Peggy K

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Technophile. OnEBoard member. Google product expert for YouTube, AdSense, Blogger, Meet & Chat. I blog at peggyktc.com

USGS map showing quake epicenter. You can zoom in for more details on the site.
Posts on Reddit about the earthquake (epicenter San Leandro).
Twitch AI training setting is in your channel security settings.
New applications for YouTube Partner program ad revenue sharing will require 8,000 hours watch time in the past 365 days or 20 million qualifying Shorts views in the past 90 days. There are no changes to the requirements for fan funding monetization tier. And this does not affect channels already in the YouTube Partner Program.
Screen grabs from the Google Account Selfie for Sign-In setup process. * Tips for your selfie: No sunglasses, hats or people in the background * Record a video of your moving head * When it's successful, your selfie is saved.
Screenshots of vertical live Practice Mode in the YouTube app. Click the Practice Mode option at the bottom of the screen, practice (of course), and the click the Go Live button when you are ready.
Update from Google Earth: Update, 7/31: We know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world. We’ve seen geospatial professionals using this feature for a range of useful purposes, however we’ve also seen people sharing screenshots of generated imagery that appear to violate our policies. So we’re rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails. It's important to note that generated images didn’t appear in the main Google Earth experience for others to see and were watermarked as AI generated.
LinkedIn help center page that shows AI-powered tool for LinkedIn Page posts - No longer available Last updated: 12 hours ago LinkedIn's AI-powered writing tool is not available at this time. We'll be introducing new tooling to help improve post writing in the near future.
Google Search Console Platform Properties setup screen. Track and improve your performance on Google Search New Add a platform account or channel to discover how visitors find your content on Google Search It has options to connect your YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and X profiles.
New Communities updates—including Community-only posts, the ability for viewers to quote creator posts, Communities on YouTube Music, and easier moderation tools—are officially here! Since we introduced Communities last year, we’ve loved seeing you all build deeper bonds and spark new conversations. We’re focused on making Communities easier to manage for creators and more accessible for fans. Here's a snapshot of what’s rolling out now:
Google Sign-in Selfie setup page Add a selfie, just in case Saving a selfie video can help you get into your Google Account if you have trouble signing in. Take a short video of your face. You'll need to take a selfie video where you show different angles of your face. Recording this selfie video will take only a few moments.
Pangram estimates of AI-generated content on posts with at least 250 words. LinkedIn: 40.5% Ai, 4.3% Mixed, 55.2% Human Medium: 30.6% AI, 9.7% Mixed, 59.7% Human X: 24.1% AI, 23.2% Mixed, 52.7% Human Substack: 10.0% AI, 11.9% Mixed, 78.1% Human
Demo of Substack AI scanning tool. It shows a post in the Substack app. Click the menu to open Options, which includes "Scan for AI text". It shows the result for the post (in this case "Fully Human-Written")
Insights-first experience in Studio: We’re renaming the "Analytics" tab in YouTube Studio to Insights. Fresh design: We’ve made it easier to interpret your performance by grouping relevant metrics and charts into an updated user interface. Streamlined navigation: To switch between sub pages, you may use the new back button to navigate to the Insights overview page. Click on any chart or metric to see more in Advanced Mode. Simplified date range: To simplify your main view, we’ve trimmed the date range selector on the overview page. Don't worry—your full realtime data is still fully available under the range selector, and all custom date ranges are accessible by clicking on any card to enter Advanced Mode. AI-powered insight cards: If you’re eligible for Ask Studio, select creators will be able to test four new AI cards—Channel summary, Content patterns, Audience loyalty, and Video summary. Research: We’re experimenting with evolving the Trends tab in Studio into Research
AI Image generated with Nano Banana. Prompt: generate a realistic looking medical doctor, lawyer and financial analyst. It should be a group of head and shoulders only. There's a dollar sign with a slash on top of the image showing you can't monetize these fake "experts".
The new Google Image Search Results, showing the For You and Collections tabs at the top. Images have no details about the source website displayed.
Announcement from YouTube Creator Insider Shows just rolled out for all YPP creators. They give creators’ episodic videos - think series and seasons - a premium, prestige treatment in the YouTube interface What makes for a good use of shows? Videos with clear story arcs or narratives that span multiple episodes with consistent topics or segments, characters or hosts, that are easy to follow and understand . Consistent thumbnails, titles, and descriptions, high quality visuals and sound, branding and graphical elements, mood, atmosphere, and pacing across episodes So viewers know what to expect when they return to the show, hopefully again and again If you’re in the YouTube Partner Program, you can now make a Show, including a Show with multiple seasons, by converting an existing playlist, or making a new Show from scratch (same way you make a regular or podcast playlist) When you make a Show, it gets a Show Page playlist under your channel, and that Show page is eligible for inclus
Graphic showing Creator Music in menu in YouTube Studio. Announcement on the "Get started with Creator Music" article: Note: Starting in August 2026, Creator Music will be phasing out paid licenses to better align with the preferences of our creator and music partner community. Creator Music will transition to focus exclusively on offering tracks available at no-cost and tracks available for revenue-sharing, as set by the track’s rights holder. You’ll have until August 10, 2026 to continue to purchase and use paid licenses in your videos. Existing paid licenses already applied to your videos will remain valid until their expiration. Any purchased licenses not used by August 10, 2026 will be automatically refunded to you.
Search comments by topic or meaning Note: This feature is only available on YouTube Studio on your computer. To help you quickly find comments to moderate or engage with, use the Search tool from the filter options at the top. This tool uses AI to understand the meaning and intent behind comments, going beyond matching search keywords. Search by topic: Type a query up to 100 characters to find comments broadly related to a subject or theme, such as “questions about my equipment" or "compliments about video editing.” Use a suggested topic: Select suggestions to find comments related to common themes, such as "Excitement and Enthusiasm" or "negative feedback.” Find similar comments: Click the three-dot menu on any published comment and select Find similar comments to find other comments with a similar topic or meaning. Note: This search tool is for finding comments. You must still use existing moderation options to remove, report, hide comments or users, or to engage with users.
Access the Account Status tab: 1. In the YouTube Studio app, tap your profile icon at top right 2. Tap Account Status 3. Expand sections for Channel Violations, Ability to Earn, Account Safety, and Access to Features (as relevant to your channel)
YouTube is updating the Shorts experience New updates are bringing a cleaner, more intuitive experience to YouTube Shorts.
A new way to check the status of your videos The most important information in a single place Notices combines all video restrictions in one place. Better understand impact to your video's reach, ways to earn and viewer features.
www.youtube.com/@handle/live * Opens currently live video * If the channel is not currently live, it opens the video watch page for the next public scheduled live stream on the channel. * If the channel is not currently, and no live streams are scheduled, it opens the channel Home tab
YouTube doesn't promise profits from recommended price updates. They say: Disclaimer: Recommended prices are for informational purposes only. YouTube does not guarantee that creators will achieve financial success or increased revenue as a result of adopting Recommended prices for their members. YouTube is not responsible for any losses of revenue that YouTube creators may experience after adopting Recommended prices for their members, including but not limited to, losses resulting from economic conditions, decline in member sign-ups, or any unforeseen circumstances.
Is Streamlabs Multistream free? Streamlabs Multistream is an Ultra feature. If you want to multistream for free, you can go live to one vertical and one horizontal destination at the same time with Dual Ouput, no subscription required.
Spotify announcement Introducing a New Standard for Podcast Plays and Upgraded Creator Analytics Experience.
Or select Invite others to Message when you share a video
Say hello to direct messaging on YouTube Now you can send and reply to videos without leaving the app. People who open your links can see and message your channel. See privacy settings. Sending as Peggy K @PeggyKTC
YouTube Policy Updates Latest updates [June 2026] Updates to our Creator responsibility policy: Using YouTube's features, tools, or services to create new or modified content that harms or is intended to harm others is considered a serious violation. To better protect the YouTube community, this behavior may lead to access restrictions to certain YouTube features, tools, and services. Learn more.
Figure Search profile for Sophia Cuerquis showing bio, social follower counts and recent posts
Me holding two ballots before dropping them off in a secure ballot dropbox. Two because i also voted in the Congressional District 14 special election.
Screenshot of the Bluesky profile > Go Live option. Go Live Add a temporary LIVE status to your profile. When someone clicks on your avatar, they'll see information about your live event. The following services are enabled for your account: Twitch, Stream place, Blue cast, YouTube, Substack, Beehiiv
Screenshot of YouTube's Your Custom Feed on desktop that shows: A new feed beyond your homepage Take control and create a feed for your daily routines, favorite hobbies, and everything in between Tell us in your own words Examples: 15-minute HIIT workouts that don't need any equipment and zero jumping Deep-dive tech podcasts to learn more about using Al for work Help me unwind after work with guided meditations under 10 minutes Inspire me with new hobby ideas I can start at home
AdSense Announcment: Expanding collapsible anchors to desktop: A smarter way to monetize your site May 21, 2026 We're excited to announce that on May 21, 2026, we're bringing collapsible anchor ads to desktop. Previously available only on mobile, this format will now help you capture more revenue on larger screens by improving the way users interact with anchor ads. Alongside this launch, we're also revamping the anchor ads controls to simplify how you manage these formats. The existing "collapsible anchor ads" setting will be renamed "dynamic anchor ads".
What about "AEO" and "GEO"? "AEO" stands for "answer engine optimization" and "GEO" for "generative engine optimization". These are both terms you may see used to describe work specifically focused on improving visibility in AI search experiences. From Google Search's perspective, optimizing for generative AI search is optimizing for the search experience, and thus still SEO.
Comparison of Meet and Chat icons in 2017, 2020, 2023 and 2026. Only 3 years to go until the next version.
Expanding likeness detection to all creators 18 & over - protecting your identity on YouTube Announcement Hi creators, As AI-generated content continues to evolve, we’re committed to creating an environment where you can upload content to YouTube while staying in control of your likeness. We recently introduced our likeness detection pilot to creators in the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) and today, we’re excited to announce that we are expanding likeness detection to all eligible creators who are over the age of 18 in the coming weeks!
Screenshot of Android Screen Reactions showing video of person talking as an overlay the lower left corner with their background removed. The screen background is a fashion announcement.
Take your photos with you when you graduate Announcement Hi everyone, Starting in May, when you graduate or leave a school or university, you can take your Google Photos with the use of Google Takeout Transfer. This highly requested feature allows you to migrate your photos, videos, and albums you own from your school or university-issued Google Account to a personal Google Account. With this, your memories and personal history stays with you after you leave a school or university. Tip: Transfers aren’t available to supervised personal accounts. Learn how to copy content from your school account to another account. Thanks, The Google Photos Team
Google Search Central Blog Introducing a new spam policy for "back button hijacking" April 13, 2026 Today, we are expanding our spam policies to address a deceptive practice known as "back button hijacking", which will become an explicit violation of the "malicious practices" of spam policies, leading to potential spam actions. What is back button hijacking? When a user clicks the "back" button in the browser, they have a clear expectation: they want to return to the previous page. Back button hijacking breaks this fundamental expectation. It occurs when a site interferes with a user's browser navigation and prevents them from using their back button to immediately get back to the page they came from. Instead, users might be sent to pages they never visited before, be presented with unsolicited recommendations or ads, or are otherwise just prevented from normally browsing the web.
AdSense Announcement Removing the browser back button trigger for vignette ads May 7, 2026 What's changing? Starting June 15, 2026, the browser back button will no longer trigger a vignette ad. This change will apply automatically for all publishers who have opted in to "Allow additional triggers for vignette ads" and will take effect across all supported browsers (including Chrome, Edge, and Opera). Why is this happening? Google Search recently introduced a new policy against "back button hijacking" — a practice where websites or scripts interfere with a user's ability to navigate back to their previous page. To ensure our publishers remain compliant with these latest user experience and search quality guidelines, we are removing the trigger that shows a vignette ad when the user navigates backward from the suite of vignette ad triggers. What do I need to do? No action is required. We will handle the removal of the trigger on our end.
YouTube policy updates This article summarizes recent and past updates made to YouTube’s policies. For other updates relevant to YouTube creators, check out our Creator updates. Latest updates [May 2026] Channel description policy enforcement: YouTube’s Community Guidelines apply to all types of content on our platform, including channel descriptions. Starting May 18, YouTube may hide channel descriptions that don’t follow our Community Guidelines, such as minors sharing personal contact information. You can edit your channel description at any time in Studio to align with our Community Guidelines and restore visibility.
[April 29, 2026] Testing thumbnail & video sizes on the Home feed on mobile: We're testing new ways to make the Home feed more immersive on Android and iOS devices. To help content stand out on mobile screens, we’re currently running a limited experiment that would automatically adjust video and thumbnail sizes for your device. During this experiment, you may notice that some thumbnail or video sizes are more varied. For creators: While some thumbnails may appear cropped, we’re not editing or altering the original files. This experiment is intended to help us understand and improve the impact of thumbnail presentation, with the ultimate goal of driving increased engagement for your videos.
For example, you can ask for help planning a 3-day road trip from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, and you'll get a structured, step-by-step itinerary instead of a list of videos. The response will bring together a new mix of long-form videos, Shorts, and informative text featuring local tips and must-see stops. You can ask follow-up questions like, "where can I find good coffee?" to explore local spots along your route. We'll surface videos and relevant video segments, accompanied by their titles and channel details, to make it easy to discover new creators and jump into the most helpful content from your search.
Preview an effect before going live.
Announcement Expanding gifts to horizontal live streams on mobile! 📱 Hi Creators, We’re excited to share that gifts—previously only available on vertical live streams—are officially expanding to horizontal live streams on mobile app! Now, viewers watching in app on their mobile devices can purchase Jewels and send gifts during your horizontal streams, giving you even more ways to earn Rubies. How do I get started? If you already have gifts enabled for your vertical live streams, you don't need to do anything! Gifts are enabled at the channel level and will automatically apply to your horizontal streams. If you haven't opted in yet, simply visit the Earn tab in YouTube Studio to sign the Virtual Items contract.
Demos of Google Photos Auto Frame repositioning a person in a photo.
Updates to YouTube Push Notifications to Keep Your Audience Engaged Announcement Hi Creators, We recently ran an experiment to see how we could make notifications more relevant for your subscribers, while also reducing the number of people who turn them off. Based on those results, we’re rolling out some updates to how push notifications (the alerts that pop up on your phone's lock screen) work for subscribers who have selected the "All Notifications" bell setting.
Screenshot of the Threads post editor with the Quote button circled.
YouTube Clip in the mobile app.
YouTube Help Community Updating how you share video moments Announcement Hi everyone, We’re launching a new video sharing feature on mobile and have an update on Clips. Read on to learn more.
AdSense Help Offerwall is now generally available on AdSense April 13, 2026 Offerwall gives your users flexible options to access content, turning engagement into monetization. Unlock new revenue streams by monetizing your most engaged users seamlessly within the Privacy & messaging builder. Learn more about Offerwall messages.
Set a Shorts feed limit Sign in to the YouTube app. Tap on the You tab and then Settings . Tap Time management Dashboard icon . Tap Shorts feed limit. You will be prompted with a list of time limits, including the option to set your Shorts feed limit to zero. Select your time limit. When your set time limit is reached in the Shorts feed, a message will appear reminding you. You will be prompted with an option to dismiss or ignore your set limit.
Enforcement Breakdown: Publishers The AI Narrative 97%+ Detection Rate Of the 480M+ pages actioned in 2025, our AI-driven enforcement systems contributed to the detection and enforcement of over 467 million pages. Publisher Policy Violations (By page volume) Sexual Content 409M+ Dangerous and Derogatory 20.5M+ Shocking Content 15M+ Weapons Promotion and Sales 12.8M+ Online Gambling 9.7M+ Alcohol 5M+ Tobacco 5M+ Sexually Explicit Content 2M+ Malware or Unwanted Software 2M+
[April 14, 2026] Testing new ways to connect with Posts: We’re experimenting with showing image posts and carousels in the Shorts feed to help you connect with your audience in a new place and with new formats. You can test up to 10 images in a single carousel, add text overlays directly to your images and add royalty-free music from the YouTube Audio Library or generate a soundtrack from Dream Track (in eligible markets) to help set the tone. This experiment is rolling out globally on the YouTube mobile app. This is the first of many updates coming to Posts as we continue to expand the format. If you’re in the experiment group, try it out and let us know what you think!
One thing we want to emphasize is that we do not moderate people's identities. We moderate behavior. We know that identity shows up across a Tumblr profile in many ways, from followed topics to the flags people put in their bios, and more. However, these signals play no role in how our moderation systems make decisions. We monitor those systems for evidence of bias and take corrective action when we find it. We understand that the communications sent to affected users, and our broader silence to the community, didn't meet the standard people expect from us. That feedback is fair, and we apologize. We've updated the messaging sent to people impacted by these incidents. We are also overhauling our process with a goal of responding to mistaken suspension appeals within 24 hours, and have instituted an ongoing internal review of how suspensions and appeals are handled.