Internet & Web
Breaking Into New Markets With PPC: Key Considerations
Google Ads dominates the global PPC market with advertising revenue surpassing $265 billion in 2024. Paid search is self-serving and fast to deploy. But as simple as it appears, the reality is much more complex. The perceived ease of activation paints a picture that this channel is a silver bullet when brands look to enter new…
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies
Less than a year after marrying a man she had met at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kat felt tension mounting between them. It was the second marriage for both after marriages of 15-plus years and having kids, and they had pledged to go into it “completely level-headedly,” Kat says, connecting on the need…
Cheap stuff that doesn’t suck, take 2
While we all wait to find out what effect the upcoming — well, maybe upcoming — tariffs will have on prices, many of us are making mental lists of some of the items we might need that, hopefully, won’t demand a bank loan to be affordable. Last year, we asked the staff members here at…
Our favorite expert-tested TV brands include LG, TCL, Hisense, and Samsung
Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsBest OLED brand: LGBest budget brands: Hisense and TCLBest brand for unique features: SamsungFrequently Asked Questions Buying a new TV is intimidating. Look for one online and you’ll get bombarded with acronyms and numbers. Visit a store and you’ll come face-to-face with a wall of images that…
The Case for and Against Off-Screen Menus: A Designer’s Dilemma
Off-screen menus, often represented in their most common form as the hamburger menu, have become a staple of modern user interface (UI) design. However, their implementation and effectiveness are not without debate. Two different opinions in the field—Jason Bradberry of Piccalilli and the Nielsen Norman Group—have both explored the intricacies of off-screen menus, though from different perspectives. Jason…
Revisiting Image Maps | CSS-Tricks
I mentioned last time that I’ve been working on a new website for Emmy-award-winning game composer Mike Worth. He hired me to create a highly graphical design that showcases his work. Mike loves ’90s animation, particularly Disney’s Duck Tales and other animated series. He challenged me to find a way to incorporate their retro ’90s…
Node.js Streams with TypeScript — SitePoint
Node.js is renowned for its ability to handle I/O operations efficiently, and at the heart of this capability lies the concept of streams. Streams allow you to process data piece by piece, rather than loading everything into memory at once—perfect for handling large files, network requests, or real-time data. When you pair streams with TypeScript’s…
Make Every Day Count (May 2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
The new month is just around the corner, and that means: It’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! All of them are designed with love by the community for the community and can be downloaded for free. Enjoy! Sometimes, it doesn’t take a lot to get inspired. A short bike ride to soak in the…
Google On Diluting SEO Impact Through Anchor Text Overuse
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about internal site navigation where an SEO was concerned about diluting the ability to rank for a keyword phrase by using the same anchor text in four sitewide sections across an entire website. Link In Four Navigational Areas The person asking the question had a client that had four…
Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all
Instead of depressing wages or taking jobs, generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini have had almost no wage or labor impact so far – a finding that calls into question the huge capital expenditures required to create and run AI models. In a working paper released earlier this month, economists Anders Humlum and…