How to Add your Podcast to the new Zune Marketplace
Today, Microsoft released the new Zune 2.0 devices, along with a new Zune Marketplace (similar to iTunes). The new Zune Marketplace has a directory of podcasts, so of course it’s important for podcasters to know how to get their podcast listed. Here’s how:
- Download the new Zune software. This requires a Windows Live login.
- Install the new Zune software.
- Go to marketplace, then podcasts and scroll down to where it says “suggest a podcast.”
- Enter the URL of the feed for the podcast, and hit Submit.
It looks as if submissions are monitored, so it may take a while for your podcast to show up in the directory. The Zune Marketplace has many of the top podcasts already in the directory, so make sure to do a search before submitting your podcast to see if you’re already included.
A quick review of Zune’s podcast support: the auto-import feature worked well; all my podcast subscriptions from iTunes were carried over to Zune, without me having to mess with any import/export. Even episodes that I had downloaded via iTunes were available in Zune. Zune allows you to customize settings for how many episodes and how to sync at the podcast level. Album art takes a while to load, but works. I did get some duplicates, when I subscribed via the marketplace for a podcast that I’d already subscribed to via iTunes. It’s not clear to me how to tell when a podcast has new episodes that are ready for me to listen to. Overall, the software looks nice and is rather intuitive in how to use.
Tags: ipod, itunes, Podcasts, social, zune, zune 2.0, zune marketplace, zune software
November 13th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
I bet Greg made this posting.
November 13th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
If it had been an actual bet you would be a very wealthy man.
November 14th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
I’m back! No one prob’ly remembers me, I was on for a little bit a while back…I just finished catching up on the podcast. I’ve had a pretty rough few months, I was sick with mono for THE ENTIRE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, and I’ve been busy busy busy! I haven’t had much time or felt well enough to even get on the computer…until now.
And by the way, I have a personal grudge against Zune. I HATE those things. Best stick with my iPod.
November 15th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Long time missing here too. Personally, I could never get past the turd-brown Zune. What made it worse was when CEO Steve Ballmer said at a press release touting the new Zunes - “you can squirt music to your friends…” - just the vision I need with a turd-brown Zune.
Brilliant marketing folks at Microsoft. Stick with the iPod and iTunes.
November 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 am
It’s a good post, but you neglected to mention that only US customers can do this. It appears most (if not all) of the rest of the podcasters in the world are excluded from submitting because they can’t access the Marketplace.
July 13th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Unlimited Zune Downloads…
I’m really into music, movies and other things like that and wanted to start downloading a bunch of things. Any suggestions on where to start?…