Is your podcast feed as optimized as it can be? This will tell you.
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| Is something there?
First we check if something’s at the URL, and that it takes a reasonable amount of time to retrieve. |
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| Is it XML?
XML is a language that computers (and soon, robots!) use to talk to each other. This tests to see if the content at the URL is XML. Technically, it tests whether or not the content is “well formed” according to the XML standard. |
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| Is it an RSS feed?
RSS is the special “flavor” of XML used to publish blog and podcast feeds. This test makes sure the feed conforms to the RSS 2.0 specification, too. |
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| Does the podcast feed have a “good” URL?
Here I test for problems like the use of someone else’s domain, the use of deprecated services, etc. |
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| Cover art
The cover art must be 1,400–3,000 pixels square to look good on fancy retina-class displays. |
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| Byte-range support
The server for your episodes must support “byte-range requests”, which enables podcast apps to fetch media in chunks. This is required to support streaming, and required and to be promoted in iTunes. |
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| Is there a valid iTunes category?
Podcasts must have a valid |
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| Is there an iTunes summary?
Podcasts should have a valid |
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| Does it have everything it needs to be searched properly?
Podcasts must have valid |