New this week in the Googlevers there are tips and updates for video watchers and creators, live streamers, business owners, webmasters, bloggers and much more.
- This week YouTube unveiled a redesigned and very bright logo, plus a new look and new features on mobile and desktop.
- YouTube Creators have been understandably concerned when their monetized videos started showing the yellow “"not suitable for all advertisers" icon. In response, Ryan “Fwiz” Wyatt (Head of Global Gaming, Content & Partnerships at YouTube) posted a FAQ to explain “what’s up”. The take-away message is there is now an option to appeal: “... no system is perfect. When you appeal, our reviewers take a look and their decisions help our systems get smarter over time. Deleting the video and re-uploading won't help.”
- Another change for YouTube Creators is the new requirement that monetization be enabled before you can link to your own website on a video Card or End Screen. There is an exception for non-profits.
- Google wants visitors to your website to have a good experience. AdSense launched the User First beta program to test if fewer ads and better targeting can make more money for publishers. Only a small group of AdSense publishers were invited. The criteria? You “offer your visitors a good web experience, e.g., your pages are fast-loading or your users are happy with the ad layout on your site.”
- Have you ever asked yourself “Have I been pwned?” The answer is probably yes. Web security expert Troy Hunt just added 711 million records from a massive spam list to the HIBP database, including both email addresses and some passwords. He explains what he found in that data, and what can you do to protect your accounts.
- On a more positive note, Google has made traveling a bit easier with improved flight and hotel search, and Google Maps helps you find parking for your next drive into the big city.
- And just for fun, Gboard for Android now supports stickers and Bitmoji
Hurricane Harvey Help
- Google Support for those affected by Hurricane Harvey
- Facebook Safety Check for Hurricane Harvey
- Project Fi is providing automatic service credits to Houston-area customers impacted by Hurricane Harvey
- T-Mobile responds to Hurricane Harvey
- Sprint updates related to Hurricane Harvey
- Verizon supports Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
- AT&T Hurricane Harvey response and live updates
- Corporate America donates to Hurricane Harvey relief
Flooding in India, Bangladesh and Nepal Help
- Google’s Crisis Response team activated SOS Alerts for the flooding in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal
- Facebook Safety Check for flooding in Mumbai, India
Upcoming:
- 5 September: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
- 6 September: YouTube NextUp applications launch for Berlin, Moscow, Dubai, and Rio de Janiero
- 7 September: Google Partners Academy on Air: Measuring Success - what’s the best attribution model for you?
- 8 September: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout
- 12 September: Apple iPhone Event
- 13 September: Web clipboard to be removed from Google Docs, Sheets and Slides
- 14 September: Google Partners Academy on Air: Audience strategies for the holiday season
- 20 September:YouTube Video Editor and Photo Slideshows retired
- 21 September: Google Partners Academy on Air: Useful tips for the holiday season - search and shopping campaigns
- 28 September: Google Partners Academy on Air: Dashboards to show off holiday data
- 29 September: Digital Transformation: Mobile Brand Strategy with Google Partners
YouTube and Video Creation
- YouTube has a new look and new features: mobile, desktop, and the YouTube logo (YouTube Blog)
- How the YouTube logo was redesigned (The Verge)
- YouTube TV available in 12 more US metro areas (YouTube)
- Uptime launched in Australia (Uptime)
- YouTube Gaming creators: here's what's up with the yellow monetization icon (Ryan “Fwiz” Wyatt)
- YouTube update: Linking to your own website from your videos requires monetization to be enabled
- How Google Brain gave YouTube new life (The Verge)
- How YouTube's Suggested Videos Work (YouTube Creator Academy)
- Strategies for directing 360° and VR video - in 360° (YouTube Creator Academy)
- Google Partners 'Discover' - Mobile Branding & Bumper ads (31.08.2017) (Google Partners on YouTube)
- Watch: Facebook’s new video hub is coming to everyone in the US (The Verge)
Go Live
- Microsoft's Mixer Create lets you live broadcast game play from your phone (MajorNelson)
- Microsoft unlocked 1080p Mixer game streaming on Xbox One (Engadget)
- Twitch Extensions will bring new 'interactive experiences' to streams (PC Gamer)
- YouTube Gaming creators: here's what's up with the yellow monetization icon (Ryan “Fwiz” Wyatt)
Google+
- Google+ wants to know #whatareyougrillin ?(Google+)
Other social media
- Bringing Instagram Stories to Mobile Web (Instagram Blog)
- Improvements to Posts with Multiple Photos and Videos on Instagram (Instagram blog)
- Site sells Instagram users’ phone and e-mail details, $10 a search (Ars Technica)
- Celebs’ phone numbers and e-mail addresses exposed in active Instagram hack (Ars Technica)
- Inside the black market where people pay thousands of dollars for Instagram verification (Mashable)
- Blocking Ads from Pages that Repeatedly Share False News (Facebook Newsroom)
- Facebook Announces New Ways to Enjoy Memories with Friends (Facebook Newsroom)
- Watch: Facebook’s new video hub is coming to everyone in the US (The Verge)
- Facebook's "People You May Know" suggestions can be unsettling (Kashmir Hill @ Gizmodo)
- The Scale Of Moderating Facebook: It Turns Off 1 Million Accounts Every Single Day (TechDirt)
- Meet Kale Salad's Samir Mezrahi, promoter of original Tweets that have been plagiarized (Insider)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- NOW OPEN – Flickr Worldwide Photowalks Group (Flickr)
- Giphy will tell you what the most popular GIFs are (Engadget)
VR and AR
- ARCore: Augmented reality at Android scale (Google Blog)
- Google goes after Apple with its new augmented reality platform (The Daily Dot)
- Apple's already winning the augmented reality wars against Google (Mashable)
- The Walking Dead is getting a Pokémon Go-style AR game (The Verge)
- This VR cycle is dead (TechCrunch)
Google for businesses
- Does Google Local Q&A Needs Moderation (SEO Roundtable)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Google Sends “Violating Ad Experiences” Violation Notices to Site Owners (Jennifer Slegg)
- How to add text snippets to the Blogger Emporio theme (Luke B)
- Simpler On-the-Go Publishing: Background Media Uploading for Android (Wordpress.com blog)
AdSense and advertising
- Google launches AdSense User First beta to test if fewer ads & better targeting can make more money for publishers (Marketing Land)
- A Serf on Google’s Farm (Talking Point Memo)
- Google Sends “Violating Ad Experiences” Violation Notices to Site Owners (Jennifer Slegg)
- Academy on Air: The New AdWords Experience (Part 2) (Google Partners on YouTube)
- Google Partners 'Discover' - Mobile Branding & Bumper ads (31.08.2017) (Google Partners on YouTube)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Bell Mobility takes a first step in replacing SMS with RCS in Canada (Android Central)
Made by Google, Android, Project Fi
- When will your phone get Android O? (Android Authority)
- Updates to Google Play policy promote standalone Android Wear apps (Android Developers Blog)
- Google breathes new life into old Android Wear watches with new Play Store policies (Android Central)
- Why Smartwatches Failed (Mike Elgan @ Computerworld)
- Automatic protections in Android: Q&A with a security expert (Google Blog)
- GBoard for Android 6.5 supports Stickers and Bitmoji
- Say it with stickers! (Google Blog)
- Your Google Assistant is coming to new speakers, appliances and more (Google Blog)
Productivity
- Google Maps now helps you find parking in the big city (Google Blog)
- Google Flights and hotel search offer new ways to make trip planning easier and cheaper (Google Blog)
- Android Oreo's picture-in-picture feature now usable in Google Maps (Android Central)
- GBoard for Android 6.5 supports Stickers and Bitmoji
- Say it with stickers! (Google Blog)
- Your Google Assistant is coming to new speakers, appliances and more (Google Blog)
- Amazon and Microsoft agree their voice assistants will talk (to each other) (TechCrunch)
- With CrashPlan getting out of the consumer cloud backup game, what’s next best? (Ars Technica)
Privacy and Security
- The WireX Botnet: How Industry Collaboration Disrupted a DDoS Attack (Cloudflare Blog)
- One of 1st-known Android DDoS malware infects phones in 100 countries (Ars Technica)
- Inside the Massive 711 Million Record Onliner Spambot Dump (Troy Hunt)
- 320 Million Hashes Exposed (CynoSure Prime)
- Leak of >1,700 valid passwords could make the IoT mess much worse (Ars Technica)
- Site sells Instagram users’ phone and e-mail details, $10 a search (Ars Technica)
- Automatic protections in Android: Q&A with a security expert (Google Blog)
More around the web
- Machine Learning and Human Bias (Google on YouTube)
- Presenting the 2017 Eclipse Megamovie (Google Blog)
- How NASA kept the ISS flying while Harvey hit Mission Control (The Verge)
- How I Got Fired From a D.C. Think Tank for Fighting Against the Power of Google (Zephyr Teachout @ The Intercept)
- Google critic ousted from think tank funded by tech giant (New York Times)
- A Serf on Google’s Farm (Talking Point Memo)
- Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesn’t Like—I Know Because It Happened to Me (Kashmir Hill @ Gizmodo)
- 465,000 Patients Need Software Updates for Their Hackable Pacemakers, FDA Says (Motherboard)
- These Women Entrepreneurs Created A Fake Male Cofounder To Dodge Startup Sexism (Fast Company)
- The Great “We Support Female Founders” Lie Continues… (Valerie Alexander @ Code Like a Girl)
- Convicted felon Martin Shkreli finds novel way to be a jerk online (Ars Technica)
- Apple, Facebook, Google and scores of businesses are imploring President Trump to protect the Dreamers (Recode)
- A fascinating look inside Google’s Project Loon (Nack Blog)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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