Where is everything?
- Hangouts can be accessed at hangouts.google.com , in Gmail, and using the Chrome Hangouts app or extension.
- Events are available in the Android Google+ app and the Classic G+ interface
- Hangouts on Air can be scheduled starting from hangouts.google.com or YouTube Live Events, or by switching back to Classic G+
- Links to Google+ Photos “highlights” and albums redirect to Google Photos, meaning you can only access your Blogger and Hangouts image albums in Picasa Web Albums.
If you try the new Google+, be sure to send feedback to Google+ directly to let them know what you like, dislike and which features are essential to you.
- How to send effective feedback to Google
What else was new this week? Google Photos now lets you convert your "Original" images to "High Quality" images that don't count towards your storage limits. You can also easily remove already-backed-up photos from your phone. Folks without a Google account can join a Hangouts video call. YouTube introduced new translation tools. Plus more updates, tips and articles.
Note some of the links are listed under more than one category below.
Mark your Calendar
- Feature Friday contest: This week's #FeatureFriday contest is looking for Google+ Collections about Google products and services - I know a lot of you out there have Google-related Collections so submit yours! (Google+ Creators Community)
- Event: Interested in the Google Top Contributor Program? Mark your calendar for December 3rd (Google Top Contributor Program)
- Contest: Are you a teen artist? Or do you know any artistic students in grades K through 12? Check out the Doodle 4 Google contest (Deadline December 7)(Google)
- Course: Register for the “How to start making money on YouTube* Creator Academy Bootcamp (December 7-21) (YouTube Creators)
Google+
- Introducing the new Google+ (Official Google Blog)
- Dive into the new Google+ (Official post on Google+ by Luke Wroblewski)
- What’s changing with Google+ (Google+ Help Center)
- The new Google+ goes completely responsive, making pages load faster on all devices (Google Developers)
- Tips: Google+ TC Alex Garcia’s How to Google+ Collection has great tips for using the new Google+ (Alex Garcia)
- Some interesting articles:
- TechCrunch: Behind The +1: Meet The New Google+
- Gideon Rosenblatt on Why change Google?
- Ben Fisher: Google IS listening - give feedback!
- Eli Fennell : The New Google+ and the War for the Interest Graph
- Mike Blumenthal : All about collections, not about business
- Martin Shervington : The Future of Google+
- UX Launchpad: Material Design's Bob Dylan Moment (about design of the G+ Android app)
- New G+ iOS app launched and updated
- New design in the Android app
- Google+ photographers, writers, link-sharers and creators: the official Google+ Collections community can help you build featurable Collections (Lori Savageau in the Google+ Creators Community)
- How to restore a deleted Google+ Page (and its YouTube channel) at Google My Business (G+ share of this post)
- Improvements to Sign-In with Google Play services 8.3: Sign in with Google+ becomes Sign in with Google (no Profile required) (Android Developers blog)
- Where's my (Google+) stuff?
- How to post in the new Google+ (Alex Garcia)
- Get your Circle streams back (Dustin Stout)
- New Google+ keyboard shortcuts (Artem Russakovskii)
- Find your Hangouts after switching to the new Google+
- How to schedule a Hangout on Air after switching to the new Google+: open hangouts.google.com and select "Hangouts on Air" in the left menu
- Small businesses: give your customers the direct link to your Google Business page reviews (Online Ownership) Also: Automated review link creation tool (Pleper)
- How to find your Blogger blog images now that Google+ Photos is no longer accessible (updated G+ Post)
Google Photos
- Update New Google Photos features on Android (John Elstone)
- New! Google Photos helps you free up space on your phone - now you can easily delete device copies of your already-backed-up photos or get a warning when your storage is almost full (Google Photos)
- New! Google Photos helps you clear up space in your Google account: convert your photos from Original to High Quality (Google Photos)
- New! Get your photos on the map! Now you can share photos directly from Google Photos to Google Maps (Google Local Guides)
Google Small Business and Local
- New! Review local businesses, upload photos, correct Google Maps - Google Local Guides can level up to get more storage! (Google Local Guides)
- New! Get your photos on the map! Now you can share photos directly from Google Photos to Google Maps (Google Local Guides)
- Tip: How to restore a deleted Google+ Page (and its YouTube channel) at Google My Business (G+ share of this post)
YouTube
- New! YouTube Creators: enable the new Sponsored Cards format on your videos
- Update YouTube listens: Subscription grid view is back! (YouTube)
- New! YouTube's new translation tools help you connect with a global audience (YouTube Creators)
- Update YouTube Kids app now available in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada (YouTube)
- New! YouTube fights for fair use (Google Public Policy blog)
- Course: Register for the “How to start making money on YouTube Creator Academy Bootcamp (December 7-21) (YouTube Creators)
Hangouts on Air and Live Broadcasting
- New Google+: Hangouts on Air can be scheduled starting from hangouts.google.com or YouTube Live Events, or by switching back to Classic G+
- Tip Promote your Hangout on Air or YouTube Live event across all your videos and on your channel (Video Creators)
Hangouts
- New! Have guests join a Hangouts video call using a URL link, no Google account required (Google for Work)
- New Google+: Hangouts can be accessed at hangouts.google.com , in Gmail, and using the Chrome Hangouts app or extension.
- Tip Find your Hangouts image albums in Picasa Web Albums
Blogger and Webmasters
- Update Updating the Google Search Quality Rating Guidelines (Webmaster Central Blog)
- Tip The time is now for multi-screen (AdSense blog)
- Tip Human-centered design: When writing for humans, it helps to think like one (AdSense blog)
- Tip 5 tips to grow website visitors (AdSense blog)
- Article Google Webmasters spotlight series: Get to know the Google Webmasters team members (Google Webmasters)
- Tip How to find your Blogger blog images now that Google+ Photos is no longer accessible (updated G+ Post)
AdSense and Advertising
- Article YouTube Red and other subscription services that remove ads are "a truce between creator and consumer" (Eric Ravenscraft at Lifehacker)
- Article Wladimir Palant, Adblock Plus, and the (profitable) war against unacceptable ads. (Russ Juskalian at Technology Review)
- New! Drive sales and app downloads with video this holiday season (AdWords blog)
- New! YouTube Creators: enable the new Sponsored Cards format on your videos
Nexus, Android, Project Fi
- Update Android 6 Marshmallow rolling out to devices on Project Fi , plus Band 12 News
- Update Nexus 6P is back in stock, just in time for holiday shopping :) (Nexus)
- Tip Sticky FAQ about Bad USB Type-C Legacy cables (Benson Leung)
- Tip Don’t buy the OnePlus USB Type C adaptor for your Nexus 6P/5X or Pixel (Benson Leung)
More Mobile
- New! Improvements to Sign-In with Google Play services 8.3: Sign in with Google+ becomes Sign in with Google (no Profile required) (Android Developers blog)
- New! Redisigned Google app for iOS devices (Google)
- Update Google Fit: Step Up Your Fitness (Official Android blog)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
Thx for the new update :)
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