and paragraphs, using headings, formatting posts like an outline, and adding more images all help keep users engaged. Today,…
Go for Teal
Back to Blog • When writing for the web, remember that readers will be skimming, not reading every word. On average, your users will read only about 20% of the content on your page. We’ve talked about online audience behavior at length in the past, and it’s why both Google and Usability.gov encourage you to…
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Back to Blog • Nearly a year in the making, Mediavine’s new ad tech, or Script Wrapper 2.0, is officially live! Uh… What the Heck is the Script Wrapper? The script wrapper is our core piece of advertising technology, allowing us to deliver billions of ad impressions across thousands of websites and continually optimize them….
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Back to Blog • If you’re signed up for Google Search Console, you may have recently received an email from Google pertaining to mobile-first indexing. First, if you haven’t signed up for Google Search Console, do so IMMEDIATELY. Previously known as Webmaster Tools, Google Search Console allows Google to communicate with you directly and offer…
General Blogging
Back to Blog • Just last week, we talked about the advantages of writing shorter paragraphs and shorter sentences when it comes to producing content that will maximize your RPM. But to be clear, that doesn’t mean shorter articles. If there’s one pitfall we often see on the content front, it’s that publishers simply don’t have…
Go for Teal
Back to Blog • If you’ve been following my recent articles on how to improve your RPM, then hopefully by now you have a nice large, mobile-friendly font size and line height. Now that your increased font size and spacing have optimized your text for readability and earning potential, it’s time to do the same…
Go for Teal
Back to Blog • I know what you’re thinking. Another post about optimizing the words and spacing in your content after our novel on why you should increase font size? Yes. Line Height is worth its own article. Another oft-overlooked aspect of CSS and website design, line height can have a big impact on your…
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Back to Blog • Having published a guide to Mediavine video content capabilities last week, today we’re breaking down how things work under the hood for every video unit that’s sold on your site. As we’ve said more than a few times, 2018 is the year of video at Mediavine, and like our display and…
Increasing RPM
Back to Blog • Updated September 2023 A frequent question we’re asked by Mediavine publishers is how many images you should run in a particular post. Short answer: As many as you possibly can. Okay, that was lame. We can do better: As many as your content will justify. Okay, still lame, but the takeaway…
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Back to Blog • Viewability is one of the biggest digital ad trends of the last several years. So what is ad viewability as it pertains to digital ads and how do you improve it? What is viewability? The authorities on digital ads, known as the Interactive Advertising Bureau or IAB, set the standard for…