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[Changelog] February 14, 2025

Howdy folks! Welcome to the first "changelog" of the year. That doesn't mean I haven't been busy, of course. It just means I've been soooo busy that I haven't had time to sit down and write a changelog 😉

New menu

This was a big change! If things look weird, refresh to make sure you've got the latest code?

My rational for the change was this: the addition of our beta AI song checker made the menu feel super cramped. So, I took inspiration from Google's Material v3 and embarked on a bit of an overhaul.

  • I removed the old sidebar and replaced it with a skinnier one that actually has navigation options
  • Hovering over the options reveal the various features of SubmitHub
  • There's a nifty little day night toggle at the bottom as well
  • Redid the footer
  • Moved our smiley team photos to the About page

Shortcomings and future updates

  • The downside of this new design is that things are 2 clicks away rather than 1
  • I think the best solution is to let users "pin" features to the sidebar - and I plan to code this in the next week or so

Create Meta Ads

Late last year we quietly rolled out a Meta Ads product that lets anyone create an ad from their SubmitHub Link. With this redesign, the feature has become a bit more exposed - we're fast approaching 300 active ad campaigns!

I'm going to write a separate article about this feature soon. In the meantime, here are some of the recent updates I've made:

  • For ads, users can now specify whether they want to run the ads from their own pages
  • We're now asking for a little bit more detail from users, including similar artists and visual style
  • Optimized the recommended regions to target based on our experience thus far
  • Internally, I made an upgrade to our video creation software and put in various alerts relating to ad errors and account limits

What's My Genre? and AI Song Checker

  • Improved error handling on AI Song Checker and What's My Genre?
  • Moved both to a faster GPU server
  • Added the history of the analyses you've done
  • You can now upload an MP3 or WAV for analysis

Misc

  • When flagging something as botted in our Playlist Checker, we're now linking back to the original playlist that caused that flag
  • Support for Amazon Music links when uploading/editing songs
  • Bluesky support throughout the site

Media

In case you missed it, on Tuesday I had the pleasure of doing a "SubmitHub Masterclass" with the folks over at Symphonic.

What's next?

Most of what I've got lined up is work around the SubmitHub Ads side, including the ability to upload your own creatives and auto-renewal when budget runs out.

I'm also going to keep working on the AI Song Checker to see if I can get better results - it's really struggling when a song is half AI / half human, or was mastered separately by a human. Hrmph.

Got something you'd like me to focus on? Leave a comment below!