Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Weekly Update - September 14, 2019: Blogger, Google Search, Photos

This calendar week at that spot are a heap of updates for bloggers, webmasters, YouTubers, trace organisation owners too much more.
  • If you role Blogger inwards Draft, yous should run into a “Try the New Blogger” push on the left menu. If yous opt in, yous tin try out a novel mobile-friendly pattern for the Blogger Comments too Stats pages. You tin switch dorsum to Classic Blogger at whatever time, too thus there’s no argue non to scope it a whirl. I’ve written upwardly an overview of the changes. Will at that spot hold upwardly more? The message yous run into afterwards opting inwards says “Blogger is gradually introducing some fresh pages that move good on mobile. Keep an oculus inwards the coming months every bit these are rolled out.”
  • Google Photos forthwith shows story-like “Memories” at the move past times of your gallery, alongside machine-learning curated photos too videos from previous years. Ane inwards close time to come yous volition run into the photos too videos you’ve shared alongside friends or menage unit of measurement - too that they get got shared alongside yous - every bit an ongoing somebody conversation (yes, some other means to message on Google) making it easier to percentage alongside each other.
  • Google Photos also forthwith officially supports searching for text within your photos, which is a real useful tool if yous get got photos of menus, posters, labels, notes, receipts or other objects alongside text.
  • If yous are inwards the US, Google Photos forthwith lets yous order photograph prints, including regular 4x6 photos too larger canvass prints.
  • The old Google Search Console has been retired. There are nonetheless a few legacy tools too reports, simply those are inwards the procedure of beingness moved over to the novel Google Search Console.
  • If yous are a webmaster or blogger, yous get got in all likelihood used the “nofollow” tag to grade advertising links, or links yous didn’t desire to endorse. This calendar week Google announced 2 novel tags: sponsored (for tagging ads or sponsored links) too “ugc” (for User Generated Content). These tin - totally optionally - hold upwardly used inwards house of “nofollow” to furnish improve hints to Google virtually the nature of the links. And “hint” is the operative give-and-take here. The large alter is non too thus much the novel tags, simply rather that Google volition no longer role nofollow every bit a directive to ignore the link. Instead “”nofollow, “sponsored” too “ugc” are forthwith treated every bit a hint virtually which links to reckon or exclude within Search.
  • You tin now import your verified websites from Google Search Console into Bing Webmaster Tools. That should arrive much easier to acquire your trace organisation human relationship gear upwardly if yous are interested inwards how your site is doing inwards Bing Search.
  • Google Search has brand ranking changes too updated their search rater guidelines to give a boost to original reporting. Original reporting “provides information that would non otherwise get got been known had the article non revealed it.”
  • Starting Oct 10th, yous volition alone get got 30 days to role Google Takeout to download a re-create your original YouTube video uploads. After thirty days, your download may hold upwardly a high lineament compressed version (MP4 file alongside H264 video too AAC audio). Since Oct 2018, the original upload has been available for download inwards Takeout for vi months, too thus this volition hold upwardly a meaning change.
  • YouTube is testing out a novel means to larn to a greater extent than virtually commenters on YouTube videos. If your trace organisation human relationship is inwards the test, yous volition hold upwardly able to tap on the profile photograph of a commenter, too a covert alongside populace information virtually that channel volition pop up. That volition include name, photo, recent comments, too maybe subscriptions too other populace details. Sounds similar a much easier means to acquire to know virtually someone than checking out their channel. And it volition hold upwardly painfully obvious if yous get got posted the same comment on a dozen videos.
  • YouTube is no longer counting paid advertising views on YouTube when calculating the rankings on the YouTube Music Charts or 24-hour tape debuts. This volition hopefully brand the charts to a greater extent than accurately reverberate music video popularity. This comes after a recent controversy where Indian rapper Badshah crunch BTS’s tape for most views inwards 24 hours, a feat evidently driven past times purchased ads.
  • If you’re a writer, yous may appreciate that Google Docs forthwith lets yous stance your give-and-take count every bit you’re typing.
  • If yous get got Google One membership, which comes alongside buy of Google Drive infinite inwards most countries, yous forthwith get got access to improved Android telephone backup. You tin cope your phone’s backups inwards the Google One app, including Android information (app data, telephone telephone history, contacts, settings, too SMS messages), MMS messages (including photos, videos too sound files), too Google Photos. RCS messages may (or may not) hold upwardly saved.
  • Kickstarter launched “Students of Art”, alongside resources for fine art students, both for launching Kickstarter campaigns too for offline resources similar workshops, grant writing tips too more.
  • At tRead on for to a greater extent than news, updates too tips for YouTubers, trace organisation owners, webmasters too more.
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