If you're reading this, you already know about Black Friday as a shopping event. What you may not know is how much work goes into making sure you don't have to endlessly scroll through pages of false deals and marketing nonsense to get to the things that are actually worth buying.

As a junior writer, I was obsessed with tech and sharing what I thought was cool with the world. Black Friday was a great time to upgrade something in my house for cheap. Now, 15 years of experience later, I am CNET's Director of Shopping Content because I like making sure our audience is able to spend money on things that will actually improve their lives.

To make that happen, my team and I spend the entire month of November preparing for this event. Here are a couple of things I rely on to make it through t

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