Product
The value layer for web content.
A pageview tells you someone arrived. Engagement tells you whether the content mattered. Widgetail measures that engagement today, and is building the layers that turn it into a content value signal.
Four stages
Measure. Value. Monetize. Signal.
Each stage builds on the one before it.
- 01
Measure
Live todayReal engagement analytics.
See how much real attention each page earns: how many visits, how many distinct sessions, how far people get.
Where Measure stands → - 02
Value
In developmentContent value scoring.
Turn engagement into a per-page content value score, so a small, deeply read page isn't buried by a big, skimmed one.
Where Value stands → - 03
Monetize
In developmentValue-based content access and payment.
Connect content value to payment: machine access priced by value, an edge layer that enforces it, payouts to you, and a polite way for ad-free visitors to support content worth paying for.
Where Monetize stands → - 04
Signal
In developmentA new content-value signal for the web ecosystem.
Make aggregate, privacy-safe content-value signals available, so advertisers and others can rely on real engagement instead of shallow traffic proxies.
Where Signal stands →
The Console
Everything in one dashboard, area by area.
This is the map of the Console, with each area's honest state.
- AnalyticsPageviews, unique sessions, average scroll depth, traffic over time and top pages.
- Install snippetYour snippet, install steps for plain HTML, WordPress, Next.js and Tag Manager, and a connection check.
- Content valueBetaA score for every page, with the signals behind it.
- Toll revenueBetaPayment challenges sent to AI crawlers, and how each one ended.
- Edge and DNSRoute your domain through the Edge Worker so machine access can be priced.
- PayoutsConnect an account and receive your share.
- Ad-blocker promptA polite invitation for visitors with ad blockers to support your site.
- Advertiser signalsPrivacy-safe audience-quality signals that you choose to share.
What works today.
Add one script tag and Widgetail measures pageviews, unique sessions and scroll depth from real visitors, then shows them in a dashboard.
Sessions are anonymous by design: no IP addresses, no fingerprints, no identity.
Everything Widgetail measures today →- /guides/reducing-cloud-costs6,120
- /essays/why-we-moved-off-ads4,884
- /reviews/2026-buyers-guide3,207
Principles
How we're building it.
Honest about status
Every idea shows what is done, what is being built and what is planned. We move an item only when the work moves.
Anonymous by design
No IP addresses, no fingerprints, no individual identities. Anything shared beyond a site is designed to be aggregate.
Additive, not adversarial
We aren't trying to replace advertising or block anyone. The goal is more ways for valuable content to earn.
Try the measurement layer first.
Join early access and be there as the value layer takes shape.