Cast Feed Validator – Free RSS Feed Validation Service
Cast Feed Validator is another free offering from Blubrry. Since they offer tools for you to create a feed on your own website, they might as well offer a way to verify the feed is working correctly.
If you run into an issue in which your RSS feed cannot be read by a feed reader, you might miss out on anyone who was interested in listening to your podcast until the issue is resolved. While this might seem like a minor inconvenience, an invalid feed can make the difference between your podcast gaining listeners or falling by the wayside. Like many people, I have published a podcast episode and have gone on about my business, ignorant to the fact the episode cannot be downloaded. Thankfully for me, I have an amazing community around my shows, many of which have a direct line of communication with me. They might direct message me on social media, text me, email me, or, if things are really serious, call me.
If you are just starting out podcasting, you probably do not have a community just yet. Maybe you are simply trying to get your first few episodes out, or once post-production ends you are off the grid until the next time you want to publish a podcast episode.
Fortunately for you, Cast Feed Validator can help resolve feed validation issues before you leave your desk. By quickly dropping your podcast’s RSS feed URL into the empty field on their website and clicking the start validation button, you will be alerted almost immediately if there are any issues with your feed.
During the validation process Cast Feed Validator:
- Checks if the RSS feed is well-formed and whether or not it follows podcast 2.0 and Apple Podcasts specifications.
- Analyzes if the server your feed resides on is fast enough to accommodate streaming apps.
- Inspects your podcast’s album artwork to ensure you followed the recommended guidelines.
- Analyzes your most recent audio file checking for metadata as well as the server configuration of your media host.
Much like any other tool, you never know you are going to need it until you actually need it.
For more information on Cast Feed Validator ,head to their website.
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