How AI changed the way I approach design critiques
When AI made generating design concepts almost effortless, I realized the most valuable part of a critique was no longer the interface itself. It was understanding the context, tradeoffs, and judgment behind the final design. Here’s how AI has changed the way I run design critiques—and why I think that’s making them better.
What is the Double Diamond design process?
The Double Diamond design process helps UX teams balance exploration with decision-making, guiding projects from problem discovery to solution delivery. Learn how each phase works, which tools to use, when the reverse Double Diamond makes sense, and why the framework remains relevant for modern product development.
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A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.
In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.
The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.