A Great Podcast Feed Generator

Posted: May 6th, 2007 | By: Steve Mullen | Filed under: Podcasts, Recommended Sites | No Comments

So, I was thinking about doing a review of Podcast Feed Generators. I mean .. I’ve reviewed online news release distribution services and online RSS feed generators, so why not? But, as I was doing some research, I found the market is pretty thin. I really only came across one site that really did what I wanted: give me the ability to create a feed that includes enclosures, is iTunes compatible, is easy to create and update, and is hosted.

So, the Fighting Back Podcast is now hosted on RapidFeeds. It’s a great service that so far is working like a charm. It includes everything I mentioned above, plus they do stats for you. Podcasters, almost as a rule, are stat junkies.

So, why would you need to use a feed generation service? My main reason is to have a nice, clean feed. The Fighting Back Podcast is hosted on a WordPress blog, which takes care of feed generation for you. However, in each episode blog post I include a whole bunch of stuff for SEO keyword purposes. I want the feed to be much easier to read. Thus … a hosted feed is the way to go for me.

As with my review of online RSS feed creation sites review, I have to say a quick word about Feedburner. They don’t generate feeds (although why they don’t offer that, I have no idea) but they host them extremely well. They ability to have your feed HTML-compatible is huge for people who don’t quite get RSS yet. Plus, they offer quite a few ways to promote your feed. I recommend checking them out once you have a feed up and running.

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