Created Podcast Not showing up in Itunes Store...

Hi Gang...I was wondering does anyone know y my created podcasts are not showing up in the itunes store...my rss feed has been validated and i am able myself to subscribe to it...but when i do a search it does not come up and doesnt show....also how can i find out if ppl have downloaded and listened to my show...my rss feed is jason1977.libsyn.com/rss

When I first created my podcast, I noticed quite a bit of lag between the time my feed got accepted and the time when it would be found when i did a search on iTunes... I think it was like 2 days before a search on my name or the name of my podcast would bring up my feed.
Give it a little while to all come together.
R

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Feedburner variant feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/talkradiomeltdown
Store listing: http://talkradiomeltdown.com/itunes
I have coded my podcast feed entirely by myself, using the template provided here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html#example
While checking my feed in the iTunes Store recently, I have noticed that after Episode 64, the descriptions for each individual episodes are displayed as "--", and I am not seeing a link to open descriptions of these individual episodes in a new window. This appears to be a recent problem.
I am noticing no difference in XML code between Episode 64 and Episode 65, as the template is unchanged with each update to the feed. However, I have noticed that, when checking my feed through FeedValidator.org, I receive this message:
"Your feed appears to be encoded as "UTF-8", but your server is reporting "US-ASCII"
I have attempted to rectify this issue, but to no avail. I wonder if it is causing this issue to occur. Again, this appears to be recent. Last I checked the Store listing for my podcast (a few weeks ago), I was seeing descriptions for each individual episode.

Don't worry about the Feedvalidator error.
The Store is using the feed at http://talkradiomeltdown.com/podcast.xml - the Feedburner feed doesn't come into it.
Not filling in the 'itunes:subtitle' tag is what's caused the problem. When subscribing, the 'Description' column is presumably populated by the 'description' tag in the absence of the proper one, but the Store is not doing this.
Oddly enough your latest episode does have the 'itunes:subtitle' tag but it's not showing in the Store - did you add it subsequent to posting the episode? - if that's the case the Store will pick it up when you post a new episode.

Descriptions of individual episodes of my podcast NOT showing up in iTunes Store Listing AGAIN

I had this issue occur a while back, where the descriptions of invdividual episodes of my podcast would not display in iTunes - instead, a "--" would appear. At the time, the reason for this issue's occurrence was because I did not have a <itunes:subtitle> tag decalred for each individual episode. I have since gone in and added that string, and the descriptions had shown up in iTunes.
Just today, I added a new episode to my feed. The descriptions are all gone again! In their place: "--." Each item, including the most recently added episode, has a <itunes:subtitle> tag, so I am really not sure now what the issue is!
http://talkradiomeltdown.com/podcast.xml
http://feeds.feedburner.com/talkradiomeltdown
http://talkradiomeltdown.com/itunes

Roger,
The second feed that you mentioned:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/talk-radio-meltdown-radioyou/id425903848
using the feed at
http://talkradiomeltdown.com/radioyou-podcast.xml
... is irrevelant. It was a separate edition of my podcast that was granted its own special feed. It has not been updated since 2010-2011.
My main concern is my feed at: http://talkradiomeltdown.com/podcast.xml. That is my main feed. The last time I had this issue, you were very helpful in pointing out that I was missing the <itunes:subtitle> tags; I had gone in and added them, and after a couple of days, the feed updated with the subtitles in place.
However, it appears that, since adding a new episode yesterday (our first new episode since early September) the subtitles/descriptions seem to have vanished again.
Hopefully this resolves itself in a couple of days. I will check my feed again, though running the .xml file through FeedValidator.org has brought up no errors in regards to bad formatting.
Jack

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I note that there is a man out there called Roger Wilmut, who is extremely knowledgable about this issue and has responded to many similar questions. Mr. Wilmut, if you are out there, could you please advise whether my feed is set up correctly? If it is just a waiting process, I'm fine with that- I just want to make sure that I've set everything correctly on my end.
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Greetings,
My podcast was approved today but hasn't shown up in the store via the link given. When clicked it gives a "The item you've requested is not currently available" message. For reference, here's the link I was given as well as my feed:
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I have this problem for over a year and it really frustrates me.
I tried contacting iphone and itunes support and was thrown to different departments but ended up with nothing fixed. Does anyone know how to fix it?
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As written in some other posts, there is a delay with review posting, and reviews are probably read and screened to filter out junk fake reviews. I remember when I first got my iphone a few years ago, review posting seemed to be immediate, but perhaps they have changed the process and now it involves a review process.
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4. Under PODCAST IMAGE LOCATION you can add the url to the image you want to use (store it in your site folder somewhere).
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I successfully added my podcast series (had two of them ready to go) and submitted to ITMS. They accepted it, and it shows up just fine there. But after adding a third episode last night, it still only shows two episodes this morning.
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called RSSBuddy, so it shouldn't have been messed up.
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i submitted my podcast with one episode and it was accepted on 17 july. i am able to get to it in the itunes store by using the url as provided in the email.
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ssukotto,
Thanks for the information. What you mention is boilerplate that is automatically sent when a new podcast is approved. I also quoted it like scripture before diving deeper into researching this issue.
The research into this problem suggests that there is a minimum number of podcasts in order to be included in the search index (or at least the search results) whether it's undocumented or unintentional.
Case in point, Meter Down posted his first complaint that his podcast hadn't shown up in the search even after a week (far outside the 24-48 hours you mention and that is documented)..that was a week ago. A total of at least two weeks that his podcast could not be found by searching by the exact title. His podcast showed up search within a day after adding his second episode (yesterday).
Jerry Pine posted July 17 that his podcast "Everything Algae" had been approved July 13 but couldn't be found by searching...even by name. July 28th, he added a second episode as a test...and his podcast became searchable.
There are several others who went for days or weeks without being listed in search results by even searching for their exact podcast title...common trait between all of them was that they only had one episode. They added a second episode and within the day they show up in search results.
There are others that had newly submitted podcasts whose podcasts showed up within the 24-48 hours timeframe...but they had at least two episodes.
I'm just providing the facts...could be coincidence that they just happened to be searchable just after posting a second episode.
I'd invite you to read through and share with the iTunes podcast developers the several thread from various people who have reported problems with having a searchable podcasts and draw your own conclusions.
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The Store shows only the seven episodes posted on 2 December, whereas the large number both before and since then are visible when subscribing.
This is rather weird - it would be more usual for episodes after a given date not to show because of an error, and earlier ones shouldn't be affected.
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http://rototalk.com/?feed=podcast
My feed had been working fine in iTunes until I uploaded a new episode yesterday. However, this new episode (#8) is not appearing in iTunes (or stitcher for that matter, which I was just approved for yesterday).
Feed Validator is also saying my feed is now invalid, although I didn't change anything. It was fine 2 days ago. My new podcast episodes ARE showing up in Pocket Casts, the podcast player that I use on my iPhone. Not sure what is going on.
BTW, I use wordpress and PowerPress to post my podcasts
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Your iTunes Store page is at
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The latest episode showing there is that of 25th August. The feed has two further episodes, of 28th and 29th August, and they show when subscribing.
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It's quite usual for the Store to take 1-2 days, sometimes more, to show new episodes as it caches the feeds and visits them in some sort of rotation to check for updates. Since the earlier of the two 'missing' episodes was posted only yesterday, 28 hours ago, it's not abnormal for it not to show yet. It's just a question of waiting.

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