ITunes Podcast page Outdated?

Question

Hey,
I noticed a lot of people having a similar problem, but their's all seems to be resolved fairly early.
Our last show on iTunes was supposedly released on 11th January.
But we've posted 3 new episodes from then, all which do download to our iTunes Subscribers, but it's very frustrating that they don't show up on our iTunes page.
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Answer 1

When subscribing, the iTunes application reads the feed directly, so changes are seen immediately. However the Store caches the feed, visiting it periodically to check for updates. It usually takes 1-2 days for new episodes to appear in the Store, but it can take longer: recently there have been complaints that it seems to be taking an inordinately long time for episodes to appear, though it doesn't seem to be consistent. Since 11 January is an unusually long time, and your episodes should have appeared by now.
The fact that they can be subscribed to does suggest that the feed is OK - it has been known, though it's very unusual - for there to be some oddity in the feed which doesn't upset the iTunes application but does upset the Store: this is often to do with the use of redirection scripts rather than direct links. However it's more likely that you've just got caught up in the general slowness, and that your episodes will appear eventually.