Soundclound may be in trouble, having a Plan B for your podcast if things go sideways, Apple's new tags and stats and lastly, speeding up support if you're a Blubrry customer. All of that with Mike and Todd, covering a whole plethora of topics. Thanks for listening to the show and please subscribe on PowerPressPodcast.com.

News:

* Soundcloud - Rumors they are deferring salary reviews indefinitely.

 

Topics:

* Plan B - Have one, no matter who you're hosting with.

* Apple's new RSS tags and stats - Coming in iOS 11's Podcast app update: What is does and does not do (such as giving you stats for the rest of your listeners, like Android or 3rd part apps).

* Global stats - Blubrry's insight.

* Blubrry Stats Refresh! - It's finalllly working for our pro stats customers.

Tech Support:

* Help us help you! - You can speed up your support time by telling us your feed address and Blubrry account email.

* Linking! - Connect your PowerPress / WordPress site to Blubrry (including your PowerPress Site). This also helps us help you if there is a problem. Bonus - you're included in the Blubrry directory, the largest in the world.

* Replacing a file - On our CDN a file is propogated to data centers all over the world. If you replace a file on our hosting server, it can take time to get the new version everywhere. To speed this process up, when you replace a file email [email protected] so we can refresh the cache. That helps the CDN get the file to everyone quicker.

* Support hours - Our main hours are 9-5 ET. And remember our advice, provide the following: File name, feed, and Blubrry account email. We'll find everything much faster.

To ask questions or to comment on the show, contact Todd and Mike here: [email protected]