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11 weeks and counting

by Brent - March 31st, 2008 Posted in Show News

It’s been 11 weeks since I submitted the Brent and Skye Show feed to the iTunes store. 2 weeks later, when it wasn’t added yet, I submitted it again. Guess what. It’s been 9 weeks since then, and it’s still not on the iTunes store. Podcasts usually take 24 hours at most to be added to the store. Why have I  yet to receive the email. What should I do? Should I submit the podcast again?

From Apple.com’s Podcasting FAQ page:

I submitted my podcast, but I can’t find it in the iTunes Store.

After you successfully submit your podcast, a confirmation email is sent to the email associated with your iTunes account. If an itunes:owner is specified in the RSS feed and includes an email address, this and subsequent emails will be sent to that address. You podcast is reviewed by iTunes staff before it goes live in the iTunes Store. If it is approved, you will receive another email, which includes a link to your podcast. The link works immediately, but your podcast is not immediately searchable. The iTunes Store servers must first index your podcast, a process which can take up to 24 hours

  1. One Response to “11 weeks and counting”

  2. By flickguy on Mar 31, 2008

    The obvious first question is: Did you get that first confirmation email? (You might check both your iTunes account email AND the brentandskye “owner” email for this.)

    Second question: Did you receive any follow-up email, either acceptance OR rejection?

    In truth, I don’t remember exactly how iTunes submission works. I may have let TalkShoe do an automated thing. But it sounds like the key is in the notifications.

    (Check spam folders for good measure, though if it’s been THAT long, it’s possible anything in a spam folder will have been auto-deleted by now.)

    Especially if you didn’t get that first confirmation, submit again. If you don’t have any follow-ups, I would probably submit again and WATCH FOR THE FOLLOW-UP. (Check spam folders.)

    If you got a follow-up and it’s a rejection… hmm. Do they give reasons? And submit again.

    So I guess I’m saying yes… submit again. After checking.

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