Comments on: What was Podshow Thinking Hijacking my RSS Feed!

By: dougmo

dougmo — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:15:39 +0000

I think they have started a fix for the problem.

Doug

By: ChiliChili

ChiliChili — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:48:39 +0000

This is the first day of the public beta. Please be patient with the podshow folks and give them the benefit of the doubt. I truly doubt that feed processing and other errors in programming are intentional.

The downside on protecting your content the way it has been described is that you are shooting yourselves in the foot. The feed will be corrected shortly, and Podshow is likely to give many feeds an audience that they would otherwise not have. By blocking the URL, this affects the Podcast more than Podshow. The podcasts will likely be removed, and then you’ll be back to square one at your Podcast marketing.

By: ChiliChili

ChiliChili — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:47:33 +0000

By: kossopod

kossopod — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:07:03 +0000

Hi Todd. Just wondering how you felt about our version? http://podcast.com/show/670/ We'll be adding an interstitial page soon with a list of chicklets to subscribe with. Then, naturally a way to add your feed to a member's directory, once we open that up. Cheers! Shame we didn't get longer to chat at GD. Kosso

By: Mike Wills

Mike Wills — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:04:33 +0000

That comment wasn’t worded right.

I can’t even create an account on Podshow right now. Looks like a major bug somewhere.

By: Mike Wills

Mike Wills — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:00:16 +0000

Oh my god, when you released BluBrry, I was able to get signed in right away, I can even get an account created to check it out more.

As far as the feed goes, I have been following your example and am protecting those feeds. They do have a link, but isn’t that obvious.

By: Richard Querin

Richard Querin — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 04:09:53 +0000

Hi Todd, I agree with you about the xml feed hijack.. really bad practice. But as far as getting to your site, Podshow's page is almost identical to Odeo's. In fact they're both similar to Podcast Alley in that they do provide a direct link to your site right there. Granted, Podshow and Odeo link to geeknewscentral.com/podcasts while PodcastAlley provides a link right to the homepage. On a slightly lighter note, what is with the lime green text on Podshow's site?? And putting it on a grey background is just... well... stupid. I'm no web designer but that puppy is hard to read! Keep up the good work. And glad to hear you're proud of the personal family content on your show, that's one of the main things that differentiates podcasting from mainstream radio.