All the information necessary for your podcast to be distributed outside of your hosting platform. Simply put: It contains all of your podcast’s information : title, image, description, mp3 file URL, and category. Once you have your podcast specific Feed you need to submit it to any and every podcast app and directory! So great places to add your podcast feed to are Apple Podcasts, Google Play and Google Podcasts (if you’re unsure on the difference between the two, we’ve written a handy blog post covering how to submit your podcast to Google Podcasts ). It is crucial that you create a podcast only RSS Feed, rather than one which has other content, otherwise the “podcatching” apps will not recognize the RSS tags correctly and will reject the entire RSS feed. If you’re wondering which are the best popular podcast feed readers, some suggestions are: Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Stitcher and CastBow. What does a podcast feed mean? Once you set up your Feed your content will be ready to be submitted to podcast applications or news readers to subscribe to your content. The great part is that for anyone creating web content they can use it to distribute their blog posts, articles or podcast! An RSS Feed is mandatory for manually distributing or syndicating your podcast as it is literally the URL for your podcast! However, if you want to go the automatic route, take a look at our one-click distribution and we’ll look after getting your podcast out there! Why? An RSS Feed offers users a summary of website updates and therefore simplifies their life! By pulling together content into a feed (think of it like a basic version of your Facebook feed), users don’t have to constantly check back on their favourite sites to see if new content has landed. RSS literally means ‘Rich Site Summary’ but it is also commonly known as ‘Really Simple Syndication’. That’s why we want to breakdown exactly what the term means, why it’s so crucial to getting your podcast heard and how to use it to its maximum potential for your podcast!īefore explaining the ins and outs of exactly what an RSS Feed is, let’s look at what the acronym actually stands for. (Updated November 2019) You’ve probably heard the term RSS Feed, but do you know what a podcast feed means and how important it can be to your podcast and its success? Most people don’t, so don’t worry if you fall into the last category.
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