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It’s the thick of summer, and while it might be hard to keep your vegetable garden alive in this heat, Mediavine’s garden of publishers is just growing and growing. We absolutely love watching our publishers nurture and cultivate the seeds of their blog and help them to flower into a sustainable…

“Mediavine is mostly for small bloggers and food sites, right?” Of all the questions we’ve received from prospective publishers over the years, this is one of the most common. While we are a force in this space (as Mediavine’s ComScore can attest), our holistic approach to ad management extends beyond food…

In the digital advertising world, DSP stands for Demand-Side Platform. In English, a Demand-Side Platform is cloud software that allows advertisers or ad agencies to purchase and manage digital ad campaigns, in real time, across millions of websites. In the digital advertising world, DSP stands for Demand-Side Platform. In English, a…

Mediavine has always been a vocal advocate for, and ardent proponent of ad quality and balancing user experience with ad revenue. Mediavine has always been a vocal advocate for, and ardent proponent of ad quality and balancing user experience with ad revenue. Back to Blog • Back to Blog • Mediavine…

It’s no secret that Mediavine doesn’t fill ads at a 100% rate. We’ve even been so bold as to say that 100% fill rate is actually a bad thing. It’s no secret that Mediavine doesn’t fill ads at a 100% rate. We’ve even been so bold as to say that 100%…

Fine, we admit it: Talking about ads can be boring. The functioning and monetization of our modern system of digital advertising is complex and explaining it can cause the eyes to glaze over of even the most interested people. Fine, we admit it: Talking about ads can be boring. The functioning…

Updated August 4, 2025: This post has been refreshed with the latest data, seasonal strategies, and revenue insights to help you prep for Q4 and beyond. Wondering why your ad revenue ebbs and flows throughout the year? That’s because ad revenue is deeply affected by seasonality. Advertisers adjust their spending based…

Since the very early days of Mediavine offering ad management solutions to publishers, ad quality has been a core focus and a top priority. From sandboxed SafeFrames preventing intrusive mobile redirects to our exclusive custom opt out settings, we’ve built many aspects of our technology specifically with ad quality in mind….

Update: The Create WordPress plugin has been acquired by one of its original engineers, John-Michael (JM) L’Allier. Now independently managed, Create remains in active development and continues to serve publishers under JM’s leadership. If you have any questions, please visit https://create.studio or email support@create.studio. As you’ve heard us mention before, Create offers amazing…

The mission of all bloggers is to help people live their lives to the fullest by sharing their expertise and this definitely extends to the business of blogging. The mission of all bloggers is to help people live their lives to the fullest by sharing their expertise and this definitely extends…

Sponsored content is an important piece of the revenue puzzle for so many of our publishers. Some truly enjoy creating branded content, some see it more as a necessary evil. Sponsored content is an important piece of the revenue puzzle for so many of our publishers. Some truly enjoy creating branded…

We’ve talked a lot about how the Mediavine Video Player helps monetize videos, but did you know that if used correctly, it can also be a SEO tool that boosts your search engine results? So how does that work? How can you optimize the player for SEO? Glad you asked! Google Video Search…