General Blogging
Dec. 6, 2023: This blog post has been updated to reflect the sale of Grow Social and Grow Social Pro to NerdPress. The plugin is now called Hubbub; more information about the sale can be found on our Hubbub landing page. What are the top 3 mistakes bloggers make on Pinterest?…
General Blogging
What is Q2? By definition, Q2 is the second quarter of the year. Technically, Q2 stands for “quarter two.” When it comes to advertising, there’s a lot more to Q2 than meets the eye. When is Q2? Q2 is the tax quarter of the year that includes the months of April,…
Advertising
This may sound odd coming from an advertising management company, but if you’re wondering whether you should put ads on your website, our answer is that it depends. This is due to a lot of different components. This may sound odd coming from an advertising management company, but if you’re wondering…
General Blogging
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. This is the opinion of one person who has been blogging a long time, and working with other bloggers for almost as long. As bloggers, many of us have shared this experience: You’re cruising around the internet and then…
Advertising
Warning: AAOA! (Advertising Acronym Overload Ahead!) As Mediavine’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Revenue, I can tell you that Private Marketplace, or PMP deals, are an important but somewhat lesser-known aspect of programmatic advertising. Warning: AAOA! (Advertising Acronym Overload Ahead!) As Mediavine’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Revenue, I…
General Blogging
Updated December 2023 Are you struggling to understand sessions, user and pageview metrics in Google Analytics 4? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is the new way to measure your website traffic. It’s more powerful and flexible than Universal Analytics, and designed to help you understand your users…
General Blogging
Don’t let blog graphics keep you from taking your brand to the next level — instead, try one of these easy graphic design tools recommended by Mediavine’s Graphic Design Specialist. As bloggers, we wear all the hats. Sure, when we started our sites we thought we’d be writers and photographers, in…
General Blogging
In my last post, I introduced the basic concepts of website accessibility, and how making your website more accessible will benefit everyone. Based on that, here are six accessibility improvements that you can work on for your site right away. In my last post, I introduced the basic concepts of website…
Interview
I know we say this often, but it’s true: Our Mediavine publishers are incredible! Besides being hard working, they are often willing to provide tips and advice, while sharing their expertise to help others learn and grow. I know we say this often, but it’s true: Our Mediavine publishers are incredible!…
General Blogging
I’ve been a blogger since 2006, so I’ve read quite a lot of blog posts before and after that time. I also had a previous career as a copyeditor, which means that many of the posts I’ve read (including my own) have made me cringe at the errors. I’ve been a…
General Blogging
Mediavine Income Reports are kind of an awesome thing. We don’t ever ask or expect our publishers to write them, but we think income reports, along with Mediavine reviews, are incredibly helpful to the blogging world. Mediavine Income Reports are kind of an awesome thing. We don’t ever ask or expect…
Accessibility
When I first started learning about website accessibility, I thought of it the way most people do — assuming that it’s about making websites more usable for people with disabilities. I quickly learned that this is only partially correct. When I first started learning about website accessibility, I thought of it…