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Backlinks still move the SEO needle

Despite algorithm shifts, Google's core trust signals continue to reward high-quality, relevant links. But outreach is slow, scaling is painful, and most marketers would rather not send 300 cold emails just to land one backlink. That's where AI steps in. Over the past 60 days, I tested a range of AI-powered link building platforms. Some promise end-to-end automation. Others assist with research, personalization, or prospecting. Each tool brings a unique strength - and yes, a few surprises.

Elastic: Logs: The foundational signal for modern observability

Open up a new world of insights with your logs! While logs were one of the first telemetry signals used in observability, their unstructured nature and high volume made it difficult to extract value and information from them. But thankfully with GenAI, OpenTelemetry, and cost-effective storage architectures, logs have re-emerged as one of the most important signals for SREs and operations teams.

Cloudsmith: Unlocking Software Integrity: Native Signing & Policy Enforcement for Real-World CI/CD Pipelines

Secure your CI/CD pipeline with Cloudsmith and Chainguard. This session will show you how to embed native artifact signing and enforce security policies within your workflows, enabling fast, trusted shipping without compromise. Things you'll learn.
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Smarter alerts using P75 for more signal and less noise

We've rolled out a new feature in Raygun Alerting that gives you more control over how you track and respond to performance regressions. Starting today, you can now use the 75th percentile (P75) as a filter option for page performance data in Real User Monitoring, such as Core Web Vitals and page load time, right alongside the default 'Average'. This option is available under the "Page/XHR performance change" condition and supports all the Web Vitals metrics we track: Let's break down why this matters, when you should use P75, and how it gives you better, faster insights into how real users are experiencing your site or app.

5 Tips for Managing Client Sites With Oh Dear

Managing dozens (or hundreds) of client sites can quickly become chaotic without the right tools. Whether you're running an agency, internal platform team or dev shop, visibility and control are everything. That's where Oh Dear comes in. Oh Dear is an all-in-one monitoring service that gives you a unified dashboard for uptime checks, performance monitoring, broken link detection, SSL and domain expiry alerts, scheduled task validation and more.