Mediavine Updates May 2021 with Eric Hochberger: Mediavine On Air Episode 9

* Editorial note: Since the airing of this episode, "Grow.me" has been rebranded to "Grow." *



Welcome to another episode of Mediavine On Air.



We recorded our Teal Talk season 3 finale in late May with Mediavine CEO and Co-founder Eric Hochberger. The topic was Mediavine Updates and the hour was PACKED with anything and everything that’s happening in the blogging industry.



We talked about Core Web Vitals and Google’s upcoming Page Experience algorithm shift, we covered third-party cookies and our first-party data solution Grow.me + the Google bird, FLoC. We also dished on Jump buttons and SEO, our forthcoming solution for smaller websites and of course, would any episode of Teal Talk be complete without Trellis talk?



We covered all of these topics and more during this episode, answering all audience questions. (If you want to ask our guests your own questions, you’ll have to tune in Live.)







Helpful Resources



Link document with links discussed during the live and others.What is Grow.me? — Learn why Grow.me is important especially when third-party cookies go away. Grow.me FLoC — Testing Underway at Mediavine











Transcript



[MUSIC PLAYING] JENNY GUY: Hello. Hello, everybody. How's it going? It is Thursday, May 27, which means not only that it's time for another episode of Teal Talk, but it is the Friday Eve of Memorial Day weekend. Summer is here.



I don't know if you guys-- Eric, was this a thing with you when you went to college and it was Friday Eve and your weekend began on Thursday? Like, whatever classes you had on Friday were just, why.



ERIC HOCHBERGER: You had classes on Friday? That sounds terrible.



JENNY GUY: Usually, like, one. It was like a lecture, like a big one.



ERIC HOCHBERGER: Oh yeah.



JENNY GUY: But Friday eve, you went to the bars on Thursday when you were legal, right? That's a thing?



ERIC HOCHBERGER: I was never legal during college. True story. I know.



JENNY GUY: Oh, wow.



ERIC HOCHBERGER: I know.



JENNY GUY: We'll uncover more on that later, guys.



Hi, I'm Jenny Guy, your Teal Talk host. How is everyone doing today? Hello, Sarah. Hello, everybody else as you're coming in.



Are there any plans for Memorial Day weekend? I can't believe it's already Memorial Day.



I have a couple of recipes that are calling my name that are not good for you but will taste amazing. And last night I came to a very important decision regarding my summer plans. The word is charcuterie. Slice it, stick it on a plate, enjoy. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, elevensies, It's never a bad time for charcuterie.



So my important question for my lovely audience today-- where do you like to get your charcuterie supplies? Do you get from local? Do you order online? Do you have recipes for your favorite accouterments? Tell me in the comments and help me make my snack dreams come true.



In other news, today is our Teal Talk season three finale. How the heck did that happen? I don't really know. Three whole seasons of me getting paid to talk to experts from around the industry and ask them my questions, and more importantly, ask them your questions.



And for our season three finale, we couldn't think of a better person who our audience has more questions for than my guest here today. It is Eric Hochberger, Mediavine CEO co-founder, programmer, Shih Tzu lover, and one of my most favorite guests. Eric. Welcome to Teal Talk. Thank you for making time for us today.



ERIC HOCHBERGER: Thank you for having me. I feel like I've had a season finale before but I love it. Appreciate it. I think you have-- you always like-- it's tradition.



ERIC HOCHBERGER: Oh, good.



JENNY GUY: It's traditional.



I have a ton of questions for you. I know our audience has them too. Feel free to fire away whenever you guys have them. We will get to them.



But firstly and maybe most importantly, Eric, charcuterie thoughts. Do you have them? Favorite purveyors, favorite items.