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Is it worth chasing AI citations?
Navigating Digital Visibility
Is it worth chasing AI citations?
When I want to know what happened, I often check Google News. When I want to understand a topic, I increasingly ask AI. Today, 09:00    1
Collective advertising codes and ads.txt
Collective advertising codes and ads.txt
Ads4Media now lets you add one advertising code or ads.txt file to multiple websites at once. The new collective tools, available in the cms4media portals module, simplify management across all sites in a business profile. 21.09.2026 14:52
The Paywall Doesn't Have to Come First. Registration, Subscriptions and the New Reader Economy.
Navigating Digital Visibility
The Paywall Doesn't Have to Come First. Registration, Subscriptions and the New Reader Economy.
A few years ago, a publisher's strategy was fairly simple. Get as much traffic as possible from Google and social media, show ads, and offer a subscription to the most engaged users. Today, every part of that playbook works differently. 04.09.2026 08:15    2
Adding banners between entries on lists
Adding banners between entries on lists
CMS4media makes it possible to place C advertising banners between entries on lists of articles, events, company entries, classifieds, plebiscites, polls, live text coverage, as well as between photos in the masonry gallery. 28.08.2026 08:13
Australia Can Make Big Tech Pay. It Cannot Make Big Tech Bargain
Australia Can Make Big Tech Pay. It Cannot Make Big Tech Bargain
On August 20, the Australian Parliament adopted a new framework that puts a price on walking away from news. Covered platforms can sign commercial agreements with publishers and use those payments to reduce their liability. Or they can decline to make deals and pay a charge that will be distributed to the news sector. 24.08.2026 12:55
Types of ads in CMS4media
Types of ads in CMS4media
Ads are often the main source of revenue for an online portal. CMS4media offers various types of ads, from classic banners and contextual ads to video and audio formats, allowing publishers to manage space on the website flexibly. 19.08.2026 13:04
What is a robots.txt file and how do you add an entry to this file?
What is a robots.txt file and how do you add an entry to this file?
18.08.2026 12:59
How to add an entry to the ads.txt file?
How to add an entry to the ads.txt file?
If an advertiser has asked you to add an ads.txt entry, you can easily do it in the Ads4media panel. 18.08.2026 11:56
Before You Pay to Make Your Archive “AI-Ready”
Before You Pay to Make Your Archive “AI-Ready”
The New York Post built Hamilton on five years of its own reporting. For local publishers, the lesson is not to buy an expensive layer of “AI readiness.” It is to make the journalism already inside the CMS easier to find, verify and reuse. 17.08.2026 12:13
Why a Broken Link Could Mean Your Local Business Doesn’t Exist in the AI Era
Why a Broken Link Could Mean Your Local Business Doesn’t Exist in the AI Era
As AI search engines become the new gatekeepers of local discovery, basic digital infrastructure—like a functional Chamber of Commerce directory—is no longer just a perk. It is survival. 10.08.2026 12:04
Redirects and HTTP Status Codes in SEO: How to Manage URLs Without Losing Traffic
Navigating Digital Visibility
Redirects and HTTP Status Codes in SEO: How to Manage URLs Without Losing Traffic
Deleting an old article and redirecting it to the homepage feels like the safe move — but it's one of the fastest ways to tank a page's SEO value and confuse both Google and AI crawlers. Here's how to use HTTP status codes correctly, so your archive helps your rankings instead of quietly working against them. 10.08.2026 09:00    2
a velvet rope
Google’s "Velvet Rope": What New Search Profile Thresholds Mean for Local Publishers
How the new "audience account" era redefines legitimacy in search, and why local newsrooms must double down on audience sovereignty. 03.08.2026 10:49