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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,…

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…

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…

In early 2018, Facebook announced that its news feed algorithm would increasingly prioritize content from “friends, family and groups,” while reducing emphasis on “businesses, brands, and media.” By doing so, the company stated that its goal is to “encourage meaningful interactions between people” and that it has a “responsibility” to ensure that…

As our publishers may have already noticed, we’ve changed up our signature health checks in your dashboard. Like everything else at Mediavine, they’re going teal. For those unfamiliar with Mediavine, our health checks involve red, yellow, and green lights which indicate how well a website is performing in various areas. Each…

We loved the opportunity to talk with Deb and Dave of the super fun adventure travel site The Planet D. Hearing the story of how they made their travel dreams a reality through a leap of faith and quitting their jobs in the film industry is inspirational, as is the way…

Even in an era where most industries and businesses rely on too many acronyms, digital advertising may take the cake. CPM, eCPM, RPM, CTR, KPI … what does it all mean? Today we’re breaking down the most basic of ad tech acronyms. The one that lays out how you earn money,…

Robots.txt, also known as the Robots Exclusion Standard or Robots Exclusion Protocol, is a text file used by websites to tell web crawlers which pages of their sites can be indexed. Translation? Google is actually reading your site via a computer program, or a crawler, which follows each link on a…

As Mediavine publishers know, in-content advertisements have been a major part of our strategy from the day we entered the ad management business. Just a few years ago, the competition focused solely on sidebar ads, and it was borderline blasphemy to consider advertising within websites’ content. However, we stuck to our…

Mediavine publisher Laurence Norah of Finding The Universe actually came to blogging from the computer tech side, which is more unusual than one might think. His technical know-how has combined with his passion for travel and photography to create an exciting and beautiful site that’s no slouch in the SEO department….

Of all the feedback we receive from prospective publishers, this question is among the most common: “Mediavine is mostly food bloggers, right? My site’s content is about much more than food. Will your advertisers still value my inventory?” The fact of the matter is that yes, food-related sites represent a huge…