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    Recipe Quick View Pilot Shelved: A Win for Publishers

    Back to Blog • For the past year, Google has been experimenting with a feature called Recipe Quick View – a feature allowing users to click an icon inside search results to view an entire recipe without leaving Google Search. To say this pilot program was controversial among food content creators would be an understatement,…

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    Creators Are Here to Stay. We Support Pay Per Crawl in Shaping the Web’s Future.

    Back to Blog • By now, we’re all aware that generative AI is dramatically changing the web, leaving content creators — whose work is used to train powerful AI models — under duress. But just because AI is here to stay doesn’t mean we have no agency in shaping the future.  Content creators power the…

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    Building an Instagram Account that Your Audience LOVES to Follow

    Back to Blog • Instagram, love it or hate it, is a key player in the social media game. With the ever-changing algorithms and fickle fans, I completely get that Instagram can seem like a fruitless way to spend your time. Why Instagram is still important To play devil’s advocate, Instagram is a great place…

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    A New Home for Trellis

    Back to Blog • Since the advent of Trellis, Mediavine’s goal was to provide a WordPress framework to meet the needs and pain points of independent publishers. We’ve had the pleasure of working with thousands of creators since its 2020 release and in the years that followed. Today, we’re excited to announce the next iteration…

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    Mobile-First Indexing Emails From Google: What Do They Mean?

    Back to Blog • If you’re signed up for Google Search Console, you may have recently received an email from Google pertaining to mobile-first indexing. First, if you haven’t signed up for Google Search Console, do so IMMEDIATELY. Previously known as Webmaster Tools, Google Search Console allows Google to communicate with you directly and offer…

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    How Do I Improve My RPM?

    Back to Blog • Post updated October 2023 If you’re reading this, you probably know what RPM is and how it’s calculated. What you may not know, given the complexity of the subject and sheer amount of noise surrounding it online, is how to improve it. Short answer: There is no short answer. In programmatic…

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    Mediavine: Ads Are Just The Beginning

    Back to Blog • You may have noticed that Mediavine stopped referring to itself as the Mediavine Publisher Network earlier this year, a subtle but significant change that better reflects our core mission. We made this decision by asking ourselves, “What is Mediavine?” The answer to that question began, interestingly, by deciding what we’re not:…

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    Introducing Journey, A New Mediavine Ad Management Solution for Growing Sites

    Back to Blog • 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…

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    Publisher Interview: RJ Weiss of The Ways To Wealth

    Back to Blog • We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Mediavine publishers are simply the best. All year long, we’ve been shining the spotlight on our content creators in a multitude of niches, and it has been such a pleasure to get to know them. We’ve talked with travel bloggers like Kristin Addis…

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    Google Certified Publishing Partner Survey: What Our Publishers Say About Us

    Back to Blog • In August 2017, Mediavine was proud to be recognized as a Google Certified Publishing Partner. One of just a few dozen companies worldwide to earn this designation, Mediavine did so by proving its expertise and proficiency with Google AdSense, DoubleClick Ad Exchange and DoubleClick for Publishers. All of these tools are…

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    What Advertisers Want

    Back to Blog • Post updated September 2023 Mediavine’s sales and revenue team spends most of its time working externally with ad partners and internally with our Ad Operations team to deliver the most value for every single impression on our publishers’ properties. One question we often hear from publishers, however, is what they can…

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    Mediavine vs. AdSense: A World of Difference

    Back to Blog • What’s the difference between Mediavine and Google AdSense? A whole lot. These two ad solutions are like night and day, although many times, you’ll see very similar looking ads coming from both. How does that happen? Let’s back up a bit. If you’re reading this, you’re obviously familiar with Google AdSense,…