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Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

#81
It's broken on mobile, right?

I tried searching for Patio11, because... well, Patio11. :-) Didn't see a submit button so I pressed enter. Nothing happened. Tried a couple of times, including accessing the page by "Request desktop site". Same result.

Tested with Chrome 49.

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

#83
post #63

I really like the idea, but (to give some feedback) I don't think one can call anything the imdb for x without a best/worst 250. And ratings and explore by category and I want a pony... (Also the site is somewhat unfriendly for NoScript users, apparently one has to allow apple.com to get search working, which is counter intuitive. But of course noscript users should expect some trouble.)

Also piggy backing this, I agree. I clicked and searched for my favorite podcast thinking I would find a rating!

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

#85

It's broken on mobile, right? I tried searching for Patio11, because... well, Patio11. :-) Didn't see a submit button so I pressed enter. Nothing happened. Tried a couple of times, including accessing the page by "Request desktop site". Same result. Tested with Chrome 49.

Same on desktop, but the problem is that nothing comes up for patio11 and when nothing comes up it doesn't display any results at all. Try a different search and it should display the results below the search bar.

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

#88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The biggest issue I see with podcasting is the complicated subscribe process and monetization of the show. The biggest fish (Marc, Joe, Leo) have a team behind them to help with monetization but subscribing is still problematic. Without having a custom app for your podcast, you need to explain to people what an RSS feed is. You just lost 80% of your potential listeners. Alternatively, you can suggest they use a 3rd p…

Interesting discussion! I'm the author of SkipCast ( http://www.skipcast.net ), an iOS client that worked with http://www.rawvoice.com/ to implement an in-app, direct donate feature. If your Podcast feed contains the tag: Label SkipCast displays an in-app link to that location with the text 'Donate'. Uptake for this feature has been quite positive. I'd love to expand support for this to other systems and tags. It's a…

No offense to you or your product, and I did read the description, but I still don't see how can you justify $25 for a podcast app. More importantly, I don't see how a regular user would even bother to read the description after seeing that price.

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

#90
I want this website so badly!

Please keep it up and continuing to find a way to make it more complete. Right now I can find appearances by Daniel Negreanu by searching in iTunes, but not through Podcat. Also it would be awesome if there were a way to include information beyond the RSS feed of a podcast - for example Arcade Outsiders only includes information from the most recent 20 or so episodes, though there have been 89+ episodes overall which are all still available with information on the Arcade Outsiders website.

Another possible feature: strip out the repetitive portions of episode descriptions on the results page when the displayed text is always the same for all the results on the page.

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