Search

  • young female fashion blogger showing off a colorful plaid shirt to a video camera

    Post

    How to Capitalize on Holidays as a Content Creator

    Can you believe it will be 2020 in only a few weeks? It’s crazy to think about how fast this year has flown by. We are coming close to the end of Q4, also known as the magic months in the influencer world. This is the time when everyone is trying…

  • top view of woman typing on laptop with office supplies scattered on table

    Post

    The Ultimate Easy SEO Checklist

    Use this quick and easy SEO checklist every time you write a blog post to make sure you are making the most of every pageview, every single time. The Ultimate Easy SEO Checklist Use Mediavine’s ultimate easy SEO checklist to make search engine optimization easy and fast. SEO used to seem…

  • james standing in front of white wall with pictures of animals

    Post

    Publisher Interview: James Cave of Portugalist

    If there is one thing our Mediavine publishers are, besides hard working, it’s inspiring. Even more incredible is that they are willing to provide tips, advice and share their expertise to help others learn and grow. The Publisher Interview Series is all about sharing the success stories of how our MVPs…

  • male blogger in blue shirt writing on a laptop from his home office with bookshelf behind him

    Post

    What is Performance: How to Measure, How to Compare

    Hi everyone! Let me formally introduce myself. I’m Cynthia, Director of Business Intelligence for Mediavine. I work behind the scenes with Eric, Nicole, Heather and Brad (as well as the rest of the amazing Mediavine team). My role is to analyze new opportunities, and offer performance suggestions and troubleshooting guidance to…

  • young female fashion blogger showing off a colorful plaid shirt to a video camera

    Post

    Ad Tech Glossary

    What’s in a name? A lot of things, and when it comes to Mediavine’s ad tech and online advertising in general, there are a lot of names – and abbreviations, acronyms and terms. That term you heard describing that ad unit we’re working on? That acronym for the thing you saw…

  • female developer wearing orange sweater coding from a desktop computer in a home office

    Post

    Mediavine and ZergNet Traffic Exchange Partnership!

    The ZergNet Traffic Exchange is no longer available to new Mediavine publishers. Existing publishers using the service will still have access. Please email publishers@mediavine.com with any specific questions.  Our focus remains on finding ways to enhance your business. We appreciate your support as we continually refine our services to better meet your…

  • woman drinking coffee and looking at social media on her smartphone in a cafe

    Post

    Mediavine In-Content Ad Settings: How to Self-Audit For Best Results

    Are you limiting the potential earnings of your website in ways you aren’t even aware of? If you don’t know the answer to that, we recommend conducting a self-audit of your Mediavine in-content ad settings. We’ve discussed these settings in the past, at length (the post linked to above, written by…

  • hands typing on a laptop computer on a wooden desk next to a cup of tea

    Post

    How to Use NoFollow

    Nofollow attributes have long provided content creators with a straightforward way to tell search engines when, for all intents and purposes, to ignore a link on their website while still providing the user with potentially valuable content. That handy little tool just got a major upgrade, so we thought we’d cover…

  • man in sweatshirt working on a laptop and drinking tea at a coffee shop

    Post

    Google Video Sitemap: Making Video Even More SEO Friendly

    When parsing content, Google has a tougher time with video than with text or even images. For this reason, it provides multiple ways for publishers to present their video content. The Mediavine Video Player makes SEO a top priority. By default, we output Schema.org markup via JSON-LD for any manually embedded…

  • male travel blogger taking photos on a DSLR camera on a tripod with cliffs and ocean behind him

    Post

    Skippable vs Non Skippable Video Ads

    Thanks to the prevalence of skippable video ads on YouTube, our publishers that use the Mediavine video player to monetize their videos often ask us why only some of our video ads are skippable. Short answer? Because we’re not YouTube and we actually want you to make money. Thanks to the prevalence of…

  • woman in black and white striped shirt blogging from a gray cafe booth

    Post

    Media Kits 101

    I think every blogger has experienced the following: Brand rep: Can you send me your media kit? You: Of course! Also you, internally: Oh crap, I need to make a media kit. I think every blogger has experienced the following: Brand rep: Can you send me your media kit? You: Of…

  • male developer wearing plaid shirt coding on a laptop from a couch

    Post

    Ad Category Opt Outs: Use with Caution — Opt in to Increase RPM

    Mediavine has always been obsessed with ad quality. After all, a single negative ad experience can ruin a user’s visit to your website, impacting both your short-term revenue and long-term growth potential. We also recognize that when you represent more than 10,000 independent publishers, their interpretations of what constitutes “ad quality”…