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Walch: Forcing podcast listeners onto proprietary apps for ads will fail
“Really, really, you're going to change how people want to consume it so that they can get more ads. Wow, what a stupid idea that is. So you think people out there are going to go, yes, I want to hear Geico ads. Please let me change how I listen. No, that's not…”
Walch: Apple will never release granular playback drop-off data
“And I don't see Apple ever releasing out the information that we would need to get on that playback and where it leaves.”
Walch: iTunes Top 200 Chart Ignores Ratings and Reviews
“The top 200 list in iTunes is based on the total number of new subscribers in the last seven days with a weighted average for the last 24, 48, and 72 hours. It does not factor in ratings and reviews in the top 200 list.”
Libsyn's Rob Walch: iTunes New & Noteworthy only adds 100 downloads
“In the business section, you're lucky if it gives you a bump of a hundred.”
Apple Connection Got The Slow Hustle Featured on iTunes Homepage
“Oh, well, I got a friend that talked to a friend that has happens to work at Apple and they're like, oh, this show's cool. We're, you know, you guys are small, but we're going to put you on there. They put us on the homepage.”
App Store descriptions have zero impact on iTunes search rankings
“ITunes, iTunes description means nothing.”
Walch: iTunes Top 15 Show Once Had Under 1,000 Downloads
“I, I've looked at the top 200 overall, and one week I was looking, and number 12 had two and a half million downloads for the episode that was released most recent, and number 15 had 979.”
Walch: iTunes Top Episodes chart reflects weighted weekly downloads after 24-hour delay
“So when an episode is released in iTunes, it won't show up in the top episode list until about 24 hours after it's been released. So if you look at that list, it's again, it's going to be how many new downloads that show is getting in the last week with again,…”
Jarvis: Hosting Best Camera IP on Developers' Servers Was a Mistake
“Where I can blame myself is that I was very casual about where the IP lived, despite that it was mine. I had it living on their servers and their passwords. Yes. And their iTunes account to launch the app.”
Walch: Apple ecosystem accounts for 70% of podcast consumption
“Apple, iTunes, and the podcast app are 70%.”