tradingpost
Jan 22nd, 2009, 11:37 AM
Hi,
Many of you use Feedburner to track your podcast statistics.
As most of you know, Feedburner is merging with Google Accounts, which means that you will need a Google Account to access Feedburner.
Google plans on having all Feedburner accounts transferred by February 28, 2009.
What does this mean for your podcast feed?
When you your account is transferred over, your podcast URL will change to:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/PODCASTNAME
(note the "2" added in the subdomain)
More info can be found here:
https://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?answer=126303
Google will continue to redirect the old podcast URL (http://feed.feedburner.com/PODCASTNAME) to the new subdomain. But it is uncertain how long Google will do this for.
How will this affect your podcast in iTunes?
It should be a pretty seamless process, as I believe that iTunes automatically updates the podcast URL to reflect Feedburner's 301 redirect.
But to be safe, it might be wise to add the <itunes:new-feed-url> tag in your RSS feed.
More info can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/specs.html#changing
This is only one podcaster's thoughts on the topic.
Let me know if you agree.
Many of you use Feedburner to track your podcast statistics.
As most of you know, Feedburner is merging with Google Accounts, which means that you will need a Google Account to access Feedburner.
Google plans on having all Feedburner accounts transferred by February 28, 2009.
What does this mean for your podcast feed?
When you your account is transferred over, your podcast URL will change to:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/PODCASTNAME
(note the "2" added in the subdomain)
More info can be found here:
https://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?answer=126303
Google will continue to redirect the old podcast URL (http://feed.feedburner.com/PODCASTNAME) to the new subdomain. But it is uncertain how long Google will do this for.
How will this affect your podcast in iTunes?
It should be a pretty seamless process, as I believe that iTunes automatically updates the podcast URL to reflect Feedburner's 301 redirect.
But to be safe, it might be wise to add the <itunes:new-feed-url> tag in your RSS feed.
More info can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/specs.html#changing
This is only one podcaster's thoughts on the topic.
Let me know if you agree.