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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…
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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…
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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…
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Mediavine is proud to announce that we are now an official AMP ad network and that we’ll be working with our publishers to all adopt AMP soon! Mediavine is proud to announce that we are now an official AMP ad network and that we’ll be working with our publishers to all…
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In digital advertising, an SSP is a Supply-Side Platform. In non-technical terms, it’s computer software allowing websites to sell ad inventory programmatically and receive payment for it. At Mediavine, you’ve likely heard us refer to the ad partners, or ad exchanges, we work with. SSP is the official term for most…
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This is the true story of three friends who decided to work together. Building websites that would drive traffic to themselves via search engine optimization. Find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real about ranking. This is the true story of three friends who decided to…
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As part of our new Go for Teal video series, we want to share not only what Mediavine is doing, but how we’re doing it by teaching you various aspects of the advertising industry. We thought we’d begin with header bidding, which is basically the crux of everything Mediavine does behind…
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Publishers work hard to craft awesome content that keeps their readers hooked, right? But in today’s digital world, it’s critical to ensure that content stays safe and under your control. How can you protect your content from unwanted scraping and data collection in a world with generative AI? At Mediavine, we…
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With the new year upon us, we as content creators and generally creative people start to get a little twitchy. It usually starts with a some inspiration: a friend that just finished an amazing site makeover, a gorgeous color palette or new fun font, or just a general want to reshift…
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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…
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On our quest to hit 100 percent Ads.txt adoption at Mediavine, we’ve hit some snags along the way with sites on closed, hosted platform systems such as SquareSpace, Shopify and Wix. The issue? The Ads.txt spec requires that you upload a plain text file named ads.txt at the root of your domain….
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Sponsored post work is an important revenue stream for digital content creators and brand representatives are receiving countless pitches from bloggers every day. How can a publisher make themselves stand out with a brand and get the contracts for the long-term work and ambassadorships? Today on the blog, we’re giving you…