Eric Hochberger

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    Mediavine

    Mediavine Exchange Goes Global with First International Data Center

    Back to Blog • Attention, Mediavine publishers with web traffic coming from Europe: We hope you’re sitting down, because we’ve got some exciting news for you. No, it’s not GDPR related, we promise. We mean actual good news — a rarity when it comes to advertising in Europe — in the expansion of the Mediavine…

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    SEO

    Should You Delete Content or Just Stop Linking? An SEO Dilemma

    Back to Blog • If you’re a new blogger, bookmark this and come back in a few years. But if you’ve been blogging for awhile, you may have already asked yourself this SEO question: Should you delete content that’s old and/or not doing a lot for you? Looking for a quick answer? Sorry. We’re going…

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    Video

    Universal Player: One Video Solution to Rule Them All

    Back to Blog • It’s no secret that we are huge proponents of video at Mediavine. Publishers who embrace video can earn much higher advertising revenue, reap the SEO benefits and even offer a great experience for users if they take the right steps. However, we’re also aware that video presents challenges. Creating videos worth…

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    Pagespeed

    Mediavine Core Web Vitals Update: What You Need to Know

    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-anticipated (or at least much-talked-about) Google Page Experience algorithm is officially in effect as of…

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    Ad Settings

    Desktop Interstitial Ads Are Live: Should You Enable Them?

    Back to Blog • As you know, Mediavine recently brought back the mobile interstitial for a second act after its unspectacular debut a few years ago. Now, as promised, we’ve launched its desktop counterpart in all its glory (and scary user experiences, which we’ll touch on shortly). The New Desktop Interstitial Like the mobile interstitial,…

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    Ad Settings

    Jump to Recipe: How it Impacts Revenue … For the Better!

    Back to Blog • Bloggers are no stranger to the Jump to Recipe button, or as we sometimes call it to encompass more than just recipes, the Jump to Card button. If you’re a food or how-to blogger, you’re likely familiar with the dilemma: Writing more content before the How-To or Recipe Card improves RPM…

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    Mediavine Earns Digiday Nomination For Best First-Party Data Strategy

    Back to Blog • With the end of third-party cookies looming, it’s no secret that the industry is betting big on first-party data as the premiere solution. As such, it’s no surprise that one of the top industry publications, Digiday, has added a Best First-Party Data Strategy category to its annual awards. Today, we’re excited…

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    Pagespeed

    The Hollywood Gossip Passes Core Web Vitals: Here’s How You Can Too

    Back to Blog • As you’ve heard us talk about at length, Google is set to release its new pagespeed requirements, known as Core Web Vitals, as part of the Google Page Experience algorithm update. Originally scheduled for sometime in May, we reported last week that the update is now delayed until June to give…

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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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    Advertising

    Grow FLoC Testing Underway at Mediavine

    Back to Blog • The end of the third-party cookie is near for Chrome as Google looks to replace much of their functionality with avian-themed solutions. Third-party cookies were for the birds all along! Ornithological jokes aside, Google’s Privacy Sandbox is a series of tools designed to bridge the gap between user privacy and personalized…

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    Ad Settings

    Optimize Ads for CLS: Prepare for Google’s Page Experience Algorithm in May

    Back to Blog • With Google’s upcoming Page Experience algorithm change in May, the company finally defined the pagespeed metrics publishers must hit in the form of Core Web Vitals. These scores are measured in the real world via actual users running Google Chrome using CRUX. The three scores, which you’ve probably heard us discuss…

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    Grow and First-Party Data: Everything You Need to Know

    Back to Blog • By now, this should be a familiar refrain: Third-party cookies are going away, and taking with them most of our industry’s ability to personalize ads and measure performance. The million dollar question: What do we do about it? In preparation for a world without third-party cookies, Google and other industry players…