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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…

We’re excited to announce the release of an updated version of our custom video player, known as the Mediavine Video Player 2.0. As we’ve noted in our Go for Teal video series, we’re making 2018 the year of video at Mediavine, and the Video Player 2.0 is a big reason for…

Today on the blog, we’re spotlighting Mediavine publisher Alexis Schroeder of Fitnancials, where she covers all things fitness and finance, with some travel and health thrown in. She may still be in college, but she’s an experienced publisher from a blogging family, as you’ll read more about below. Welcome, Alexis! Thank…

We’re excited to announce some exciting changes to the loyalty program at Mediavine, which began in 2016 as a way to reward and thank the publishers that helped get us to where we are. Unfortunately, our system – designed around similar loyalty-type programs that essentially provide a cash-back reward at the…