Week in review - February 21, 2015 - Consumer Surveys, Branding Intros, Private Profiles

This week's roundup of tips, updates and articles about Google+, YouTube, AdSense, and more.

Google+

• John Skeats: Keep your Google+ posts, photos, and (most of) your profile private
• Stephan Hovnanian: Hangout on Air hosts: are you neglecting your videos on YouTube? Be sure to add a useful description to your videos

YouTube

• YouTube Creators: want to keep your Branding Intros? Check your settings before March 31
• G+ discussion: get a custom URL for your YouTube channel (and Google+)
• Andrew Bossom: Getting an "invalid file type" error when trying to upload to YouTube? You may need to "cook" your video
• Mashable: Maxed out credit cards, arguments over copyrights, humongous rats, a cameo by MC Hammer, and PayPal: the early history of YouTube

AdSense

• AdSense Publishers : add Google Consumer Surveys to your site

Other updates

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Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links.