Weekly Update - August 3, 2019: Youtube Studio, Hangouts Classic, Webmasters

This calendar week Hangouts on Air were discontinued (boo), merely classic Hangouts was updated thus that y'all tin written report spammers too harassers when y'all block them (yay). There were also some modest updates to YouTube, information for webmasters too more.

• Goodbye this week: Hangouts On Air were discontinued too Feedburner users tin no longer add together novel domains to the MyBrand service
• Classic Hangouts genuinely got an update this week. Now, on desktop, y'all tin written report people to Google when y'all block them inwards Hangouts conversations. Google reviews the final 10 posts that soul made. So yes, this way Google tin read what you’ve posted inwards Hangouts.
• New YouTube features for Creators:
• YouTube Studio Beta is directly the default, too links to Classic directly redirect there. You tin yet switch dorsum to Classic if y'all postulate to.
• YouTube Studio dashboard directly has a carte showing stats for your latest post
• The YouTube Studio mobile app is getting novel snapshot report.
• YouTube Analytics volition convey a novel Monthly Revenue Insights report
• In the novel Live Control Room creators tin create highlights piece they are streaming
• On monetized videos at that topographic point volition no longer travel a yellowish mark on the timeline indicating midroll ads - instead at that topographic point volition travel a v instant countdown piece viewers are watching
• Google Site Kit developer beta is directly available. Site Kit is a WordPress plugin that makes it tardily to laid up, configure, too larn insights from Search Console, Analytics, AdSense, Tag Manager too Optimize.
• Google Webmasters posted a detailed article virtually what webmasters should know virtually Google Search “core updates”. It includes a lot of detailed information too a listing of questions y'all should enquire yourself virtually the content too lineament of your site. It also has links to articles past times a pose out of SEO experts amongst other perspectives, which caused a chip of a stir on Twitter. Some other search experts questioned whether this constituted a exceptional (and unfair) endorsement of those SEOs past times Google. That resulted inwards a disclaimer beingness added that explains Google linked them because they institute the articles to travel helpful (which, yes, of course?).
• Google also posted an informative article virtually how featured snippets operate inwards the Google Search results.
• The Google Files app, designed for users amongst depression telephone storage, now has 100 meg users. It’s getting a novel night subject too an improved offline good too video media player,
• Preempting leaks too rumors, Google announced novel features inwards the Pixel four phone. It includes miniature radar developed past times Project Soli for touchless gesture controls. The brief promo video makes the tech aspect pretty cool. I await to run into the technology seem inwards to a greater extent than Made past times Google devices similar the Nest Hub Max - I remember the gesture controls brand to a greater extent than feel inwards a dwelling assistant than inwards a telephone that y'all are probable to travel asset inwards 1 manus anyway.
• Next twelvemonth inwards Europe Google volition travel adding a novel way for Android users to choose the search provider to ability the dwelling concealment search box too search inwards Chrome. Search providers postulate to apply to travel included on the novel selection screen, with the cost they are willing to pay each fourth dimension a user selects them. The highest bidders inwards each county volition seem on the selection concealment every bit options along amongst Google. Revenues allow Google to “continue to invest inwards developing too maintaining the Android platform.”
• Weekend entertainment: Watch the official Lollapalooza alive stream, August 1-4
• Reminder: I’ve created a playlist of the videos I advise inwards my weekly roundup link list. You tin click the salvage playlist linkto salvage the playlist to your ain YouTube account. I computer program to add together the latest videos each week. If y'all similar it, allow me know!

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Upcoming

• August 9: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours
• August 12: Deadline to apply for YouTube NextUp Moscow, Russia
• August 12: Deadline for the Adobe Creative Tour Twenty One Pilots creation submission
• August 14: Women of Publishing Webinar: Monetization Tips too Tricks
• August 15: Registration for the costless official Android Developers Summit closes
• August 18: Deadline to submit to “You Are the Champions” user-created Queen videos

YouTube too Video Creation

• Snapshot Report on Mobile, Super Chat Expansion, too Revenue Insights inwards YTA! (Creator Insider)
• What webmasters should know virtually Google’s “core updates” (Google Webmaster Central Blog)
• Finding fresh, helpful information through featured snippets (Google)
• Voice Search inwards the Google Search Console: #AskGoogleWebmasters (Google Webmasters on YouTube)
• The essential guide to managing expired content (Jes Scholz)
• A novel way to unify app too website touchstone inwards Google Analytics (Google)

AdSense too Advertising

• New innovations to grow your app concern amongst ads (AdMob)

Hangouts, Meetings too Messaging

• Now y'all tin written report users when y'all block them inwards classic Hangouts on desktop
• Additional tools for enhanced reporting inwards Google Sheets (G Suite Updates)
• Meet the novel IFTTT (IFTTT)
• Power downward amongst Google Fit (Google)
• Chrome for Android Update (Chrome 76) (Chrome Releases)
• Stable Channel Update for Desktop (Chrome 76) (Chrome Releases)
• Chrome 76 is Here With a Fortified Incognito Mode too Further Measures to Kill Adobe Flash Player (Gtricks)
• Google Chrome Hides World Wide Web too HTTPS:// inwards the Address Bar Again (Bleeping Computer)

Privacy too Security

• Titan Security Keys are directly available inwards Canada, France, Japan, too the UK (Google Online Security Blog)
• Defend high-risk users amongst the Advanced Protection Program for enterprise beta (G Suite Updates)
• Apple too Google temporarily halt listening to Siri too OK Google queries (Ars Technica)

More approximately the web

• How to Make a Phone Farm (Vice)
• Glitch exposes existent historic flow of influencer who used filter to aspect younger (Daily Dot)
• Google is testing a subscription for premium Android apps too games (The Next Web)
• The making of "Margaret past times Moonlight" (Google)
• GitHub confirms it has blocked developers inwards Iran, Syrian Arab Republic too Crimea (TechCrunch)
• Amazon is killing off the Dash push after this month (TechCrunch)