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Greetings content creators and welcome to another episode of Mediavine On Air, the podcast just for you. RPM, or revenue per mille, is often mistakenly thought of as the amount or way that a website earns. While this is not the case, RPM is a math equation that provides an overall…

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-anticipated (or at least much-talked-about) Google Page Experience algorithm is officially in effect as of…

As you know, Mediavine recently brought back the mobile interstitial for a second act after its unspectacular debut a few years ago. Now, as promised, we’ve launched its desktop counterpart in all its glory (and scary user experiences, which we’ll touch on shortly). The New Desktop Interstitial Like the mobile interstitial,…

Call me a typography nerd, but choosing brand fonts is always my favorite part of the design process.  Typography, the study of fonts and the way letters are designed has long been pivotal in providing readers with easy reading experiences.  (Okay, yes, I am a typography nerd.) Best practices for choosing…

Bloggers are no stranger to the Jump to Recipe button, or as we sometimes call it to encompass more than just recipes, the Jump to Card button. If you’re a food or how-to blogger, you’re likely familiar with the dilemma: Writing more content before the How-To or Recipe Card improves RPM…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…