Manual ads vs auto ads — which setup actually works better in 2026?
For many publishers, ad performance isn’t about “one size fits all.”
Manual placements offer control, while auto ads focus on automation and scale.
I broke down how both perform in real situations and what works best for smaller websites and blogs.
Read the full analysis:
https://www.panstag.com/2026/02/manual-ads-vs-auto-ads.html
AI scraping paywalls expose a broken web economy
AI scraping paywalls are forcing a hard conversation about who gets paid on the modern web and who has been freeloading for years.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/2026/02/ai-scraping-paywalls-expose-a-broken-web-economy/
Seeing impressions but no clicks in Google Search Console can mess with your head.
Your page is visible.
People just aren’t choosing it yet.
That usually comes down to titles, descriptions, or intent mismatch — not “bad SEO.”
I broke down what it actually means when Google shows your page but users don’t click, and what you can fix without chasing shortcuts.
🔗 https://www.panstag.com/2026/01/why-you-get-impressions-but-no-clicks.html
#seo #blogging #searchconsole #contentstrategy #webpublishing
It’s my #birthday (yes, and I'll cry if I want to, lol) and the start of #365to50. I’m moving my 30 years of editorial experience from #underground #fanzines and #webpublishing into the technical sphere.
I immensely enjoy #FOSS and #fediverse ideas and philosophy, and while I am still a very #linux #newbie , I'd like to start giving back to the community. I’m looking for #FOSS projects that need high-quality Slovak or Czech localization ( #L10n ).
If your documentation or UI needs an editor’s touch to feel truly native, let’s talk!
#Introduction #Linux #OpenSource #Translation #TechnicalWriting #Slovakia #Czech
#Markdown, a simple plain text formatting language created by #JohnGruber in 2004, revolutionised #webpublishing. Its intuitive syntax, allowing users to format text using standard keyboard characters, quickly gained popularity among bloggers. Beyond blogs, Markdown’s versatility led to its widespread adoption across various platforms, from Google Docs to Slack. https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Final details for #PfP✨London are locked in. We have our 🏛️ venue, last 🗣️ speaker confirmed, and the 🎟️ registration is now completely open!
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#ActivityPub #ATProto #AI #webpayments #webpublishing #events #London
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What do people use these days as a WYSIWYG web page editor? That application landscape looks completely deserted :(
I have a static webpage for a friend and I don't want to make them have to look at code. contenteditable set to true and save the changed html as a new file would be enough if I could have a way of inserting links.
Might have to develop a little bookmarklet to do the job.
Platforms change rules, raise prices, or disappear overnight. 📉
Your content shouldn't go with them. 🚫
Full story: Why You Should Own Your Content (Not Rent It) 👇
https://getpublii.com/blog/why-you-should-own-your-content-not-rent-it.html
#ContentOwnership #StaticSites #WebPublishing #Publii #IndieWeb #webdev #CMS #Publii
📢 Updated Article: “Mistake #8: Too Little Content”
Think your site’s design and optimization will carry it? Think again. This updated guide digs into why having good, plentiful content is the heart of success. Learn how to balance writing + tech, what to do if writing isn’t your thing, and how cutting corners here can cost you big.
Check out the full article here: https://adclicks.thereview.website/adclicks-mistakes-8-too-little-content/
#ContentMatters #WebPublishing #SEO #WritingTips #SiteGrowth
Dark traffic exposes blind spot in digital advertising as nearly 1 billion users become invisible: New research reveals brutal adblockers have cut off 976 million users from publishers, threatening the economic foundation of web publishing. https://ppc.land/dark-traffic-exposes-blind-spot-in-digital-advertising-as-nearly-1-billion-users-become-invisible/ #DigitalAdvertising #Adblocker #Marketing #WebPublishing #OnlinePrivacy
Search Engine Journal: Google CTRs Drop 32% For Top Result After AI Overview Rollout. “A new study from GrowthSRC Media finds that click-through rates (CTRs) for Google’s top-ranking search result have declined from 28% to 19%. This 32% drop correlates with the expansion of AI Overviews, a feature that now appears across a wide range of search results.”
Today in The Medium Newsletter, featured stories include:
• The deterioration of #PublicSpaces in the US, by Dan Plumlee
• The evolution of #WebPublishing, by Will Leitch
• A look at the career and music of #OzzyOsbourne, by Eric Dockett
• The #DallasCowboysCheerleaders and the value of women’s work, by Liane Dowling
• Finding connections in communities, by Jay Wilkinson
https://medium.com/blog/the-vanishing-infrastructure-of-our-emotional-wellbeing-e41289cbe76a
Search Engine Roundtable: Similarweb: No Clicks From Google Grew From 56% to 69% Since AI Overviews. “Similarweb released a report shows that since the launch of Google AI Overviews in May 2024, zero-click search (as coined by Rand Fishkin) grew 13 percentage points, from 56% to 69% in May 2025 – just a year later.”
The great AI scraping freeloading era is ending! 🎉 Cloudflare's Pay Per Crawl system lets publishers finally charge those data-hungry bots. Over 1 million sites already activated blocking tools - looks like the internet's 'free lunch' just got expensive!
Nach vier Monaten Funkstille habe ich übers Wochenende mein Blog neu aufgesetzt. Ich wollte dringend der WordPress-Umklammerung entkommen und habe alles in HTML umgesetzt. Ich hoffe, jetzt wieder etwas regelmäßiger zu posten.
Es gibt auch einen aktuellen Post zum Umzug: https://wernerprise.com/blog/pages/alles-neu.html
#Webdesign #Blog #NoMoreWordPress #WebPublishing #HTML #CSS #JavaScript
💡 Want an even faster way to turn Markdown files into shareable web pages? Just type “docsify-this.net?” before an online Markdown file URL you’re viewing (from GitHub, Codeberg, or a raw Markdown source) to load it into the Docsify-This Web Page Builder and press the Return key!
Or, choose one or more options to visually customize your page, then tap “Publish as a Web Page” 👀 Perfect for instant sharing and embedding.
Here’s a quick demo to show you how 👇🏼
The NYC Urban Field Station of the USDA Forest Service is has an opening for a Science Delivery Specialist (Social Scientist/Biological Scientist/Physical Scientist), accepting applicatoins from today, 11/6 through 11/16.
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/758459500
cc: @darwin
Spatial Data On The Web Best Practices [OGC / W3C]
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https://www.w3.org/TR/sdw-bp/ <-- shared technical resource
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“This document advises on best practices related to the publication of spatial data on the Web; the use of Web technologies as they may be applied to location. The best practices presented here are intended for practitioners, including Web developers and geospatial experts, and are compiled based on evidence of real-world application…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #spatialdata #web #bestpractices #webtechnologies #bestpractice #webpublishing #publishing #standards #specifications #development #tools #architecture #webarch #dataontheweb #dwbp #SpatialDataInfrastructure #applications #webapplications #OGC #W3C
@OGC
IF I was to move all my content from Medium - where / which #Fediverse platform would be the best to rehome it? And is there an easy way to do an export like this?
Or would it be better to just set up some simple lo-fi websites / blogs?
Question to all you good #Mastodon folk out there - what would be a good replacement / migration strategy for #Medium?
