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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AI bots are helping kill the open web. Reddit is will no longer support its RSS feeds and public data API because of abusive AI bots, including “large-scale scraping, spam networks, agentic account creation, and automated abuse.”

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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots | TechCrunch

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

YouTube is prioritizing Shorts with original content and reducing the reach of channels re-uploading or aggregating content from other creators in the Shorts feed. They say: If you use clips, add real value with your own voice, storytelling,and distinct point of view. support.google.com/y...

Prioritizing original content on Shorts
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Hi everyone,

Our recommendation systems are designed to connect viewers with videos they find genuinely valuable. We evaluate billions of signals—including watch history, topic interests, and engagement—to ensure the best possible experience for viewers.

To improve the Shorts experience for everyone, we’re updating our recommendation systems to further prioritize original content and reduce the reach of content re-uploaded from other creators without adding anything of your own. This update to our recommendation systems delivers a better experience for viewers while ensuring creators publishing original content have the best chance to grow and succeed. This change is also aligned with our existing YouTube policies.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can now customize the caption style in Google Vids. Pick the font, color, size, and animation. The Google Vids video editor (vids.google.com) is free to use, although some AI features are limited for personal accounts. More info: workspaceupdates.goo...

Google Vids caption Customize styling.
For the general formatting select font, text color, size, background color, opacity and style.

For the emphasis styling, select the type of emphasis animation, text color, highlight color and other options (depending on the type).

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Update for YouTubers using Linktree as your "link in bio" * Use Rules to show different content to visitors from YouTube versus social media. * Automatic updates: your latest video, specific playlists, filter between Shorts & long form content, sort by recency or popularity.

Linktree for YouTubers
Turn subscribers into an audience you own
Your YouTube presence has a new home. Chat with your audience, promote your latest uploads and sell products -- right from your Linktree

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dual format live streaming in YouTube Studio has new vertical layouts. YouTube Studio will automatically format your vertical stream: * fit to phone width * center crop * stacked or build a custom layout using your encoder More info: support.google.com/y...

Notice in live control room in YouTube Studio.
Stream across formats and explore new layout options
Customize your vertical layout when you go live in Studio or via an encoder and reach your viewers no matter how they’re watching.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

New this week: ▶ Made on YouTube announcements ▶ Create a YouTube Shorts Series ▶ YouTube Posts on TVs and the Shorts feed ▶ Free Adobe Premiere Android app ▶ Multimodal Search performance reports Get all the updates: www.peggyktc.com/202...

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week was the annual Made on YouTube event, with announcements of new features that will be coming over the coming months and into 2027. Of course, AI-powered features: updated Ask Studio, conversational video editing, automated comment moderation, podcast recommendations and more. But not all.

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John Mueller @johnmu.com · 24/09/2026

If you have an image-heavy website, Search Console now reports on "multimodal" queries like when you take a photo w/Lens. No, you don't see the photo :-), but you can see which of your pages showed up & how often. I think it's pretty cool, but I am biased :-). developers.google.com/search/blog/...

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Announcing web multimodal Search performance reporting in Search Console | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Google wants people to trust their AI summaries, but the information can be so very wrong. A worrisome thing is that often the correct information isn't next to the summary, so you might not immediately realize the inaccuracies. (See the Alt text if you are having trouble spotting it.)

"Export Summary" for a Google Takeout archive. The archive size is 234.6 MB. The "Export summary", with an AI sparkle icon, says the export is 234.58 GB. That's 1,000x off.

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Travis Bickerstaff @bickpixx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I just read through it and from what I could gather, they actually taken in some feedback. For the most part, they're going to implement it to where it doesn't require selfies or ID cards. This isn't something to cause any of y'all to nuke your Discord accounts or go into mass hysteria.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New this week ▶ Google Search Profiles for more YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X creators ▶ Meta One creator and business subscriptionst ▶ Threads adds podcast highlight features ▶ Cloudflare blocks AI Training without blocking Search bots ▶ New beehiiv community features

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Creator Weekly: Expanded Google Search Profiles, Meta One Subscriptions, Cloudflare AI Blocking

New: Google Search Profiles expands to more Creators, Meta One for Creators offers verification, links and other features, Threads adds podcast tools.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

More YouTube, TikTok, X and Instagram creators are eligible to set up a Google Search Profile, with the new requirement 10,000 followers/subs. Also new: * Manage multiple profiles from one account. * Improved article display, with longer headlines and optimized thumbnails.

blog.google

3 new ways we're improving Search profiles for publishers

Search profile updates help publishers better highlight their content and connect with their audiences.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Cloudflare has a new "Disallow AI Training" setting that allows "accountable" mixed-use crawlers from Google, Apple and Microsoft index your site for search, but blocks AI training. Previously you could only block or not block both indexing and AI training from those bots.

blog.cloudflare.com

Have it both ways: stay discoverable in search while disallowing AI training

Cloudflare is giving site owners a way to stay discoverable while disallowing AI training. New controls and an Accountable designation establish a shared model with Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@beehiiv.com is launching more community updates, including a member directory, mobile first interface and community manager role.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

VidCon is moving to Denver, then Nashville. It looks like the new focus will be marketing. Cool if you're focused on sponsorships. But maybe not if interest if your main interest is the digital video industry. And nothing for fans. www.lions.co/en/press-vid...

lions.co

VidCon Joins LIONS to create premier global platform for the creator economy

VidCon x LIONS Creators unites the world's largest celebration of digital culture with the global benchmark for creative excellence to connect cultural influence with commercial impact

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you have a WordPress site install the official Google Site Kit plug-in. It gives you easy integration with Analytics, AdSense and Google Ads. sitekit.withgoogle.com

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 14/09/2026

A Twitch Browser Extension exposed 30,000 users' OAuth tokens to a Russian bot service. The extension promised to block Twitch ads, force 1080p, and auto-collect channel points. Users: Remove the Chrome/Firefox extension, then disconnect all sessions + reauthenticate. socket.dev/blog/malicio...

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Google is testing paying publishers for content that appears in AI Overview, AI Mode and Gemini. I'm not sure this compensates for the death of traffic from search. It will be interesting to hear how this works (if any of the participants share).

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"These companies don’t want to build the future, they want to make a machine that randomly assembles scraps of the past forever. That’s their whole deal."

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New this week: ▶ YouTube “Get Feedback” Shorts review tool ▶ Add tagged posts to your Instagram grid ▶ Expanded Threads post and audience Insights ▶ AdSense AI Help Guide ▶ WordPress automated plugin security review All this week's updates :

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Creator Weekly: YouTube Shorts Feedback, Threads Insights, AdSense AI Help Guide

New: YouTube Shorts "Get Feedback", Instagram tagged posts, Threads Insights update, WordPress plugin security, AdSense Help Guide and more.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

AI "coaches" in your account are the latest trend. Personalized chatbots are at least theoretically more useful than trying to ask ChatGPT or Gemini to analyze your content. YouTube has Ask Studio and the new Shorts feedback tool. Facebook Creator Studio also gives personalized tips.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The AdSense help center now has an AI-powered "help guide" chatbot (in beta). * Only available in the English help center. * It's not personalized. * Reader beware: "Occasionally, the guide's responses may vary in accuracy, and decisions based on the guide are the publisher's responsibility."

Help guide in the AdSense Help Center (Beta)
September 3, 2026
In the AdSense Help Center, you can now use the Help guide to ask about AdSense and its features. The Help guide is an AI-powered conversational assistant that can assist publishers with education, onboarding, troubleshooting, and more. This feature has now rolled out to 100% of English Help Center traffic in Beta.

Occasionally, the guide’s responses may vary in accuracy, and decisions based on the guide are the publisher’s responsibility.

To learn more, visit About the Help guide.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is completely accurate. Yes I talk like a Californian. mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

My dialect map showing I talk like a Californian

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you are going to use Gemini, personalize it. "You want the customized setup to seamlessly extend your professional background, your creative workflow, and your unique perspective. And, also, by doing so, that means you won't have to reexplain it every time."

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

New this week: ▶ YouTube Watch With live stream expansion ▶ YouTube Branded Content disclosures ▶ Instagram AI-Generated Profile labels ▶ TikTok voice comments & polls ▶ Twitch DJ Program Clips (without music) All this week's updates:

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Creator Weekly: YouTube Watch With, Instagram AI-Generated Profiles, TikTok Comments

New: YouTube “Watch With” reaction stream expansion, Instagram AI-Generated Profiles, TikTok voice comments and polls, and Twitch DJ Program Clips.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There's a cute new weather Froggy game on your Android phone. Search for Weather in the Google app, then click the triangle with a flower icon at the top right corner.

Screenshot of the results for searching for the word Weather. In the weather overview, click the triangle with a flower at top right.

Screenshot of Froggy's World, showing the weather froggy and flowers I planted.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

YouTube is making it easier to disclose branded content (product placement, sponsorships, endorsements) * Updated paid promotion disclosure label * Geographic and age gating * Automated branded content detection (but don't rely on that) support.google.com/y...

What happens if I don’t disclose my branded content?
Along with other legal, regulatory, and policy requirements, you are responsible for disclosing your branded content. If our systems detect your video includes branded content you have not disclosed, we may automatically apply a branded content label to your video and notify you. If you feel the label was applied in error, you may have the option to certify that your video does not contain branded content and override the label.

How can I comply with local age and geo-restriction requirements?
When you select the “My video contains paid promotion” box in YouTube Studio, you will have the option to set the following limits:

Geographic locale where your content will be shown
Overall minimum age to view your content
Minimum age to view your content in specific geographic locales
Keep in mind that regional requirements for branded content vary widely, and you are ultimately responsible to ensure your content complies with all applicable laws and regulations. This can include requirements for geographic restriction and age restriction of some content.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

YouTube is expanding "Watch With" reaction live streams * You will see a “react live” button on eligible streams in the YouTube mobile app. * Your camera locks on in horizontal orientation and is combined with the original stream to create a new vertical stream. support.google.com/youtube/thre...

[September 3, 2026] Expanding the Watch With live stream feature to more streamers: We’re testing an expansion of the Watch With feature, making it easy for eligible mobile creators to go live and share live reactions alongside other creators’ live streams across YouTube.

React live to a stream
1. Open the YouTube app.
2. Go to a live stream you want to react to.
3. Tap to close the live chat.
4. Below the stream, tap Share and then React live.
5. Review the layout preview. Tap to adjust settings before going live.
Tap Go live.
6. To remove the other stream, tap Exit reaction at the bottom. You’ll stay live, and your camera feed will switch to full screen.

Tip for YouTube Watch With live reactions
Tip: Keep in mind that our Live discovery system prioritizes authentic, real-time, and interactive streams for viewers. To help engage your audience, we recommend staying visible on camera and speaking. For the best audio quality for viewers, we recommend wearing headphones while streaming.

How do copyright claims apply to reaction streams?
While you are live, YouTube's Content ID system evaluates your stream independently of the source stream, so you will not receive a copyright claim for content broadcasted by the source stream. Once your live stream ends and becomes an archived video, standard copyright claims may apply to any copyrighted material in the archive. Avoid playing background music to prevent copyright claims on your archive.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is so irresponsible! "Teams will race to navigate three of the planet’s most unforgiving landscapes ... using Gemini to help them identify dangers, survive brutal weather changes, and stay one step ahead." People are going to believe Gemini can do this reliably. blog.google/company-news...

blog.google

MrBeast partners with Gemini to turn impossibly big ideas into reality

Google is kicking off a multi-year partnership with Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, across Gemini and Google Health.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

YouTube Creators: watch this to learn how the algorithm works. Watch it to understand why you need to be thinking in terms of your audience. Why are your videos recommended from unrelated videos? How do subs find your videos? Should you start a new channel? And more! youtu.be/rHLjxrbXmmY

youtu.be

YouTube Algorithm 2026 - What Creators Need to Know

YouTube video by Creator Insider

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New YouTube metric: Views (Co-views) This accounts for people watching together on the same device, like YouTube TV and the main YouTube app on TV. * Access in Analytics Advanced Mode * Takes up to 48 hrs to process * Does not affect public Views or monetization support.google.com/y...

To help you learn more about your audience watching on TVs, we're introducing a new private metric in YouTube Analytics: Views (Co-viewed)!

Viewers watch over 1 billion hours of YouTube on TV screens every day. Since viewers often watch the big screen together with friends and family, Views (Co-viewed) is a new metric that better estimates the total number of people watching your videos.

For example, if a family of three watches your video together, it will be reflected as 3 Views (Co-viewed)!

Here is how this new data can help you: Understand your audience: Get a clearer, more accurate estimation of how many people are actually watching your videos.

Pitch your value to brands: You can use this official co-viewing data in your sponsorship pitches to showcase the true size of your reach.

A few quick notes:

-This is a private metric available exclusively in YouTube Analytics. Your public view counts on the Watch Page will stay exactly the same.

-This does not count towards or impact your AdSense payouts, revenue share, or YPP eligibility. -Views (Co-viewed) require up to 48 hours to process. Because of this 2-day delay, any date range that includes the last 48 hours (such as "Last 28 days" or "This month") will make your Views (Co-viewed) appear lower. For an accurate comparison, select a custom date range that excludes the last two days (for example, choose "August 1-17" rather than rolling views).

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Instagram is renaming the "AI Creator" label to the clearer "AI-Generated Profile" label for profiles that feature an AI-generated person. The label appears alongside the profile and content. AI-generated profiles that aren't labeled may have limited reach. www.instagram.com/p/DctmW_JkUBW/

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

New this week ▶ YouTube Shopping includes Amazon products ▶ Instagram First Draft for Reels ▶ Publish 10 minute videos on Bluesky ▶ Adobe Firefly generates music for your video ▶ Meta settles lawsuit, adds new teen safety features, asks YouTube & TikTok to join them

peggyktc.com

Creator Weekly: YouTube Shopping + Amazon, Instagram Reels Drafts, Firefly Music

New: YouTube Shopping adds Amazon products, Instagram First Draft for Reels, Firefly music generator, Meta teen safety lawsuit settled and more.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

YouTube Shopping now lets creators tag Amazon products (US only). Eligibility requires: * membership in the Amazon Affiliates Program or Amazon Influencer Program. * YouTube Partner Program blog.youtube/news-and-eve...

blog.youtube

YouTube Shopping Creators can now tag Amazon products

U.S. creators in the YouTube Shopping Affiliate Program can now tag Amazon products directly across Shorts, long-form videos, and livestreams.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 25/08/2026

Big video update! You can now post videos up to 10 minutes long, and they'll upload 2–3x faster. That's on top of the recent increase in maximum file size to 300MB. We can’t wait to see what you’ll create! NOW PLAYING: "Rent Control," by @shing.bsky.social and @jayackley.bsky.social

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

New this week: ▶ YouTube views count updated ▶ YouTube Stations expand with more types of content ▶ Twitch Affiliates can access sponsorships ▶ Interactive Google Preferred Source button for publishers ▶ beehiiv websites have new AEO features

peggyktc.com

Creator Weekly: YouTube Views, Twitch Affiliate Sponsorships, Search Preferred Sources

New: YouTube updates the way views are counted, Twitch sponsorships for Affiliates, Google interactive Preferred Source button for publishers and more

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

YouTube expands Stations (24/7 curated videos with live chat): * Music, creator content, media channels, podcasts * YouTube and YouTube Music on desktop, mobile, TV * Home screen and Search feeds * Available globally (excluding Portugal, Switzerland, Turkiye) * Limited number of new creators

Expanding Stations to new formats: We’re expanding Stations, a new destination to enjoy a continuous, 24/7 stream of curated videos, to include new formats like creator content, media channels, podcasts, and select new music artists.

Stations let you watch collections of videos from your favorite creators as an always-on, lean-back viewing experience. You can watch and engage in real-time with other fans in live chat, making it feel like a shared viewing room. While we started this pilot with a small group of music artists, you’ll now start seeing Stations for a wide variety of new types of content.

You can find Stations recommendations in your Home and Search feeds in the YouTube and YouTube Music apps on mobile, desktop, and TV devices. The feature is available to all users globally, with the exception of Portugal, Switzerland, and Turkiye. For creators, we are starting with a limited number of new creators for this experiment, and will keep you up to date when we expand.

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library_fairy @libraryfairy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Affiliates, be aware that these campaigns often have *very bad* rates. The max payout, usually less than $1/ccv anyway, is often unattainable because of fine print on the “completed views” rate. We talk about this in the partner discord a lot, but some streamers might not know how bad offers are.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's a myth that YouTube counted a view after 30 seconds, and that makes the new engaged view metric seem like a bigger change. * View: video starts to play on the Home feed that's a view. Engaged View: Stop to watch * Engaged View: Click a thumbnail & start to watch youtube.com/shorts/jFckg...

youtube.com

What are "Engaged" Views on YouTube?

YouTube video by Creator Insider

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On August 24, YouTube will start counting "views" on long-form videos and live streams the way Shorts views are counted ("from the very first frame"). Engaged Views is the metric that will show how many times your video was actually watched. youtube.com/shorts/2FBzE...

youtube.com

Update to How Public Views Are Counted on YouTube

YouTube video by Creator Insider

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Bob Danley @imagewildlife.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our podcast group, OnEBoard, was joined today for chat (www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUZB...) by a Google Workspace expert, Priya Chandra. Her chat had great info. She is very experienced assisting small businesses in overcoming admin issues with this software (www.youtube.com/@ThatOnlineS...).

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Google Workspace Hacks: How to save on User Seats

YouTube video by OnEBoard

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

New this week: ▶ New YouTube Partner Program eligibility requirements ▶ Twitch opt-out for AI training ▶ Creator Search Profiles expanded ▶ Facebook Creator Studio app now available ▶ Pixel 11 Creator Suite All this week's updates: www.peggyktc.com/202...

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Bluesky has two beta features you can enable in your account settings: automatic numbering of posts in threads and longer video uploads.

Screenshot of the Bluesky Beta Features settings. Current beta features are Longer videos (Enable 10-minute video uploads) and Thread numbering (1/3, 2/3, etc) on posts in a thread by the same author.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If you set up your YouTube channel as a Property in Google Search Console, that shows its performance in Google Search. Be sure to also do a deep dive in your YouTube Analytics to see the metrics from that Google Search traffic on your channel - is that traffic actually watching your videos?

Set up a Property in Google Search Console for your YouTube channel, Instagram, TikTok and X profiles.

Go to YouTube Studio desktop > Advanced mode to see traffic source metrics.
For Google Search look at Traffic Sources > External > Google Search

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Love that the first thing people do after an earthquake is post to Reddit. 😄

Posts on Reddit about the earthquake (epicenter San Leandro).

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

More YouTube channels, X and Instagram profiles are eligible for a Google Search Profile. If you are eligible, set it up! blog.google/products-and...

blog.google

A new profile to help publishers and creators highlight their work on Search

We’re introducing a new, dedicated space for creators, publishers and brands.

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Peggy K @peggyk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Twitch is at least honest that AI training is opt-out because no one would choose to opt in.

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