General FAQ
Why is my listing on iTunes only showing XX episodes when I have more then that?
iTunes will show whatever episodes are in your feed up to a certain number. (normally 50 or so)
Things to do to get more episodes listed in your iTunes listing:
1. Set your WordPress Syndication settings
Go to WordPress > Settings > Reading > “Syndication feeds show the most recent __ items” and set that to 50 or more.
*** Don’t set this too high as your feed will get too big to pull by iTunes and other directories***
2.Make sure your powerpress feed settings are correct
Go to Powerpress Settings > Feed tab > “Show the most recent __ episodes… ” Leave this blank for 50.
3. Check which feed iTunes is pulling
Make sure, if you are putting up text only posts, that you have iTunes pulling the podcast only feed. Each normal blog post counts so if you have 10 blog posts and 41 podcast posts, only 40 of podcast posts will show in itunes. If you are not sure what feed iTunes is pulling, go to http://bit.ly/itunes_podcast_support and ask them to make sure they are pulling your podcast only feed.
Why is my listing on Blubrry not updated?
There are a number of reasons why your feed may no longer be importing into the Blubrry.com directory. Please reference the following list of items to check.
1. Make sure your feed is valid.
You can check that your feed is valid by going to feedvalidator.org.
2. Check that your feed is ordered properly.
Even though the RSS 2.0 spec does not clearly indicate whether or not the order of the items in your feed is significant or not, many feed reading applications including blubrry.com assume that the latest post will be stacked on the top of your RSS feed.
3. Check that your feed works by manually subscribing it to a local copy of iTunes.
For what ever reason, you may find that your feed is no longer including the correct attributes and tags which prevent your podcast from appearing correctly in iTunes. The best way to test this is to manually subscribe to your podcast in a copy of iTunes.