The Mediavine Team

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    Advertising

    Who Owns Mediavine?

    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…

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    Advertising

    Don’t Rebrand — Redesign! Here’s how to choose an ad-friendly theme

    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…

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    Traffic Growth

    Why Site Speed Is Driving Everyone’s Development Decisions

    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…

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    Mediavine Conference

    Newsletter Lessons You Can Use: 7 Steps to Grow Your Email Marketing Presence

    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…

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    Advertising

    RPM Optimization is Something You Work For: The Myth of the Magic Button

    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 who calculate their…

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    Advertising

    Google AdSense Bans and Mediavine

    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…

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    Pagespeed

    Mediavine and Once Coupled

    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…

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    SEO

    Google PageSpeed: Optimize Images with Short Pixel

    Back to Blog • As a food blogger, my site was always super image-heavy. I use 3-4 photos per post in most instances, and they are all large. The imagery is what made me fall in love with this business to begin with, so maintaining the quality of those images I worked so hard on…

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    Advertising

    Mediavine and ZergNet Traffic Exchange Partnership!

    Back to Blog • The ZergNet Traffic Exchange is no longer available to new Mediavine publishers. Existing publishers using the service will still have access. Please email publishers@mediavine.com with any specific questions.  Our focus remains on finding ways to enhance your business. We appreciate your support as we continually refine our services to better meet your…

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    SEO

    The Ultimate Easy SEO Checklist

    Back to Blog • Use this quick and easy SEO checklist every time you write a blog post to make sure you are making the most of every pageview, every single time. The Ultimate Easy SEO Checklist Use Mediavine’s ultimate easy SEO checklist to make search engine optimization easy and fast. SEO used to seem…

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    Interview

    Blogger Interview: Mel Gunnell of Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

    Back to Blog • Today we are chatting with Mel Gunnell, of none other than Mel’s Kitchen Cafe. I’ve been a big fan for a long time of this blog in particular, and she was one of the sites that really inspired me to start a food blog of my own. She started blogging way…

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    Advertising

    Is Mediavine for Big Bloggers?

    Back to Blog • (Editor’s Note: If you’re interested in applying Mediavine Ad Management, please review our updated requirements concerning sessions and Google Analytics 4.) When we launched Mediavine, one thing that was important to us was to be as inclusive as possible. (Editor’s Note: If you’re interested in applying Mediavine Ad Management, please review…