General Blogging
Back to Blog • There’s no question that working from home has advantages. We wear our pajama pants to virtual meetings, make our own hours and can do a load of laundry in the middle of the work day. But if you’re anything like the Mediavine team, it can also come with a big challenge:…
Advertising
Back to Blog • We’ve gotten a lot of questions lately about the new Coalition for Better Ads in-content logic — how it works, why we changed to offer this new logic, and just how many ads Mediavine publishers are running now. Let’s break it down. Coalition for Better Ads Mediavine is a member of…
WordPress Plugins
Back to Blog • Choosing a hosting company is an important decision for any website owner. There are tons of options out there, and it can definitely be daunting (even though many hosting companies would like you to think it is easy). WordPress is available to set up in almost any hosting plan, with almost…
General Blogging
Back to Blog • Choosing a blogging platform is one of the most fundamental decisions a publisher must make, which means switching platforms is a pretty big deal. So when Mediavine publisher/Computer Scientist Laurence Norah of the gorgeous travel blog Finding The Universe volunteered to document his site migration from Blogger to WordPress for us, we…
Advertising
Back to Blog • We know that publishers everywhere are confused by GDPR and what it means for them, so we asked Jamie Lieberman of Hashtag Legal to break down GDPR in clear, straightforward fashion. NOTE: We’re currently working on a custom solution for Mediavine publishers that will allow for explicit consent (as Jamie discusses…
Advertising
Back to Blog • We get asked a lot who owns Mediavine, whether it is publicly owned, or part of a bigger media group funded by investors. The answer – which is the same today as it has been for the last 19 years – may surprise you! Mediavine was founded as a publishing company…
Advertising
Back to Blog • The design of your site is everything. That’s your logo, your website layout, even your fonts and colors. All of it plays a big part in how your brand comes off to readers and potential sponsors. Your website is your storefront, and how it looks makes all the difference in getting…
Traffic Growth
Back to Blog • Recently, Pinterest soft launched a mode in their mobile app that would allow readers to see the entire recipe from a food site without actually visiting the site. Content creators everywhere went a little bit bananas, and rightly so. After all, that takes away a session, any ad views, and in…
Mediavine Conference
Back to Blog • Kirsten Oliphant recently spoke at the Mediavine Publisher Conference with Mary Younkin on how to make the most out of your email lists and newsletter audience. Kirsten is sharing more tips with you here, along with our video of the full conference presentation. -Amber Keeping up with every new social platform…
Advertising
Back to Blog • Let’s start with the big question. What IS RPM, anyway? It’s a tool. A tool to analyze how your ads are performing. It’s not the rate at which they’re earning, like CPM. It’s a math equation to help you analyze overall earning performance. We even know some people that calculate their…
Advertising
Back to Blog • From the beginning of Mediavine Publisher Network, we have tried to be as inclusive as possible. That has always included taking on sites who had a previous AdSense ban, if we could. The problem here is that AdSense bans almost always mean that the domain is also banned from Google’s other…
Pagespeed
Back to Blog • It’s no secret that we’re big on holistic site success at Mediavine. The better your site performs in every aspect, the better your ads perform. That’s actually been a founding principle of our company. We often seek to partner with companies that share this vision, like Once Coupled. It’s also why…