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When you think of SEO, you generally don’t think of ads. With good reason. By definition, advertising runs counter to the goals of optimizing for SEO, a process which relies on a focus on your content and user experience. However, as an ad management company that started as an SEO marketing…

What in the world is caching and why should I care? Let’s start with a story. Imagine you go to a restaurant. It’s your first time, so you sit down at your table and look through the menu. You’re reading the instructions of this restaurant. What in the world is caching…

As many Mediavine publishers know, one of the features of the Mediavine video player is our highly-viewable, desktop video player which sticks in place on readers’ screens as they browse. Formerly called our “sticky video player,” this unit is now part of the standard features for the Mediavine video player and…

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. BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 17, 2018 — Create by Mediavine®,…

At Mediavine, our mission is to build sustainable businesses for content creators. We are uniquely qualified to do this because we’ve done it for ourselves. Mediavine has been an Internet publisher since 2004, and as a result, we’ve seen our business grow from both the ground up and the top down….

One of our favorite attributes that all Mediavine publishers share is that in one way or another, they are all chasing their dreams. Whether it’s in health and fitness like Christel from Diabetes Strong, finance like Kelan from The Savvy Couple or a combination of things like Alexis from Fitnancials, MVPs challenge the…

While we’re all still enjoying the fruits of those high Q4 RPMs as we prepare for the holidays, we know that pesky Q1 is lurking around the corner. While we’re all still enjoying the fruits of those high Q4 RPMs as we prepare for the holidays, we know that pesky Q1…

Part of the fun of creating your own sustainable business is getting to spend any spare time however you want.  Whether that’s raising a family, a horse, a pygmy goat, five chickens and a couple dogs like our publisher Kyle James of Rather Be Shopping or acting in musical theatre like Latasha Peterson…

Despite phones getting faster and cellular connections improving by the day, optimal mobile page speed is far from guaranteed in this digital age. Many of us take reliable service and lightning speed for granted on our devices in big cities and in developed countries, but most of the world (and large…

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Mediavine publishers are simply the best. All year long, we’ve been shining the spotlight on our content creators in a multitude of niches, and it has been such a pleasure to get to know them. We’ve talked with travel bloggers like Kristin Addis…

Ever since we launched our new in-content ad logic as a Coalition for Better Ads partner, you’ve probably noticed a number of new additions to your Dashboard. Thanks to the in-content ad logic, Mediavine publishers have the ability to change ad density, the spacing between ads, and limits to the overall…

We talk a lot about ways to optimize your content for both earnings and user experience here at Mediavine. Whether it’s increasing your font size and line height, or decreasing the length of your sidebar, we have all sorts of little tips and tricks that not only enhance the time a…