Thursday, October 3, 2019

Weekly Update - November 23, 2019: Adsense, Stadia, Google Earth

Thanksgiving is this coming Th inwards the US, in addition to I’m really thankful for all of yous who read my posts! Now is the fourth dimension nosotros commonly reckon the in conclusion flurry of updates earlier the destination of the year. There are updates for AdSense Publishers, video creators, in addition to webmasters; novel productivity features for G Suite users; in addition to novel creative tools for storytelling, choreography in addition to mapping.
  • This calendar week AdSense sent out 2 e-mail announcements to Publishers. If yous are an AdSense Publisher,and didn’t have them, depository fiscal establishment agree your email notification settings.
  • The starting fourth dimension e-mail from AdSense was a reminder that they volition “stop supporting the AdSense mobile application over the adjacent few months.” AdSense isn’t bad every bit a mobile website, thence the best alternative is using www.adsense.com inwards your mobile spider web browser.
  • The 2nd e-mail announced novel options to aid AdSense Publishers comply amongst the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into lawsuit Jan 1. The easiest agency to comply is to trammel information processing for users inwards California, thence they reckon non-personalized ads
  • AdSense also announced changes to improve surgical procedure of vignette ads: the volition alone present i time per hr per site, in addition to volition present to users betwixt page loads when navigating to a dissimilar site. Vignette ads are mobile full-screen ads that display betwixt page loads in addition to tin endure skipped past times users. You tin enable them when yous set upwards Auto Ads inwards your AdSense account. I don’t have got them enabled, because I abide by them intrusive, but YMMV.
  • Google Facebook in addition to Twitter have got similar transparency tools).
  • YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki posted her concluding 2019 missive of the alphabet to creators. In it, she looked dorsum at changes over the past times year, in addition to mentioned some updates they are working on: working to abide by advertisers who are interested inwards “edgier” content, thence those video creators tin earn more; expansion of the Self Certification programme that lets Partners self-report how their videos comply amongst advertising policy; a content policy update that meliorate differentiates betwixt video game violence in addition to real-world violence in addition to updating their harassment policy guidelines. If yous are a YouTube Creator it’s worth reading the whole thing to acquire a meliorate feel of where YouTube sees itself heading.
  • New for creators on YouTube: Improved “Known Issues” carte on the YouTube Studio dashboard (now maintained past times an international team); for novel videos amongst copyright claims yous tin role “assisted trim” to to a greater extent than easily withdraw the claimed content; the automated “classifier” that determines whether a video is advertiser friendly has been significantly improved; in addition to at that topographic point is a novel Community Guidelines Enforcement transparency report. In the in conclusion quarter YouTube removed 8.7 1000000 private videos in addition to 3.3 1000000 channels for Community Guideline violations!
  • It’s non alone Google that removes features. Facebook is removing the pick to advertising friends to alive current broadcasts.
  • You tin at i time make a design amongst a brusk video clip inwards Canva. Use stock video or your own, in addition to then add together text in addition to graphics. It’s non a full-fledged video editor, in addition to yous can’t add together an well track, but it looks useful for sharing to social media or creating a brusk intro to splice into your longer YouTube videos. You tin use Canva for free, thence give it a try.
  • Vimeo has a novel in addition to improved version of its iOS app, at i time amongst video capture, alive streaming (Premium only), trimming in addition to well control. Plus at that topographic point are improved analytics in addition to trouble concern human relationship management. The tidings features should endure coming to the Android app “soon”.
  • You tin at i time create your ain maps in addition to stories inwards Google Earth. Add placemarks, lines in addition to shapes, in addition to then attach your ain custom text, images, in addition to videos to these locations. You tin organize your locations into a narrative in addition to fifty-fifty collaborate amongst others. The creation tools are available inwards Google populace on desktop, in addition to the concluding projection tin endure viewed on desktop or mobile devices.
  • Visit “My Storytime” to tape stories that tin endure played dorsum over Google Assistant on your Google Nest (formerly Home) speaker. You tin also upload pre-recorded MP3 well files. That agency your loved ones tin hear to yous tell a story, fifty-fifty if yous are far away. While it’s aimed at stories for kids, it looks similar it volition operate for grown-up stories too, thence yous tin acquire creative.
  • Living Archive is an AI-driven choreography tool. You tin explore the library of poses or tape your ain to make your ain choreography. Give it a try.
  • This calendar week was the Smart Compose in addition to Calendar, messaging, in addition to on Hangouts Meet hardware; in addition to more. Note that most of these are inwards beta in addition to available inwards G Suite. (If yous desire to scout the keynote address or larn more, reckon the link roundup below).
  • The Wall Street Journal published an “exposé” accusing Google of manipulating the search results inwards favor of large businesses in addition to advertisers (non-paywalled version). While the SEO community is oftentimes critical of Google’s actions, inwards this illustration they by in addition to large panned the article, amongst some proverb they had been misquoted, or that they had given background to reporters that was seemingly ignored. See the articles from Barry Schwartz, Greg Sterling, in addition to Sam Ruchlewicz for their accept on what the Wall Street Journal got wrong.
  • Stadia, Google’s cloud gaming platform, introduced Topics yous tin follow. Topic suggestions volition appear inwards your timeline. Early analysis shows that at the instant most of the topics are sports, music in addition to video-game related.
  • And, but what you’ve been waiting for: a novel social network! Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales latterly launched WT:Social, where the feed is e'er chronological in addition to the content comes from topic-based “sub-wikis”. It plans to endure funded past times donations. If that sounds interesting, sign upwards for the hold off list.
  • Finally, for some silliness: Open this YouTube video inwards the mobile YouTube app, in addition to then click the “Try Now” push clit to accept a selfie amongst Scooby Doo. It’s non available inwards all countries, unfortunately.
Read on for to a greater extent than news, updates in addition to tips for video creators, alive streamers, businesses, webmasters in addition to more. Subscribe to acquire the Weekly Update in your e-mail inbox or favorite feed reader. Miss in conclusion week’s update? Get it here.

Image: USA Thanksgiving is Thursday, Nov 28. I’m really thankful for all of yous who read my posts! On Thanksgiving nosotros commonly get together amongst menage unit of measurement to feast on turkey, cranberries, sugariness potatoes, veggies in addition to pie. So delicious! And thence lovely to part a repast amongst the people who are of import to me. If yous are travelling for the Thanksgiving holiday, Google Maps has information yous tin role to arrive less painful. Photo past times Wendy Wei from Pexels (free to use).

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