Tech Topic 48: YouTube Shorts Descriptions, Gravatar Profiles, Google Trends

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This week the OnEBoard team shared tips for finding and editing your YouTube Shorts descriptions, creating your personal profile for the web, and finding trending topics.

1. Bob Danley: The description for a YouTube Shorts video can be found by clicking the 3 dot icon next to the Short. Be sure to add a description that accurately describes your video. You can use the Research tab to find popular keywords. And you can also set up a default description for all your videos (instructions).

Diagram showing where to click to find the description of a YouTube Shorts video
Overview of how to find the description in a YouTube Short, and tips from the YouTube Help Center on creating a description. Click to enlarge. 

2. Peggy Kolm: Set up a Gravatar profile with a custom domain as your web profile. It can be used as the link-in-bio for platforms like Instagram and YouTube. Your profile can include verified social media profiles, links and photos. For a limited time you may be able to get a .link domain free for one year. See Peggy's profile at peggyk.link. 
Screenshot of the Gravatar profile settings page showing options to add and a preview of Peggy's profile
Screenshot of the Gravatar profile settings page. It shows the items you can add on the left and a preview of the profile on the right. Click to enlarge. 

3. Nina Trankova: Explore topics that are trending using Google Trends, which shows the search volume of topics and terms over time. You can filter the trends by category, timeframe and location. You can also  compare trends for specific keywords.



Explore "Trending Now" currently trending topics in Google Trends by filtering by location and time. Click to enlarge.

Compare "Google Meet" and "Microsoft Teams" trends over time and by location. Click to enlarge.

OnEBoard will be back with 3 tips in 10 minutes on October 6. Set a reminder.

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