New this week: ▶ YouTube language preference settings ▶ AI-powered Suggested Clips from YouTube podcasts ▶ Instagram Reels TV app ▶ Adobe Firefly Video Editor ▶ Twitch Lead Moderator role All this week's updates:

🧑‍🎓 We also have a new YouTube Course: NotebookLM Use Cases: Master Your AI Research & Learning Assistant. 🧵 🎬 47 live streamed episodes and sessions total, 72 Tips presented live! 💎 2026 Schedule in the works. 🙏Gratiture to @peggyk.bsky.social @imagewildlife.bsky.social

Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) is coming to YouTube Posts in the US, Canada, New Zealand and India in English. This is available in the main YouTube app when you add an image to your Post and click the Edit button. Edited posts will show a “Made with AI” disclosure. support.google.com/y...

YouTube is testing showing image Posts in the Shorts feed. All image Posts created through the "Create" button may be shown in the Shorts feed during this test. A Post can include up to 10 images. They are also "exploring music with this experience." More info: support.google.com/y...

This is huge news, the first time a major award show won't be on broadcast TV. The article notes it will be available world-wide with audio tracks in multiple languages.

Upload and verify your mobile phone number and Bluesky can match you with contacts who have also opted in. Invites are sent via text message from you, not Bluesky. bsky.social/about/blog/1...

What do you know about the latest experiments in Google Search Console? Take this week's quiz: www.youtube.com/post...

Your year as a YouTube Creator: Check your email for a message from YouTube Creators, with the subject "[Channel name], here’s your 2025 YouTube year in review!" #MyYearOnYouTube2025 It sadly doesn't have fancy shareable images, but it does give a recap of your top video and viewer demographics.

New this week: ▶ TikTok: Shared Collections and Shared Feed ▶ Instagram: adjust “Your Algorithm” for Reels ▶ Expanded Search Console Insights report with social channel data ▶ Google Photos video editor update ▶ Facebook updates Profiles, Feed, Search, comments

Likeness detection is rolling out to all Creators in the YouTube Partner Program by January. Multiple Creators can set up likeness detection on a channel. After detection, you can request removal for unauthorized use. More information: www.youtube.com/watc...

This appears to be actual identity verification to get a grey checkmark. Reddit says "our goal is that anyone who wishes to self-identify will be able to do so in the future."

What do you know about YouTube's thumbnail/title test and compare tool? Take this week's quiz: www.youtube.com/post...

Sure the YouTube Rewinds are dated, but they are part of YouTube history. At least YouTube didn't delete them. They are just unlisted. Via Reddit www.reddit.com/r/youtube/s/...

Google Photos video editor update: * Highlight video templates (Android) * Multi-clip editing and timeline (Android, iOS) * Easier to add music & audio adjust (Android, iOS) * Custom text (Android) * Stabilize, crop, edit individual video clips (Android)

This is a crappy move by Instagram. If they think posts should have titles in the Google Search results, they should let the poster add a title.

Google Search Console experiment: Social channel data (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok) in Insights Report * total reach (clicks, impressions) * content performance * search queries * audience location * other Search traffic sources Currently only available for automatically identified sites & channels

In the final Tech Topic episode for 2025, @imagewildlife.bsky.social shared how to create an audio research summary with Google Illuminate, @peggyk.bsky.social showed how to pin a post to the top of your YouTube Community, and I demonstrated how to create an agent. #TechTopic #3Tips10Min #live

When I opened Bluesky this evening I was prompted to add my date of birth. I assume this update is why. There wasn't any verification step and the year was conveniently already set to 2007 (which would make me 18).

This is wonderful. youtube.com/watch?v=xOXo...

New this week: 🗓 Your 2025 recaps for YouTube, Twitch, Discord, Spotify, Photos 📈 YouTube launches title A/B testing 💬 Limit YouTube comments to subscribers 🗺TikTok Nearby Feed 🛟 New Facebook/Instagram Account Support Hub 🇦🇺 Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Act

My most-used words in 2025 were: 1. "youtube" (366×) 2. "google" (179×) 3. "video" (159×) 4. "content" (116×) 5. "live" (85×) See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest

YouTube lets you control who can comment on your videos and Shorts on individual videos. You can limit comments to subscribers and paid Members of your channel. You can set the minimum subscription time to 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week or any duration. More information: support.google.com/y...

What do you know about creating Instagram Reels? Take this week's quiz: www.youtube.com/post...

YouTube now adds Expressive Captions "displaying the intensity of speech in all caps, expressions of sounds like sighs and gasps, as well as noises from the environment." Available for videos in English uploaded after October blog.youtube/news-an...

Google Photos is rolling out their 2025 recaps. Check the Google Photos app to see if yours is ready. * You can replace people and photos * You can edit the recap video in CapCut More info support.google.com/p...

YouTube gets me.

YouTube's first annual viewer recap is here, with your Personality Type, Top Interests, and Moments from your year and more * rolling out today in North America, then globally * on the “You” tab in the YouTube mobile app or youtube.com/recap Learn how it came about: www.youtube.com/watc...

New this week: ▶ Pin a post in your YouTube Community ✨YouTube Shorts Veo 3-powered AI tools 🤳Instagram Reels Camera records up to 20 minutes 🎙Patreon hosts your podcast RSS feed free ⛄Twitch Holiday Hoopla December 1-12 Get all this week's news and links:

What do you know about AI-powered tools in the free Google Vids video editor? Take the quiz: www.youtube.com/post...

You (or a mod) can now pin a post in your YouTube Community. Currently only on mobile; coming to desktop soon. Other recent Community updates: * Heart a viewer post * Community, settings, and moderation on desktop * Shareable Community links in the YouTube app Source: www.youtube.com/watc...

YouTube is expanding access to automated pre-publication checks for Community Guidelines violations. This is similar to checks for copyright issues. If the video is flagged you’ll have the option to make changes to the video before publishing (or you can publish as-is). support.google.com/y...

YouTube is experimenting with "Your Custom Feed". If you see a "Your Custom Feed" chip at the top of the Home tab, click it and then you can update the recommendations you see with a simple prompt. support.google.com/y...

How I embed Google Slides presentations on our blog.

Rewards based on engagement have been making social media much worse.

New this week: 💬 YouTube tests DMs for video sharing 🤳 Facebook Content Protection for Creators’ original reels 🎬 Google Vids AI tools available to free accounts 🖼 Nano Banana Pro creates infographics (and more) ✏ Add Custom Annotations to Google Search Console

Upcoming AdSense webinar aimed at Publishers in Asia, based on insights from over 1200 publishers in India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea. It will cover AI, community-building, and gamification, with practical advice. Info: support.google.com/a... Register here: bit.ly/4nJyTHR

You can now add Custom Annotations to Google Search Console performance reports. Annotations have a date and short note (like SEO changes made, content updated, events, etc.) developers.google.co...

Also new in today's v1.110 release: We’ve redesigned the “who can reply” settings to make them clearer and easier to use. You can also now save your choices as the default for future posts, giving you easier control over the conversations you start.

What do you know about the new Vine? Take this week's quiz: www.youtube.com/post...

Google Vids, the Workspace video editor, is expanding access to select Gemini features to everyone with a Gmail account. * AI Voiceovers * Transcript trimming (remove silences and filler words) * Built-in AI image editing (AI-generated video clips requires a paid account)

New Scholar Labs AI search: 1 Analyzes your question to identify key topics, aspects and relationships 2 Searches for all of them on Scholar 3 Evaluates results to identify papers that answer the overall research question 4. Explains how each paper answers your question

YouTube tests feature "to share videos you love (long-form, Shorts and live streams) and have conversations about them directly on the YouTube mobile app". Rolling out in Ireland and Poland to 18+ accounts In-app private sharing is on trend (see also Instagram and Spotify) support.google.com/y...

I literally embed a Google Slides presentation in a blog post once a week. Get the instructions (from an embedded presentation, of course): news.oneboard.network/2025/11/tech...

Google Search Console now lets you add custom annotations to performance charts, making it easier to track when changes or external events occurred. via @mattgsouthern.bsky.social #seonews #Google

A man collapsed in the Oval Office yesterday. The internet got the story wrong. My experience struggling to correct the record — including on Bluesky! — and the warning signs as AI, aggregation, and social media increasingly drive our news consumption.

New from Beehiiv * Sell digital products, Beehiiv doesn't take a cut * AI powered website builder * Podcast Pages * Website analytics * Link-in-bio landing page * New templates * Tailor what readers see based on location, interests or subscription tier * Automations blog.beehiiv.com/p/beehiiv-wi...

Did you know that there are tools in Gmail to help schedule appointments and meetings via Google Calendar, no AI required? Of course, there are also AI-powered tools, but there's lots you can do without them.

The Google Voice Starter plan is now available to US personal Google Accounts. It includes unlimited calling and texting to US and Canada. Premium features include: * 24/7 support * 3-way calling * Easy call recording * Desk phone support Note it's VoIP, with no mobile data support.google.com/v...

Megan Greenwell onnprivate equity acquisitions: "I had thought that the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication was to make it more profitable, to strengthen the fundamentals of its business model in hopes of a lucrative exit years down the road." Nope!

Buffer's new Community feature * See & reply to comments on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, X, LinkedIn (TikTok soon) * Free for 3 channels * Comments visible until you reply or dismiss * Turn comments & replies into Posts * Track engagement * Identify Superfans (soon)