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F rom the YT TC Blog: External annotations to Blogspot blogs If your YouTube channel is linked to a Google+ Page, you may find it tricky to set up external annotations your Blogger blog or additional websites. In my experience, this isn't limited to just Blogger or blogspot blogs, it's an issue with associating any website with your YouTube channel after you've linked it to a Google+ Page. The trick is adding the special @pages.plusgoogle.com username for your Google+ Page as an owner of your blog in Webmaster tools. Once you've done that, your blog will automatically be associated with your Google+ Page-linked YouTube channel. See YouTube TC Andrew Bossom's post that shows you step-by-step how to associate your Google+ Page-linked YouTube channel with your Blogger blog . Related information: YouTube Help: Associated Website Annotations Webmaster Tools: Remove or Add Owner

Useful information for YouTube Partners: Helpful Information for Newbies: Reapplying for AdSense from YouTube and Blogger If you previously applied for AdSense and had your application disapproved, you may not be able to change your YouTube channel or Blogger blog URL on your AdSense application. The solution? Submit a new application for AdSense from your Blogger earnings tab or your YouTube channel's monetization settings using a different or new Google account. Once you have an approved AdSense account, you can then add your current Google account email as an administrator of the account.  Learn  how to apply for AdSense from YouTube or Blogger using a new Google account. Related information: Blogger Help: Enabling AdSense on your Blog Tutorial: How to enable monetization on YouTube Tutorial: Monetize your Blogger blog with AdSense YouTube Help: Associate your YouTube and AdSense accounts AdSense Help: Add a user to your account  and Change a user's lev...

Update January 2019: With the shutdown of consumer Google+ on April 2, 2019, all Google+ Pages will be deleted. Backup a copy of your Google+ Page data , including the cover art. Update August 2016: You can now find your Google+ images (and images uploaded via other Google products) in your Album Archive ( get.google.com/albumarchive ) Update 11/13/13: Google+ has updated the look of the Profile or Page cover image, so that now the entire image is displayed when you view a profile on a desktop computer. The article is in the process of being updated with new screenshots. When you link your YouTube channel to a Google+ Profile or Google+ Page, you may want to give your channel and Google+ presence a similar look. Just as you can use your YouTube channel icon as your Google+ profile photo , you can replace the default Google+ cover photo with your YouTube channel's banner image. What to consider: What are the Google+ cover photo requirements, and how do they compare t...

Update July 2018: YouTube removed the Messages inbox from Creator Studio. You can message friends using the newer Messages system . Update December 2016: Y ouTube now has its own notification bel l. It does not include Messages.  Update December 2014: the old YouTube Inbox is now gone. Find your private messages at www.youtube.com/messages Upda te July 2014:  the Inbox is being re tired. Learn abou t  the new priva te Messages and how  to download your Inbox, crea te a Google+ circle from your Con tac ts, and message groups . Update November 6, 2013: With the  introduction of Google+ comments , you will see new comment notifications in your Google+ notifications - the bell icon at the top of the page - rather than your YouTube inbox. Update January 7, 2013: The Inbox link in the left menu has moved under the "Community" heading, rather than under the "Video Manager" heading. This is now the case whether your channel is connected to Googl...

YouTube forum top contributor Andrew Bossom (aka rewboss ), has a great post that shares his experience linking his YouTube channel to a Google+ Page, explaining step-by-step what's happening and - importantly - some of the unexpected side effects of linking your YouTube channel to a Google+ Page. Read Linking YouTube and Google+

Update July 15, 2014: Google+ has removed most limitations on Google+ Profile names . Now you can create a Google+ Profile with almost any name, handle, brand or business name. Learn more in the Google+ Help Center . -------- Ever since YouTube started asking people to link their YouTube channel to Google+, people have been YouTube help forum that they are angry, frustrated and confused that YouTube is trying to force them to change their YouTube channel's title to their real name. They point out that using your real name on YouTube means that would make it difficult promote your channel's brand, and that posting videos and comments with your real name not only feels like an invasion of privacy and can even be a security issue. On the flip side, there has been considerable hype around the introduction of Google+ comments on YouTube channels coming from people (and even well known tech sites ) who think that it's going to require people to use their real names. ...

Update: consumer Google+ is shutting down April 2, 2019. This will not affect your YouTube channel. Update 2016: Your YouTube channel is now on a Brand Account or Google Account. Change your profile photo at aboutme.google.com If your channel is on a Brand Account, click the current profile photo at top right to switch to your Brand Account identity.  ---- Your YouTube channel icon is like a calling card. It not only appears on your channel, but when your subscribers are browsing your recent activity, next to your comments, when your channel is featured and so forth. Your channel icon represents you on YouTube. <- My awesome YouTube channel icon But now you've linked your channel to Google+ and suddenly your channel icon has been replaced by a generic blue image: Those are the default images for a Google+ Page or Google+ Profile. You can change that default icon to your own custom image. And if you know which box to tick during the Google+ linking process, you wo...

Update: consumer Google+ is shutting down April 2, 2019. This will not affect your YouTube channel. The integration of Google+ and YouTube can be confusing, and sometimes folks assume that they can just delete their Google+ Profile and start over. Unfortunately, when you delete a Google+ Profile that is linked to a YouTube channel, your YouTube channel will be suspended (but can pretty easily be recovered ). Unfortunately if you delete your entire Google account, rather than just your Google+ Profile, recovering your YouTube channel can be much more complicated. Recovery of your YouTube channel requires you first restore your Google account, and only then can your YouTube channel possibly be restored. So, if you have inadvertently deleted your Google account and your YouTube what can you do?