Advertise on SYV Today
SYV Today is a local news and visitor guide site for the Santa Ynez Valley — Solvang, Los Olivos, Buellton, and Santa Ynez. We cover local news, events, and practical guides for people visiting and living here.
A straight answer about our traffic
We launched in 2026 and are in the early growth stage. We don't have large traffic numbers yet — we're building them. If you email us, we'll share our current Google Analytics numbers honestly. We target high-intent search terms (people actively planning trips to Solvang) and cover local news that keeps valley residents coming back.
Who reads SYV Today
Visitors planning a Solvang trip
Searching for hotels, restaurants, wine tasting, what to do
Santa Ynez Valley locals
Checking local news, events, government, school board, sports
Day-trippers from LA and SoCal
Looking for itineraries, driving directions, weekend plans
Wine country travelers
Planning tasting room visits across the valley
What it looks like
This is the exact placement — not a mockup.
Guide pages use the inline style. Homepage and events use the card style.
Guide page placement (compact)
Presented by
Valley Wine Collective
Curated tasting flights in downtown Solvang — walk-ins welcome
Homepage & events placement (featured)
Presented by
Valley Wine Collective
Curated tasting flights in downtown Solvang — walk-ins welcome
Available placements
Your business appears as a sponsored placement on the page — your name, a one-line tagline, and a link.
Homepage
The main news feed. Seen by locals checking in on the valley and visitors who found the site.
Events calendar
People looking for things to do this weekend — locals and tourists.
Solvang Hotels guide
Visitors actively choosing where to stay.
Solvang Restaurants guide
People deciding where to eat in Solvang.
Solvang Wine Tasting guide
Visitors planning a tasting room crawl.
Solvang Itinerary
One of the most-searched SYV pages — people planning their whole trip.
Danish Days Guide
High-traffic September event page.
Los Olivos Wine Tasting
Visitors headed up Grand Ave for the day.
Pricing
Because we're new, rates are low and negotiable. We'd rather have a real local business on the site at a price that makes sense than charge rates we haven't earned yet.
One placement on one page is $25/month. Multiple pages or site-wide is $50–75/month. Email us and we'll figure out what makes sense for your business — there's no hard price list right now because we're still figuring out what's fair.
No contracts. Month-to-month. Your listing goes live within 24 hours.
Good fit for
Email us to get started
Tell us your business, which page(s) you're interested in, and we'll reply with our current traffic numbers and a straightforward proposal.
hello@syvtoday.com