Glossary/Adtech & Programmatic/Made-for-Advertising (MFA) Sites
Adtech & Programmatic
Made-for-Advertising (MFA) Sites
Low-quality sites built mainly to arbitrage ad revenue rather than serve readers.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Appears in Lesson 7 of Programmatic 101
Short answer
Made-for-advertising (MFA) sites are low-quality websites built mainly to generate ad revenue rather than serve readers, often buying cheap traffic and loading pages with ads. They can show strong viewability and low costs while delivering little real attention or value. Many advertisers now exclude MFA inventory through blocklists and supply path optimization.