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    General Blogging

    Manage The Blogging Chaos

    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:…

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    Advertising

    How Many Ads Does Mediavine Run?

    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…

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    WordPress Plugins

    Selecting a Host

    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…

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    Analytics

    Google Analytics and GDPR Compliance: What You Need to Do

    With the May 25 compliance date fast approaching, you’ve likely received several confusing emails from Google regarding how to ensure that Google Analytics is compliant with Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for your users in the EU. Before we break this down for you, make sure you’ve read this helpful GDPR guide for…

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    General Blogging

    Blogging Platforms: Deciding To Make The Move

    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…

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    Advertising

    GDPR Compliance For Advertisements

    The enforcement date of the European Union’s GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, is coming up in just a few short weeks on May 25, 2018. Many of you may be wondering why the digital advertising industry has been scrambling in recent months, and you’re only hearing about this now. The…

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    Advertising

    Mediavine: The Force That Awakens Ad Ops Success

    Greetings, readers, on this fourth day of May, also known for the past few decades as Star Wars Day. (If you don’t get it, we apologize for the many quotes and references to come.) A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, an evil empire of corporations ruled the…

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    Advertising

    Mediavine is For Big Publishers (and Smaller Blogs, Too)

    Mediavine has always prided itself on inclusivity. If you’re a publisher with great, original content who’s looking to grow your site with a holistic approach to advertising, we welcome you. Whether you have our minimum traffic requirement of just 50,000 sessions per month, or 10-20 times that, you can expect the…

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    GDPR For Publishers: What You Need to Know

    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…

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    Go for Teal

    No More Excuses: It’s Time to Go Secure with SSL!

    Let’s cut right to the chase: It’s time for every Mediavine publisher to go SSL. This July, with Chrome Version 68, Google will begin marking non-SSL sites – or sites beginning with http:// instead of https:// – as “Not Secure” at the top of the address bar. As of right now,…

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    Advertising

    Mobile Ads 101

    It’s no secret that mobile technology has changed the world in which we live, and advances in communications continue to alter the landscape every day. A study by the Pew Research Center revealed that 95% of Americans own a mobile phone, and 77% of them smartphones, a figure that has doubled…

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    Advertising

    Who Owns Mediavine?

    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…