This week there are updates and tips for photographers, Bloggers, YouTubers, and more. This week’s top updates:- YouTube announced that they have improved the technology for classifying videos for monetization, and are rolling out an update, significantly reducing the number of videos receiving limited ads (the dreaded yellow $). That means millions more videos will become fully monetized.
- The new Gmail Add-Ons let you complete tasks right from your email inbox
- Earlier this year, Google announced that they would no longer be updating popular Nik Collection of photo editing software. But it’s been rescued: DxO buys Nik collection from Google, and will resume development
- In May, Google Lens was announced at Google I/O. Lens lets you take a photo, and have Google Assistant tell you more about what you are looking at. Google Lens is built into the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2XL, and it’s now rolling out to first-gen Pixel and Pixel XLs
- The new Pixel 2s have unfortunately been generating a lot of complaints. Some Pixel 2s are making clicking and high-pitched sounds, people are reporting screen “burn-in”, and the colors look faded. Google is working to mitigate these issues, and has extended all Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL units to two-year warranties worldwide.
Halloween!
YouTube Contributors
YouTube Contributors
As I write this, I’m at the YouTube Contributors Meetup in San Bruno, where I spent the day with my fellow YouTube Help Forum experts, Trusted Flaggers, and Community Contributors. If you are interested in getting involved with YouTube Contributor Program, you can learn more here.
Image: Spooky Halloween masks, by me.
Upcoming:
- 2 November: Google Partners Academy on Air: Mobile Formats: Set Your Advertising up for Success
- 16 November: Google Partners Academy on Air: AdWords Attribution: Understanding the Full Customer Journey
- 22 November: AdSense on Air: Get your website mobile ready
- 23 November: Google Partners Academy on Air: Smart Bidding: Embrace the Future of Marketing
- 30 November: Google Partners Academy on Air: DataStudio: Automate Your Reporting
YouTube and Video Creation
- YouTube added a ‘zoom-to-fill’ mode for the Google Pixel 2 XL’s 18:9 display (9to5Google)
- Billboard Will Decrease Weight Of YouTube Views In Hot 100 Charts (Tubefilter)
- Russia’s Favored Outlet Is an Online News Giant. YouTube Helped. (New York Times)
- Best New YouTube Secret Hidden Features (Time)
Go Live
- Instagram now lets you "Go Live with a Friend" (Instagram Blog)
Google+
- Are you excessively +1ing on Google+? (John Skeats)
Other social media
- New Features for Groups to Build Communities (Facebook Newsroom)
- Clarifying Recent News Feed Tests (Facebook Media blog)
- Introducing News Feed Publisher Guidelines (Facebook Media blog)
- Biggest drop in Facebook organic reach we have ever seen (Filip Struharik)
- How the bad guys build fake accounts on Facebook (Rick Newman @ Yahoo Finance)
- Introducing Superzoom and Halloween Creative Tools (Instagram Blog)
- Strengthening Our Commitment to Safety and Kindness for 800 Million (Instagram Blog)
- Want Nazis Out of Your Twitter Feed? It Helps to Be a VIP. (The Daily Beast)
- It Sounds Like Snap Spectacles Turned Into a Massive Boondoggle (Gizmodo)
- Snap's 'shockingly low' internal data reveals why its Spectacles glasses flopped (Business Insider)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- DxO Buys Nik Collection from Google, Will Resume Development (PetaPixel)
Google for businesses
- Add a "Book Online" button to your Google local business listing (US) (Google Blog)
- Using Google Posts for Local Business Effectively (Online Ownership)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Google Optimize now offers more precision and control for marketers (Google Analytics blog)
- Expanded page hierarchy in the new Google Sites (G Suite Updates)
AdSense and advertising
- AdSense on Air: 5 tips to get your site optimized for the winter holidays (AdSense)
- Google Partners Academy on Air: Leveling Up Your UAC Campaigns: The right game events (Google Partners)
- Google tells Publishers "We come in peace" with new subscription features and band safety tools (Wall Street Journal, Doubleclick)
- Protecting your privacy: How Google Ads Work (Google)
- Chasing The Tall Tale of the Long Tail of Online Advertising (Eli Fennell)
- Google aims to share revenue with news publishers (Engadget)
- Inside AdWords: The importance of site-wide tagging for accurate conversion measurement (Inside AdWords)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Scaling Talks at Google with Hangouts (Google Blog)
- Google Allo v21 adds a cropping tool for profile pictures [APK Download] (Android Police)
Made by Google, Android, Project Fi
- Android 8.1 Developer Preview (Android Developers blog)
- Google Lens is rolling out to first-gen Pixel and Pixel XLs (Android Police)
- YouTube added a ‘zoom-to-fill’ mode for the Google Pixel 2 XL’s 18:9 display (9to5Google)
- Diving deeper on the Pixel 2 XL Display (official Pixel User Community)
- Why colors on the Pixel 2 look faded: How Oreo's color profiles work on the Pixel 2 and 2 XL (Android Police)
- [Update: Fix in development] Some Pixel 2 units making clicking and high-pitched sounds (Android Police)
- [Update: Preferred Care not extended] Google upgrades all Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL units to two-year warranties worldwide (Android Police)
- The Pixel 2 XL drama is undermining Google’s entire Pixel project (The Verge)
Productivity
- Complete tasks from your email inbox with Gmail Add-Ons (Gmail)
- You can no longer change the Google country-specific domain to search another country (Google Blog)
- Pay with Google using any credit card in your Google account (not just in Android Pay) (Google Blog)
- Clear your throat, ditch the remote: New TV shows and movies now casting via Google Home (Google Blog)
- Chrome for Android Update (Chrome 62) (Chrome Releases)
- Pocket Update Introducing Continuous Playback for Listen and Highlighting on Android (Pocket Blog)
- This month on Bing: entertainment experiences and saved content (Bing Blog)
More around the web
- Building trust online by partnering with the International Fact Checking Network (Google Blog)
- Goodbye Gatekeepers (Stratechery)
- Social Media Marathon Cheating: Con or Victimless Crime? (Wired)
- The Real Story of Automation Beginning with One Simple Chart (Medium)
- Experiment with updates to Science Journal, now on iOS (Google Blog)
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