The Podcast Asylum

Podcasters suffering from this syndrome do everything in their power to prevent people from finding, hearing, and subscribing to their podcasts. Common symptoms of Podcastus Inhospitus include:

• Not posting any show notes, thus making the podcast invisible to search engines.
• Not providing any information about how to subscribe within the podcast itself.
• Using a proprietary file format which requires a particular media player.
• Not offering listeners a way to comment on or contribute to the show.
• Not providing a direct link to the RSS feed for those who don’t use iTunes.
• Not providing a “click-to-play option for people who prefer to listen at their computers.

If your podcast is keeping people out instead of inviting them in, contact the Asylum before it’s too late.