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Mozilla’s Firefox To Show Sponsored Content “Tiles” To New Users

Mozilla will soon begin to show sponsored content on Firefox when new users open up the New Tab page in the browser. When users begin to use Firefox, their “Directory Tiles” — the nine boxes that appear on the New Tab page — are mostly empty before populating over time with the most frequent and […]

Ginny Marvin on February 12, 2014 at 10:33 am
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Mozilla will soon begin to show sponsored content on Firefox when new users open up the New Tab page in the browser.

When users begin to use Firefox, their “Directory Tiles” — the nine boxes that appear on the New Tab page — are mostly empty before populating over time with the most frequent and recent websites users visit. With this move, Directory Tiles will populate with pre-packaged content for first-time users.

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The current Directory Tiles view for new Firefox users. Firefox plans to auto-populate all nine tiles with a mix of organic and sponsored content recommendations. (Image: Mozilla)

The tile placements will be a mix of content from Mozilla, popular websites in users’ geographic location, and as well as sponsored content from “hand-picked partners to help support Mozilla’s pursuit of our mission.”  The sponsored tiles will be labeled as such.

“We are excited about Directory Tiles because it has inherent value to our users, it aligns with our vision of a better Internet through trust and transparency, and it helps Mozilla become more diversified and sustainable as a project,” wrote Darren Herman, VP of Content Services at Mozilla in a blog post.

Herman announced the coming sponsored Directory Tiles at the IAB’s Annual Leadership Meeting this week, while acknowledging in the blog that Mozilla hasn’t “always seen eye-to-eye” with the IAB. Mozilla has been vocal in its opposition to online advertising practices it believes infringes on user privacy. Currently, Mozilla generates the bulk of its revenue from driving search traffic to Google.

Herman did not provide a time frame, but says the company is currently speaking with potential content sponsors and will roll out the new Directory Tiles experience “as soon as we have the user experience right.”


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Marketing Land. Staff authors are listed here.



About The Author

Ginny Marvin
Ginny Marvin is Third Door Media’s Editor-in-Chief, running the day to day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin writes about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.

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