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Recent coverage on the topic of generative AI has proven that human readers want content written by human creators. Machines can’t replicate the emotion, much less the level of detail, that writers sharing their lived experiences can generate when they publish their stories freely for the world to read. Our next…

The Creator-First Future campaign is about highlighting the work that publishers have done to build the open internet. They form communities and connections and are vital to the future of a free web. By creating and sharing the content that millions of people read each year, publishers from every niche imaginable…

Without creators, there is no open internet. One of our goals with the Creator-First Future campaign is to humanize the effects that changes to search algorithms or generative AI have had on publishers by sharing their stories directly with our industry partners. We also know that it’s important to share those…

“Let’s talk about politics.”  We know. This is a phrase absolutely no one wants to hear uttered around the dinner table or backyard barbecue these days. But hear us out. As the 2024 election creeps closer, it feels like you can’t escape it. Social media, billboards, bumper stickers, TV — and…

In 2023, Mediavine launched Uplift, a private marketplace that connects publishers with advertisers looking to spend with diversely-owned websites and reach diverse audiences. As the Social Impact lead for all diversity, equity and inclusion-related programming, I’m thrilled to share the news about Uplift by Mediavine’s latest strategic partnership with Sertify, one…

Did you know that one-third of internet users worldwide have tried using an ad blocker? As a result, nearly all content creators running ads on their websites are missing out on some amount of revenue thanks to the percentage of visitors using ad blockers. Fortunately, there’s a new solution available to…

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Journey by Mediavine, a new ad management solution for growing websites and the publishers behind them. What is Journey? Journey is an entirely new ad offering designed and built from the ground up as a solution for smaller publishers. Powered by Mediavine’s first-in-class ad…

When Google finally kicked off 1% of cookie deprecation at the start of 2024, this opened the door for real-time auction testing of Google’s Privacy Sandbox. Thus far, the industry as a whole has been rather quiet about their findings. For those who have shared, the results have been quite uninspiring….

You’ve got tons of people coming to your blog to grab a recipe, learn how to make faux board and batten, or find the best food to eat on their vacation to Venice. Way to go! This is great because: But do you know who they are? Wouldn’t it be great…

Algorithm updates, SEO keyword research, seasonality, the list of things to consider when you’re creating blog content is seemingly endless. And if you found this blog by asking your smart device “Hey Google, is Mediavine about to tell me something else I should optimize for in my content?” The answer is…

Third-party cookies aren’t going away until 2024, but, well, 2024 isn’t exactly far away at this point, and regardless, you need to be running Grow now.  You should be running it yesterday or last month, honestly, but we’ll settle for now. Why? There are so many reasons we made a Top…

If you watched our 2024 Product Roadmap Live Event in November, you might have seen some pretty exciting news.  We have officially reached the maximum threshold of things we can call Grow so we have made the decision to sell Grow Social to our friends at NerdPress, solidifying our long-standing collaboration…