Podcast isn't showing up in iTunes store search

Hi all-
I have a podcast that's been up and running on iTunes for a few months now but i have one problem: unelss you serach for my podcast by its title "BuckAround" it does not show up in any search results. I use Squarespace to host my podcast and have the iTunes search words set as "Wisconsin, Badgers, College, Football, BuckAround" but no combinatino of any of the other terms has my show come up in the results.
Can anyone offer help as to what I'm doing wrong? Or is it simply an issue of me needing to build a bigger audience before iTunes returns my show in the results?
Many thanks!
Rich

The Search facility has never worked well with keywords. As long as you have your keywords correctly referenced there isn't really anything you can do about it.

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