My results from the first day of Shorts monetization — As of February 1, 2023, YouTube Shorts are now eligible for monetization. If you’re in the YouTube Partner Program, you can now begin to earn ad revenue for your Shorts. That’s a big deal. When YouTube started to monetize longform video, they quickly emerged as the dominant company in the…

Most schools don’t consider Grammarly cheating — If you’re a student working on essays or writing for a course, you may have come across Grammarly. Grammarly is an awesome tool for checking spelling, grammar, tone, and more in your writing. They have a free version that performs a lot of useful functions, and a paid premium version…

300% more than Adsense — If you use Adsense to monetize your website, you probably know that the RPMs from Adsense are often terrible. RPM stands for revenue per mille. It’s a measure of how much an ad network will pay you for 1,000 pageviews on your site. On my own niche sites, I was…

Less than you think, but it’s still a huge deal — YouTube Shorts monetization is almost here! Google announced last year that it would begin to share ad revenue with YouTube creators in early 2023. More recently, Google shared that the official start date for YouTube Shorts monetization via ad revenue will be February 1. Creators in the Partner Program will…

It could save the planet — but in some places, it will land you in jail — You’ve heard of recycling. You’ve heard of upcycling. But there’s a hot new eco-trend on the rise: chickencycling. Chickencycling is recycling food scraps by feeding them to chickens instead of composting them or throwing them away. Home chicken keepers have long saved on food costs by giving their flocks food…

And why I use Premium — If you’re considering using software to help edit your writing or improve your communications, you’ve probably heard of Grammarly. I love Grammarly, and I use it every day as a professional writer and journalist. Grammarly Review, from a Professional Writer and Blogger I expected to hate it, but now I can’t live without itdiylifetech.com A lot of people wonder whether Grammarly is free, or whether you need to pay for…

Air purifiers work wonders to reduce the risk — People have been up in arms lately about a surprising object: the gas stove. Millions of American homes have gas stoves. Chefs often prefer them over electric stoves because they are easier to control and provide heat more quickly. New research, however, suggests that gas stoves may present a hidden…

All good content follows these stages — but you can help your articles along — If you’re new to the world of creating content, the process of getting your articles, blog posts, or Medium stories seen and ranked by search engines like Google can seem mysterious. In reality, though, content follows a predictable life cycle that’s fairly easy to understand and monitor. These days, search…

It didn’t create the impact the company wanted — Amazon announced in an email on January 18, 2022 that it would wind down the AmazonSmile program in approximately one month, on February 20, 2023. The AmazonSmile program had provided donations to charities based on users shopping on Amazon. When users made a purchase through the program, a charity of…