Podcasting
What is Podcast Hosting?
Podcast hosting is a service that stores a show's audio files and generates the RSS feed that distributes episodes to podcast apps and directories.
A podcast host is different from a website host. It stores large audio files, serves them reliably to thousands of apps, generates and manages your RSS feed, and provides download analytics.
Choosing a host affects your analytics quality, monetization options (such as dynamic ad insertion), and how easily you can migrate later. For firms, reliability and clean analytics usually matter more than the cheapest price.
The episode pages on your own website are separate — and important for SEO — but the audio itself lives with the host.
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