What is the best way to send out a link to a podcast?

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beni | 3 years, 4 months ago

If you have an international audience or listeners using operating systems other than Windows or OS X (e.g. Linux), I wouldn't use any links to iTunes as there still are alternatives to iTunes and not everyone is using it. If you're linking to items other than podcasts, the URL will only work for the US store but not iTunes store of other countries.

Btw, the iTunes link you provided in your question doesn't work for me.

This would be the URL for your most recent podcast that works for me:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=49275426&id=284995553

Best would be a link to your blog and within your blog, you may integrate a player to listen live (flash) and set up a SUBSCRIBE button as well as an RSS button. People are already used to those features and expecting them.

Have a look at blogs of popular podcasts, e.g. TWiT at http://twit.tv and spy on them how they solve the problem. Lately, I can see a trend towards listening live instead of downloading and synchronizing with portable devices. Best would be to offer both.

If you have an international audience or listeners using operating systems other than Windows or OS X (e.g. Linux), I wouldn't use any links to iTunes as there still are alternatives to iTunes and not everyone is using it. If you're linking to items other than podcasts, the URL will only work for the US store but not iTunes store of other countries. Btw, the iTunes link you provided in your question doesn't work for me. This would be the URL for your most recent podcast that works for me: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=49275426&amp;id=284995553 Best would be a link to your blog and within your blog, you may integrate a player to listen live (flash) and set up a SUBSCRIBE button as well as an RSS button. People are already used to those features and expecting them. Have a look at blogs of popular podcasts, e.g. TWiT at http://twit.tv and spy on them how they solve the problem. Lately, I can see a trend towards listening live instead of downloading and synchronizing with portable devices. Best would be to offer both.

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blogjunkie | 3 years, 4 months ago

hi drmatt, i think the best way is to have multiple links to the podcast. 1 link to the RSS feed, 1 link to a 1-click subscribe in iTunes and another link to the blog. see http://boagworld.com for an example.

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http://www.boagworld.com

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