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Back to Blog • With the end of third-party cookies looming, it’s no secret that the industry is betting big on first-party data as the premiere solution. As such, it’s no surprise that one of the top industry publications, Digiday, has added a Best First-Party Data Strategy category to its annual awards. Today, we’re excited…

Back to Blog • Your branding plays a large role in your success as a blogger. Having unique and visually consistent designs throughout your social media platforms helps create brand recognition and loyalty.  But designing can be hard, and it can eat away at time you could spend planning and writing new content. If designing…

Back to Blog • As you’ve heard us talk about at length, Google is set to release its new pagespeed requirements, known as Core Web Vitals, as part of the Google Page Experience algorithm update. Originally scheduled for sometime in May, we reported last week that the update is now delayed until June to give…

Back to Blog • Today we’re excited to host Jamie Lieberman of Hashtag Legal on the Mediavine blog to explain the latest web accessibility case and why it matters to publishers. On April 7, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit, in a case called Gil. v. Winn Dixie Stores, handed down a very significant ruling in the…

Back to Blog • On this episode of Mediavine On Air, we’ve got SEO experts Joshua Unseth and Morgan McBride for you. They’re here to answer your frequently asked questions and share tactics they’ve implemented that have resulted in growth in both traffic and revenue. Learn the most effective way to find the best keywords…

Back to Blog • If you monetize your website through advertising, you know that brands’ ability to track readers’ interests with third-party cookies is effective, lucrative and . . . soon to be a thing of the past. The billion-dollar question all of us in the industry are asking is: What’s next? Targeted campaigns are…

Back to Blog • Why perform a plugin audit? Cutting down on unnecessary plugins not only helps with site speed and performance, but it can also make identifying bugs and conflicts much easier. Getting started with a plugin audit can feel daunting, especially if you have a lot of plugins. But this post will help…

Back to Blog • Good news for publishers (or at least good news with a side of “we all panicked to make sure everyone had enough time for a re-crawl, when in reality we could’ve panicked slightly less”): The slow rollout of the Google Page Experience update we expected in May has now been pushed…

Back to Blog • Updated 8/30/2021 – The Trellis Open Beta is now available to all! Turbocharge your WordPress site and conquer those Core Web Vital scores with the theme built for speed. Learn more or get Trellis now! The much-discussed Google Page Experience update is set to hit next month (May 2021) and with…

Back to Blog • Spring has officially begun and Q2 is here. Just like temperatures will begin to rise, so, too, will revenue. (We’ll let Brad break down the numbers in his next installment of Behind the Numbers With Brad.) Today? Let’s talk about how to increase your CPM. First: What is CPM? Essentially, CPM…

Back to Blog • The end of the third-party cookie is near for Chrome as Google looks to replace much of their functionality with avian-themed solutions. Third-party cookies were for the birds all along! Ornithological jokes aside, Google’s Privacy Sandbox is a series of tools designed to bridge the gap between user privacy and personalized…

Back to Blog • Hello, Mediavine publishers! This post is going out to you. Since the release of Mediavine Control Panel 2.5 in November 2020, we’ve been hard at work on some new features for the first 2021 update to our core plugin. (We’ve got a pretty comprehensive help doc if you’re not sure what…