Peggy K's Creator News

Hello creators! This week there are new Instagram features that could affect your privacy, Google Search says AI Overviews aren’t killing site traffic, plus updates from AdSense, YouTube, StreamYard, Restream, Substack, OpenAI, Gemini and more. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. Top news and updates this week Google Search responded to reports that AI Overviews are killing website traffic to say they aren’t, and are sending more quality clicks to sites. The “bare skin” ad blocking category is removed for YouTube channels and AdSense -monetized websites. You can replace that with other sexy ad categories. YouTube is contributing $3 million to creatives affected by the LA wildfires. Instagram launched Friend Maps (with opt-in live location sharing), a feed of your Friends’ Reels and the ability to reshare Posts and Reels. Instagram creators and businesses have more Insights into post performance. You can add stickers created from your photos in the YouTube Shorts ed...

To celebrate 10 years of Creator Weekly, I’m sharing  tech highlights from 2015  that still resonate 10 years later. This update was for the  week ending August 8, 2015.   Ten years ago Google introduced an EU user cookie consent policy that applied to any website monetized with AdSense ads. The result? Cookie consent popups across the web. Compliance with the EU ePrivacy Directive The EU ePrivacy Directive was enacted in 2002. Regarding cookies , it says, in short:   "Users should have the opportunity to refuse to have a cookie or similar device stored on their terminal equipment. [...] The methods for giving information, offering a right to refuse or requesting consent should be made as user-friendly as possible. Access to specific website content may still be made conditional on the well-informed acceptance of a cookie or similar device, if it is used for a legitimate purpose" Twelve year...

Hello creators! This week there are updates from YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram and more. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email.. Top news and updates this week YouTube allows more profanity to be monetized. YouTube is beginning to estimate whether viewers are at least 18 years old automatically. Update on UK age verification requirements. It’s not going great (or maybe this was the plan all along?). goo.gl short links are due to stop working August 25, and now some active goo.gl links will continue to work (but you may want to remove them all from your site). Instagram now limits live streaming to accounts with at least 1,000 followers. TikTok added Creator Care mode for comments, TikTok LIVE comment muting by keyword or emoji, Creator Inbox for managing comments, Creator Chat Rooms to chat with fans.. YouTube added a Posts shelf to the Channel Home tab. If you have at least 2 Posts it’s there now. Filter your YouTube playlists by description and visibility. YouT...

To celebrate 10 years of Creator Weekly, I’m sharing  tech highlights from 2015  that still resonate 10 years later. This update was for the  week ending August 1, 2015.   Ten years ago Google demoted Google+ from the social across all Google products to a social platform focused on connecting users with shared interests. Google+ Was the Social Layer Across Google Frame from the official Google video "Google+: Explore Settings", published June 11, 2011 Google+ launched in 2011 to much fanfare . Soon  Google+ head Vic Gundotra was describing  as the "social layer across all of Google's services." "The old Google was siloed; your identity and how you share with your family was different across each product. ... In the new version of Google, we know your name, we understand your circles and we make every service better." It's pretty clear this is part of where Google+ went wrong. People actually d...

Another week, another passel of generative AI tools. This week there is an experiment with vibe coding, and new creative tools for YouTube Shorts and Google Photos. There are new reports for YouTubers in Analytics and website owners in Search Console. And there are new requirements for UK adults to verify their age to see “adult” content. Plus lots more. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email Top news and updates this week The YouTube Shorts editor has a new AI Playground hub for generative AI tools, new AI-powered special effects, and the ability to turn photos into short video clips (not available in all countries). Many platforms are now requiring adult age verification to comply with child safety laws in the UK and more places around the world. Use vibe coding to create shareable mini-apps with Google Opal . YouTube Analytics now shows a breakdown of your audience by watch behavior (Regular, Casual and New viewers)....