In the last post I went over the basics of getting audio on your site. In today’s post I will cover a very popular way people publish audio on the web – podcasting. Now, although podcasting is not just for audio, today I will be going over the basics of podcasting in this manner.

First of all, I want to explain that podcasts are like blogs for audio. So, if you want to create a podcast, make sure you will be updating it often. Podcasts are generally created with mp3 files, because that is what most players support. And, many people submit their podcast to iTunes, since that is where most people get there podcasts from.

Now, to create your own podcast, you will need to generate a code called RSS (XML). This code will tell iTunes (and web browsers) how to read your podcasts. If you want to spend the time learning the code, I would suggest reading this article by Apple.

But, instead of taking the time to learn the code, I suggest finding a podcast creator that will do it for you! This way you don’t have to type out a bunch of frustrating code. I would recommend using one of these two podcast creators:

Podcast Generator
PodcastBlaster

Once you have generated your code for a podcast, you will need to submit your RSS (XML) podcast link to iTunes. To do this you will first need to download iTunes by clicking here. Then you will need to create an account from the iTunes store. After this, you will simply need to submit your RSS (XML) podcast file to iTunes. That’s it!! Congratulations, you now have a public podcast!