- YouTube announced new metrics (impressions and unique viewers) and personalized recommendations for Creators in the new Dashboard in YouTube Studio. These should be available to all channels within a few weeks. Eventually they will also be available on the Classic Creator Studio Dashboard.
- This week YouTube Creator Insider talked to a manager of policy for the advertiser-friendly guidelines, and discussed how those policies are implemented. It’s a must-watch for YouTube Partners. And in related news, a judge ruled YouTube is not obligated to display any advertisements alongside your videos.” in response to a lawsuit brought by a couple of filmmakers unhappy with changes in YouTube ad policy.
- Google Duo - the 1:1 mobile video calling app - now lets you leave a video or audio message if the person you’re contacting isn’t available when you call. Make a good impression if you want them to pick up your call!
- The first Android P Developer Preview was released a few days ago, and already the design and features are being disected. It’s early days, and this version is “not intended for daily or consumer use”. Eventually a beta version Android P will be released to consumers with supported devices, which sadly don’t include the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P or Pixel C tablet.
- Google wants to make the web faster. They are working with the World Wide Web Consortium to make technology inspired by its Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) framework become web standards. This is a long term project - months to years, not days to weeks - and it’s not clear whether they will be able to get web developers on board with the proposal.
- March Madness is upon us! Learn how to use Google Sheets for your NCAA Basketball playoff brackets.
March is Women’s History Month
- Celebrate Women's History Month with a #SheInspiresMe post on Google+
- Flickr is calling All Women Photographers to submit images to the Flickr Social group using the hashtag #ThroughHerLens
- Google celebrates International Women's Day with personal stories from 12 female artists - add your story with #HerStoryOurStory (Google)
- Share a Periscope broadcast celebrating the women in your life, and include the hashtags #IWD #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay #HereWeAre or #SheInspiresMe in your broadcast titles to activate a special heart.
- Facebook: when Women Lead, Everyone Progresses
“The interior of a canteen filled with female workers. There is a counter to the right of the composition, and tables occupied with women in overalls and cloth caps to the left. There is a queue at the counter, with several women holding large white cups. In the centre two women walk arm-in-arm towards the viewer, and next to them another stands looking out in the same direction.”
Upcoming:
- Current: Learn how to retain highly engaged moderators in your Google+ Community with Cliff Wade
- 12 March: Google+ #CreateConnections event with Maria Nasir: Food, Cooking, and Content Creation
- 21 March: AdSense on Air: What’s new in 2018?
- 22 March: AdWords Academy on Air: Google Audience Solutions
- 30 March: Google Partners 'Discover' - Digital Transformation: Audience
YouTube and Video Creation
- New Metrics in YouTube Studio: Impressions, unique viewers, personalized recommendations (YouTube Creators)
- How does YouTube determine whether videos coming with the advertiser-friendly guidelines? (Creator Insider)
- ‘Zombie Go Boom’ Attack on YouTube Ad Policy Is Ruled a Bust (Bloomberg)
- Automatically share your new YouTube video uploads to Facebook using IFTTT
- 'Fiction is outperforming reality': how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth (The Guardian)
- YouTube Says New Human Moderators Mistakenly Punished Some Far Right And Pro-Gun Creators (Tubefilter)
Go Live
Google+
- Google+ for Android adopts a brighter design, white bottom bar (9to5Google)
- How to quickly deal with spam in your Google+ Community (Robert Wallis)
- Manage your Google+ Page and YouTube Channel Brand Accounts (video, blog post)
Other social media
- Twitter plans to allow anyone to become 'verified' (CNET)
- Snapchat finally adds @ mention tagging (TechCrunch)
- Enabling Publishers to Label Breaking News on Facebook (Facebook Media blog)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- You can now export the Pixel 2’s Motion Photos as GIFs, videos or stills from Google Photos (9to5Google)
Google for businesses
Bloggers and Webmasters
- Google wants technology inspired by its Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) framework to become web standards (The Verge)
- Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (March 6) (Google Webmasters)
- Google Webmaster Central Office Hours Hangout (March 9) (Google Webmasters)
AdSense and advertising
- How to Insert AdSense auto ads on your Wordpress site (AdSense)
- ‘Zombie Go Boom’ Attack on YouTube Ad Policy Is Ruled a Bust (Bloomberg)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Google Duo update: leave a video (or audio) message (Google Blog)
- The Google App's New iMessage Extension Is Pretty Great (Lifehacker)
- Facebook introducing Video Chat in Messenger Lite (Facebook Newsroom)
Made by Google and Android
- More ways to use the Google Assistant, from your phone to your fridge (Google Blog)
- Android Developers Blog: Previewing Android P (Android Developers)
- Hands-on with Android P—Is this the beginning of a new design language? (Ars Technica)
- Android P developer preview is now available — here’s what’s new (The Verge)
- Android P feature spotlights (Android Police)
- Android P drops support for Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and the Pixel C tablet (The Verge)
Productivity
- March Madness is upon us! Learn ho to use Google Sheets for your NCAA Basketball playoff brackets (Ted Juch on the H&M Show)
- To celebrate Mar10, You can make Nintendo's Mario your companion on Google Maps this week (Google Blog)
- Menu and toolbar updates in Google Docs editors (G Suite Updates)
- Inbox types now supported in the Gmail app for Android (G Suite Updates)
- Chrome Stable Channel Update for Desktop (v.65) (Chrome Releases)
- PicMonkey, a longtime online photo editor, is stepping away from Adobe's doomed Flash technology (CNET)
Privacy and Security
- Chrome will soon let you export your saved passwords (Francois Beaufort)
More around the web
- Microwaves across Europe are 6 minutes slow due to a Serbia-Kosovo grid dispute (Ars Technica)
- Open Sourcing the Hunt for Exoplanets (Google Research Blog)
- New Security Conference Takes on RSA After It Books Just One Female Keynote Speaker (Gizmodo)
- Waymo self-driving trucks are hauling gear for Google data centers (Ars Technica)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links
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