This week YouTube clarified its monetization policies; new features with Adobe Firefly in Photoshop, Premiere Pro and the web; TikTok banned in the US; Ghost in the Fediverse and more! The FO...
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This weekend marks the start of Earth Week, which is a great time to think about what steps you can take to help the environment. Native plants in your garden? Fewer plastic bags? It all helps....
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This week it’s all about AI, with new AI features in Google Workspace, Google Photos AI features available to everyone, the new Google Vids AI-powered video generator and more.YouTube also an...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/04/creator-weekly-google-photos-ai-editing.html
If you turn on ad personalization for your Google Account, you can control what personal information is used to customize the ads you see on YouTube, Google Search and Discover. You can also...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/04/google-my-ad-center-personalization.html
Community Posts are a way for YouTube channels to share non-video content with their fans, including text posts, photos, polls, quizzes, announcements and more. The Posts Feed (currently o...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/04/scroll-youtube-posts-feed-for-creator.html
It seems like everyone here is talking about Monday’s eclipse. It will only be a partial eclipse here in the SF Bay Area, but I’m still planning to pause and observe (my colander is ready!...
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Five years ago today Google+ shut down and I still haven't found a social media platform that's "home" in the same way. And I don't expect I will. FIVE THINGS I'VE LEARNED Every platfo...
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Happy Easter weekend to all who celebrate! There are lots of updates this week for video creators, tips for bloggers, new AI-based features and more. TOP NEWS AND UPDATES THIS WEEK Google�...
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Is your Google Account secure? Is your YouTube channel? Do you know what to do if you believe your account was hijacked? On Wednesday, March 27, I'm live with Michael Daniels on Tinkering wit...
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Spring has sprung and there a updates sprouting all over. New this week: YouTube labels for AI-generated and synthetic content, Threads federation, the Yahoo Creator Program for lifestyle an...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/03/creator-weekly-youtube-ai-labels-yahoo.html
Cheers to all celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this weekend. Wearing of the green will get you into the mood for Spring, which comes around on Tuesday. This week there are updates to Google Se...
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What's new this week? Google’s updated spam policy and core update aims to reduce spammy Search results, Twitch shared their 2024 roadmap, TikTok updates resources for creators, X gets Article...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/03/creator-weekly-google-search-spam.html
March is coming in like a lion, with strong wintery weather here in California. I’m looking forward to Spring! This week there are updates for YouTubers, bloggers, social media and a lot...
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This week was all about AI. You can access Google’s Gemini in different Google products and services (if you pay and don’t mind that it’s still learning), Google is paying Reddit for dat...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/02/creator-weekly-google-gemini-ai.html
This week’s updates include new features for YouTubers, OpenAI’s new text-to-video AI, a better way to create presentation videos in Google Slides and more. TOP NEWS AND UPDATES THIS WEEK...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/02/creator-weekly-youtube-post-only-feed.html
This week has three celebrations to brighten your winter. Today is Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in China, Korea, and Vietnam and in Asian communities around the world. Tomorrow i...
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Welcome to February! This week there are updates for YouTubers, website owners, and other creators. Plus new AI image generator tools to try and a contest to celebrate Flickr’s 20th anniversa...
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Here were are in the last week of January already! Dear readers, I hope the weather isn’t getting you down. Now that we have reached the peak of winter, I’m looking forward to spring. T...
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It’s finally starting to feel like the holidays are done and the new year has begun. I can’t believe we’re already three weeks into January! This week there is news for European Google u...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/01/creator-weekly-european-digital-markets.html
This week there are updates for podcasters, web publishers and video creators. AdSense and AdMob publishers need to make sure their GDPR consent message is set. And Google is removing a bunch ...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/01/podcasters-youtube-adsense-SEO.html
I hope you had a fun (and safe) New Year! Most of the tech world was still on holiday this past week, so there are only a few updates. To finish up the year, I published the last of my 202...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/01/creator-weekly-google-slides-image.html
One of the trends for 2023 was the simplification and deeper integration of Google Workspace products. That, and, of course, integration of generative AI features . In 2020 Google G Suite ...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2024/01/chat-meet-google-workspace.html
This year saw a number of updates for publishers and clear trends going into 2024. AI EVERYWHERE AI tools are all the rage, of course. People are using ChatGPT, Bard, Bing and other tools...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2023/12/2023-in-review-updates-for-bloggers.html
In 2023 YouTube expanded the YouTube Partner Program, simplified channel design, launched features for live streamers, and updated YouTube Studio and Analytics. There were far too many n...
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The launch of ChatGPT at the end of 2022 triggered a rush for all the big tech companies to launch generative-AI tools. Some were likely already in development, like Google’s “Smart ...
https://www.peggyktc.com/2023/12/2023-in-review-generative-ai-everywhere.html