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found a decent breakdown w/ 11 tips on how to stop wasting spend on low-quality clicks. does anyone else feel like negative keyword lists are the only way to actually filter out the junk or is it just me ?

article: https://www.wordstream.com/blog/google-ads-lead-quality

just stumbled onto this guide on using recall. ai to spin up a production-ready assistant in only 48 hours. it covers everything from the desktop SDK to bot APIs, but i wonder if the complexity of handling real-world audio lag ] is actually that simple

full read: https://www.sitepoint.com/build-production-ready-ai-meeting-assistant-recall-ai/?utm_source=rss

i stumbled onto a weird trick today for when u want an element to be totally unseen but still interactive. using the

hidden="until-found"

attribute is super handy if u are working w/ search functionality or specific browser behaviors. the tricky part is that standard hiding usually collapses the layout, which ruins ur UI flow. i found that you need a little bit of extra css to force the browser to keep that empty space reserved for the element. w/o it, the rest of ur components just shift around and it looks completely broken . it basically makes the element ghost-like in the layout. i am still trying to figure out the best way to handle the margin properties to make this seamless. has anyone else found a cleaner way to do this without bloating the stylesheet? it feels like a bit of a hacky workaround for modern layouts

link: https://master.dev/blog/how-to-make-an-interactive-element-invisible-but-accessible/

found a cool breakdown of how the at protocol works and it's actually pretty mind-blowing ]. i love the idea that human effort is becoming its own type of premium feature, but do you think we'll eventually stop caring just embrace the prompt-only era?

more here: https://piccalil.li/the-index/188/?ref=main-rss-feed

the recent surge in microservice dependencies is making our deployment pipeline incredibly fragile. we keep seeing these random timeouts during peak hours that are almost impossible to trace back to a single source. it is usually just the auth service lagging and i am wondering if anyone has found a reliable way to implement circuit breakers w/o adding too much overhead.

can anyone build a fully responsive navigation menu using only

display: grid;

and no media queries? post your one-line solution below to see if we can avoid the standard mess ultra-minimalist approach/spoiler

moving from chasing top 10 search results to trying to land in ai overviews feels like a massive shift in how we approach seo. it is no longer just about the blue links, but about being the primary source for the llm summary. it is basically the new trl for marketers does anyone else feel like the old rules of ranking are totally dead becoming obsolete?

found this here: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/how-to-rank-in-ai-overviews

don't trust those perfect company websites because they all lie. u really have to dig through the grit by checking reviews and asking very specific questions during ur interview to find the real truth

link: https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/how-to-evaluate-company-culture/

just saw some interesting data on how much ai summaries are taking over google. it turns out abt one in five searches now shows an ai-generated summary, and nearly 88% of those pull from three or more sources. since roughly 80% of people rely on zero-click results for a huge chunk of their searches, we rly need to focus on answer engine optimization . if your content isnt structured to be cited, you basically don't exist in the new search landscape . does anyone have a specific template they use for direct, factual answers? it feels like the old way of writing long-form blog posts is becoming useless much harder to justify.

more here: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/faqs-for-aeo

just stumbled across this guide that covers everything from initial setup to general best practices. it even has a section for answering common questions if u are stuck. i am still wondering if organic reach is actually more effective than paid placement these days

article: https://www.wordstream.com/blog/how-to-advertise-on-tiktok