Opinion Post

First Thoughts: Google’s latest try at a podcast app is out, and so far it leaves a lot to be desired…

Today Google released the much-rumoured official/Google branded podcast app. This is something that has been rumoured on and off for quite some time, and we’ve even talked about it regularly on Better Podcasting. While the idea of a dedicated podcast app by Google is new for them, this isn’t the first time that Google has…

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There is no reason to believe that Google favors podcasts with self-hosted RSS feeds.

In the past few days there has been significant attention drawn to a five part series on Google’s new podcast strategy. One of the reasons that these posts have received much attention is because for years there has been an overall sense through the industry that Google has not done a great job of delivering…

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Opinion From A Self-Hosting Podcaster: Self-Hosting Your RSS Feed Is Not Always The Right Answer

As you may or may not know, I am a big advocate for self-hosting your podcast RSS feed. I’ve self-hosted all of my individual podcast project’s RSS feeds since I started podcasting nearly 10 years ago. I’ve also put many hours into this method, even though there were solutions that would have been less time…

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