106 When Google Acquires A Podcast App

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Quick Episode Summary:

• Intro :11
• Audio Rockin’ Libsyn Podcasts: Thrashbacks, Diablo Valley Show2:10
• How to get your voice on the show and promote yourself 5:50
• Elsie and Rob Conversation 7:00
  • Why Rob is in the doghouse
  • Feed validators are not doing to well
  • When Google acquires a podcast app
  • What’s up with the random spikes and how can I make it happen again?
  • How far back should you go back to update your podcast episodes with the new Apple Podcasts tags?
  • A tip about making sure your podcasts are in the right order on Apple Podcasts when you publish them using the new feed tags
  • Some advice about how to number your shows when you don’t need a number
  • Long term data on daily downloads?
  • Linked in is not doing so good showing the latest podcast episode
  • PROMO: Classic Movie Reviews with Snark 33:36
  • A podcast isn’t behaving re: copyright infringement – who’s job is it to make them behave?
  • Removing the podcast page destination from your Libsyn account
  • The Elsie level of snark and the Rob level of snark when requests to be on the show come through
  • The popularity tags on Apple Podcasts are meaningless!!!
  • Making sure your podcast is available to Android users
  • What exactly counts as a download
  • There are only 4 results when searching for a podcast in Apple Podcasts!
  • More problems with Feedburner and your show not reflecting the new Apple Podcasts new feed tags
  • Podcasts App tip: how to manually subscribe to a podcasts RSS feed
  • Feedback about the new stats adjustment
  • PROMO: Girlfriends Happy Hour 1:04:54
  • It’s stats time!

Featured Podcast Promos + Audio

• Classic Movie Reviews with Snark
• Girlsfriends Happy Hour
• Diablo Valley Show

Podcasting Articles and Links mentioned by Rob and Elsie

• Our SpeakPipe Feedback page! Leave us feedback 🙂
• Podba.se
• Google just bought a podcast app cofounded by former Netflix executives
• Google acqui-hires team at podcast app 60dB, service will shut down next month
• How you can help podcasting grow with Elsie on The Audacity to Podcast
• Elsie’s Emergency Excitement, her newsletter about everything

Where is Libsyn Going? (In Real Life)

• Podcast Movement 2017
• National Podcast Power
• Online Learning Conference
• Rob speaking at NAB: Reaching for the Golden Mic Part 1: The Pursuit of Fame in Podcasting
• DC Podfest
• NRB Convention: Proclaim 18
• Social Media Marketing World

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Google just bought a podcast app cofounded by former Netflix executives

Google acqui-hires team at podcast app 60dB, service will shut down next month